I was at the school a few times when my kids were growing up, giving them a rough time about the stupidity of school “policies” and lack of common sense by the teachers and administration.EEllis wrote:So you thru a fit when the feds tried to encourage physical activity in kids right, the Presidents Fitness Challenge or whatever the heck it was? You said "Darn the Government!" when they prompted balanced meals and the food pyramid (I know they have changed to a wheel or something now right?). Heck you heckled the PSA's they put on sat morning tv, Mr. Yuck Mouth and School House Rock. How dare the Govt encourage what they believe is beneficial behavior. Yep I'm just some go along looser because I thought some of those things made sense. Now I know I should be fat, ignorant with rotting teeth to be independent.VoiceofReason wrote:And we don’t want to “look a bit off” to some other people do we? We should follow the lead of everyone else and not “stand out”, right?EEllis wrote:You folks do recognize this has been going on since, well, forever? What do you think the tax breaks for married couples are but a govt incentive to a behavior that is believed to be a societal benefit. Mind you the idea of ivory tower intellectuals running the show hardly fills me with confidence but if all this project does is attempt to encourage behavior viewed as beneficial, well that would apply to any public service announcement or even just building a park, promoting health an exercise right?, so over reacting to this is just making you look a bit off.
I don’t remember ever giving a flip what others thought of me even in grade school. I have always gone my own way and I have never understood people that will “just go along with the crowd” in order to be accepted. That is one way those with authority control people.
Too late in life to try to change my nature.
Get a grip guys. If they start with mind control and social programming I might be with you but jumping the gun is pointless.
The government is trying to stop people from smoking. They couldn’t outlaw it so they tried to regulate it out of existence. That didn’t work so they sued the manufacturers. That didn’t work so they are trying to tax it out of existence. Sound familiar? Same tactics they are using with guns.
"But they were doing it for our own good."
To answer your questions: yes. Anything you want to do (as long as it doesn’t harm others) you should be able to do without government interference. The more government is allowed to control people, the more they are going to try to.
If you want to be fat you should have the right to be fat. Thanks to the government, everyone is aware of the dangers in being fat, smoking and other vices. OK thanks for telling me those things are unhealthy, now leave me alone and keep your nose out of the size my soft drink cup.
The government has their noses in just about everything people do now, too much so. From seat belts to the size of toilet tanks. If some people don’t have the courage or enough sense to stand up now and say enough they will wake up some day paying extra taxes for every pound overweight and in a mandatory physical fitness programs.