On the chance that you're a troll, screw off.Brawndo said:snip
On the chance that you're serious...
WHAT?
Addressing your bold points, in order.
1. Being fat hurts other people.
As for the health insurance thing, that's like saying that you're selfish because you've got any other chronic disease. Being fat isn't necessarily something you can control with healthy eating. There's a lot of genetics that plays into it, as well as you stretching as far as you can for something to hurt fat people with.
As for your assertion that it hurts children because there's "no healthy food in the house", that's just not true. Period. My mother keeps the pantries stocked with whole-wheat foods, vegetables (both canned and fresh) and fruits (mostly fresh). Yes, we have ACCESS to junk food, but we have access to non-junk-food as well, and my brother is thin as a twig to show for it.
Plus, begin fat isn't harmful to everyone in a radius around you. If I binge, everyone gets grossed out and calls me a pig. If I smoke, I give the people around me cancer. Kind of a difference there.
2. IT'S A COMBINATION OF GENETIC STUFF AND BEING RAISED THAT WAY.
I was raised by overweight people. My family has been overweight as far back as I can remember. My sister is overweight, and so am I. There are clear genetic factors that allow us to gain fat easier than a normal person. Also, we were raised eating extra amounts of food and, at this point, it's second nature. If anything, it may be a mental disease. It is NOT a choice. And it happens a LOT more often than you think.
BTW, I RARELY eat out at a fast food joint. Don't have the money for it. Maybe once a month I go to McDonalds and eat a meal there. Occasionally even twice a month. But I don't do it as frequently as you seem to be implying. My meals are, by and large, home-cooked. They're not health food, but they ARE home-cooked, which is definitely more healthy than fast food.
Generally speaking, for lunch, I have ramen and lunch meat, if I eat lunch at all.
Stop generalizing, stop soapboxing, and stop trolling.