One simple word
I almost wasn't going to comment anything on this as it just seemed so obviously stupid that it wasn't even worth considering. But of course the dumbfucks on the Left pop up and shriek and obviously need to be smacked in the head to sort things out.
Australia, like the rest of the Western world, has an obesity problem. And much like the rest of the Western world, Australian kids also have an obesity problem. And, just like the rest of the Western world, it is a combination of a bad diet and nowhere near enough exercise.
So what is the latest proposal from leftist dickheads to solve this "crisis"?
Ban advertisements for fast food places during television shows for children. Bring in more government regulation to legislate when certain ads can be shown. Of course you will then need more regulation defining what constitutes a fast food place. KFC, Chicken Treat, McDonald's are pretty obvious. What about Subway? They have low fat food. What about places like Wendy's or Baskin Robins or Il Gelato? They not really fast food in the traditional sense but lots of extremely high fat (and fantastically tasty) ice cream. What about advertisements for kid's sports programs that have at the end of the commercial "Proudly Sponsored by McDonald's" or whatever? Do they count as advertisements?
Because it's not like the government has anything better to focus its attention on like terrorism and national security or drought relief and water shortages....oh wait....
But obviously the leftists are too fucking stupid to see that we don't need that shit. No. Let's ban them advertising so kids don't see the product and therefore don't want it.
Now I don't have kids so help me out here.
When little Freddy Fatass is sitting down at 4:00pm after school watching Mighty Moron PC Poofs instead of being outside kicking the footy around or shooting some hoops, I am assuming that when a fast food ad comes on and he says "Yeah. I could go for a whole barbecued chicken and a Big Mac" that he doesn't just get up and walk down to the store to buy it on his own.
When little Dora Doublechin is watching tv with her dolly instead of taking dolly for a walk and sees an ad for McDonald's latest Happy Meal, I am assuming that she doesn't just borrow her mother's car keys and drives down to go pick one up.
Am I right in that assumption? Of course I am.
So who does that put in charge of what the kids eat? Why, the parents!?!? Holy shit - I never would have guessed that would be the answer!!
Now let's step back in time here. Back to when I was a little 7 year old. I would be walking with mum through the shopping centre. We would pass the food court and I would say "Mummy, I want McDonalds. I want McDonald's mummy!"
My mother has always been conscious of what she eats and of what she fed to us. We still got to eat fast fast in our childhood - just not as much as I would have liked (which as a kid of 7 was every time we passed a store).
So how did my mother fix it so that I didn't eat it all the time and get fat? She used one simple word. A very simple, one syllable, magic word that far too many people seem to have forgotten the usefulness of.
My mother would usually reply "No."
If I kept asking and nagging, that "No." would usually be followed up with "And if you keep asking you are going to get a smack."
And of course, if I still kept nagging, I got the smack that I was told I would get. That only had to happen a couple of time as I realised that once mum has said "No", keeping on asking would only get me smacked. So I'd ask for McDonalds or KFC, mum would use the magic word "No" and that would be the end of it because I didn't like being smacked.
It is things like this that make me hate leftists so much. It is so painfully fucking obvious that it literally hurts my head trying to understand how someone can be so totally fucking stupid and ignorant and lazy.
We don't need bans on advertising. If you are worried about your kids getting fat then just get off your fat lazy arse and STOP FUCKING BUYING THAT SHIT FOR THEM FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!! Make them get outside and run around, and in all probability, get off your fucking fat lazy arse and get out there with them for a walk or a play in the park.
And if your little shits keep going on and on after you have said no to them, fucking smack them one.
You as parents should be controlling what your kids see, do, and eat. Take some fucking responsibility for once. If kids keep asking over and over for something it is YOUR fault for not disciplining them properly, not some company's or tv station's fault. It is not their responsibility to make up for your bad parenting.
You are the parent. You are the one in charge. You are the Boss. What you say, goes. If you don't want your kids eating shitty and unhealthy food all the time just use that one simple word.
Is it just me or do these leftist fuckwits seem to be getting stupider?
© by Tiberius Alatheus 2004