AmeriFascists and HealthNazis Rejoice!
If you people would just behave like we wanted, we wouldn't have to force you to do it....
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By: John D. Hamilton
New York City appears to be trying to out-do California when it comes to Nannyism; while they lagged far behind the left-coast in idiotic smoking ban legislation, they're certainly getting the jump on the trans-fat hysteria.
The NYC "Health" Department, deciding that its call for a voluntary ban was falling on deaf ears and heaped plates, has decided that since the citizenry is either 1. too lazy, 2. too stupid, or 3. all of the above that a damn near total ban on the evil, vile trans-fat is now the only answer to the "obesity epidemic sweeping the nation."
Forgetting for a moment the outlandish notion that government is apparently convinced it has every right to tell you exactly what you may and may not smoke, injest, digest and excrete, let's try to do something the idiots proposing this bullshit seem to have somehow overlooked...recognise that trans-fat isn't something that was just cooked up in some capitalist running dog kitchen somewhere...it's been around forever, while the "obesity epidemic" has not. Sure, its use may have increased over the years, but trans-fat is not the only, or even biggest, villain in this saga.
The plain truth of the matter is that the NYC Health Department is almost right; most people are just too damn lazy and have no concept of the notion of personal responsibility any longer. Nitwits want to be able to stuff their gut with anything they please, put their health at risk and then make a killing suing any and every restaurant around for allowing them to do it. Add to that the fact that most people flat-out refuse to excercise in any way, shape or form (and go to great lengths to avoid it), and it's no wonder people are piling on the pounds at an alarming rate.
So why not just force people to become fit by enforcing calisthenics and aerobic excercise? Why not have armies of Nurse Ratched types showing up at our doors unannounced to put us through our paces? Barring that, how about doing the only thing any government should do...educate us about the dangers and let us fuck ourselves up anyway if we choose to?
Well, shucks, that's just too easy and doesn't fit into the concept of Nannyism that so many people are attempting to bring into the forethought of mainstream America. It's far easier for government to claim the right to do what it pleases and force others to do its bidding. That way, it avoids actually having to do anything, it makes it appear that they're doing something, and it reinforces the image that government can, should and does do exactly what the hell it wants regardless of facts, rights or other silly notions.
Forget the threat from Duhbya's IslamiFascists; the bigger threat is the growing army of AmeriFascists prowling the streets and kitchens these days....
John D. Hamilton is a world traveler, accomplished computer programmer and a general-purpose know-it-all whose finely crafted screeds routinely create fracas' on at least three continents.
