The obesity "epidemic"

[supergee]

As Thomas Szasz said, an epidemic is something transmitted by germs or viruses. When they tell you a kind of behavior is epidemic, they're trying to control you.

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Re: The obesity "epidemic"

[piranha]

hm. that's an interesting statement. i don't think i necessarily disagree with it. i definitely agree with it in this context. but is the control always bad? there's a rape epidemic, and damn straight, i want to control the rapists, and nobody will convince me that that's a bad idea.

so i think one needs to dig deeper than the pithy statement.