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#1 Feb 02 2008 at 10:13 AM Rating: Decent

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Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.

House Bill No. 282, which was introduced this month, says: Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.

The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any restaurant that "repeatedly" feeds extremely overweight customers.

The bill, written by GOP Rep. W. T. Mayhall Jr., was referred to the Judiciary and Public Health committees, but The Jackson Free Press doesn't expect it to garner much support in the statehouse.

About two-third of Mississippians are considered overweight or obese, according to a recent analysis of federal health data.

Link: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/02/bill-would-make.html

#2 Feb 02 2008 at 10:38 AM Rating: Decent

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i think this was talked about last week or earlier this week. in short it is a good idea, but i hoe it never flies as if people want to be stupid and continue doing things that will make them that fat the let them. just do not cover their medical expense and let them suffer that way.

life and choice.

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I guess I won't be stopping at McD's in Mississippi!!!

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I understand where they're coming from, and the intent of it, but what's the point? You'd hurt the business and make no real impact on the person, as they'd just go elsewhere.
I also find it interesting when people come at issues from a punitive standpoint rather than a preventative one, and then wonder why it's not a real deterrent to the issue at hand.

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This was posted in the OOT a day or so ago, and I'll reiterate what I said there. The day they establish laws to control my eating habits is the day they offer to pay for all of my medical bills. Until then, my health is my own concern, and they can keep their god damn noses out of my business, my pocket, and the pockets of those who serve me.

Having said all that, the bill is not approved yet, and likely won't be.

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The BrownDuck of Doom wrote:

This was posted in the OOT a day or so ago, and I'll reiterate what I said there. The day they establish laws to control my eating habits is the day they offer to pay for all of my medical bills. Until then, my health is my own concern, and they can keep their god damn noses out of my business, my pocket, and the pockets of those who serve me.

Of course, if you're gonna insist on being a big fatty, I shouldn't have to pay more for my health coverage because your kind dies a lot. If you're going to make the argument that "they" need to pay your medical bills in order to legislate your health, then I should be allowed to smoke in bars, restaurants, planes, movies, hospitals, etc.

In other words, your health isn't only your concern. It's everyone who has to pay inflated insurance rates because your fat *** just needs his number six with extra turkey-neck super-sized.

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Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

If you're going to make the argument that "they" need to pay your medical bills in order to legislate your health, then I should be allowed to smoke in bars, restaurants, planes, movies, hospitals, etc.

I don't get it.

If you want to smoke, take it outside. It's a damaging habit that hurts you and people around you. It shouldn't be permitted in any public facility, as far as I'm concerned.

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Codyy wrote:

Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

If you're going to make the argument that "they" need to pay your medical bills in order to legislate your health, then I should be allowed to smoke in bars, restaurants, planes, movies, hospitals, etc.

I don't get it.

If you want to smoke, take it outside. It's a damaging habit that hurts you and people around you. It shouldn't be permitted in any public facility, as far as I'm concerned.

It must be lard compressing your fat brain that causes you to be incapable of reading the first half of that sentence.

Here, dear Coddy, see how Stubs' argument is that if they're going to tell him how to live they need to pay his bills? He's talking about the effect on him and him alone, chubby. No one pays my bills, and I choose to smoke instead of over-eating. Therefore, no one should tell me how to smoke.

Now shut the fUck up you stupid, jiggly piece of ****. And tell your mom I said hi.

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One thing they're really not considering or care about are the poor suckers making minimum who have to say "sorry, I can't serve you, you're too fat". That'll be a nice part of their day I'm sure.

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Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

Codyy wrote:

Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

If you're going to make the argument that "they" need to pay your medical bills in order to legislate your health, then I should be allowed to smoke in bars, restaurants, planes, movies, hospitals, etc.

I don't get it.

If you want to smoke, take it outside. It's a damaging habit that hurts you and people around you. It shouldn't be permitted in any public facility, as far as I'm concerned.

It must be lard compressing your fat brain that causes you to be incapable of reading the first half of that sentence.

Here, dear Coddy, see how Stubs' argument is that if they're going to tell him how to live they need to pay his bills? He's talking about the effect on him and him alone, chubby. No one pays my bills, and I choose to smoke instead of over-eating. Therefore, no one should tell me how to smoke.

Now shut the fUck up you stupid, jiggly piece of sh*t. And tell your mom I said hi.

But Stubs being a pig and overeating isn't going to give the other people in the restaurant cancer. People in McDonald's don't end up hacking up a lung and needing to puff on an inhaler when Stubs orders four big macs.

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But Stubs being a pig and overeating isn't going to give the other people in the restaurant cancer. People in McDonald's don't end up hacking up a lung and needing to puff on an inhaler when Stubs orders four big macs.

Stubs being disgustingly obese makes me throw up in my mouth and causes me to instantly lose my appetite.

Seriously, his argument is that before the government can legislate what he does with his body, they need to pay for it. There's no caveat in his argument that it needs to harm other people, but as I said before, fat people(more specifically the health risks associated with being overweight) do cause the insurance premiums us non-fat people pay to rise, so essentially if you could just control the amount of food you stuff into your mouth children in this country wouldn't have to be uninsured at the alarming rate they currently are.

In summary, fat people kill children.

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Imagine that, a Pubby tries to pass ineffective legislation once again.

Colour me shocked.

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So the obese Mississippi pig farmer, been frying himself up bacon everyday of his life, decides he wants to lose weight so heads to the Subway in town, they can't serve him cuz hes' overweight.

Restaurants serve food. Last I checked we needed that.

What a stupid *** idea.

Cept it would be kinda fun working in a restaurant and deciding who was obese. Smiley: grin

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Seriously, his argument is that before the government can legislate what he does with his body, they need to pay for it. There's no caveat in his argument that it needs to harm other people, but as I said before, fat people(more specifically the health risks associated with being overweight) do cause the insurance premiums us non-fat people pay to rise, so essentially if you could just control the amount of food you stuff into your mouth children in this country wouldn't have to be uninsured at the alarming rate they currently are.

That's not why they passed smoking legislation though. They don't restrict the amount of cigs you can buy based on the condition of your lungs. It's for the public health, not the individual's. Granted, if they're going to do the this, they'd be setting precedence to do that too. Might as well, place restrictions on being sedentary too.

But the comparison to smoking legislation is asinine.

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But the comparison to smoking legislation is asinine.

Did I not make myself clear?

Fatties make me sick.

#16 Feb 03 2008 at 3:11 AM Rating: Decent

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Yeah, because not eating in a restaurant is the only way to keep people on their diets I suppose. Smiley: glare

Sheesh, now that's a shortsighted bill, to say the least. This will not change a thing, apart from lowering the restaurant's revenue.

On the other hand, there's no point in doing nothing, there is undoubtedly a serious problem. Got to do something before the now obese generation starts to die off. Forget them being a burden on health care, most will die from heart attacks and related diseases at a young age anyway.

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Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

Fatties make me sick.

No way your tolerance is that low. Go tell that fairytale to children, Nancy.

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Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

Fatties make me sick.

No way your tolerance is that low. Go tell that fairytale to children, Nancy.

I thought you were gonna hook me up with your sister?

#19 Feb 04 2008 at 4:23 AM Rating: Good

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Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:

I thought you were gonna hook me up with your sister?

Oh gross. Now I know you fantasize about Twizzler. TMI even for you, dude.

Edit b/c Demea is a dumb name I refuse to use.

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