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Wow. I am glad I cancelled my Time subscription.
Advocating the removal of children due to overnutrition. The right to raise your own children is a fundamental right. Meaning the state must show a compelling interest and narrowly tailored means to fix that.
The idea that fat kids justifies removal in to fostercare....well...it's fucking divorced from reality. I surmise that involuntary removal from a parental home, that, by all accounts isn't abusive will render more long term harm to the child than permitting them to stay fat.
Anyway. The short and long is: Why the fuck are we expecting government to fix a non-emergency parenting problem?
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Willravel, I think you hit the nail on the head. There's a dearth of delicious, healthy, and easily accessible food in America. In Taiwan, I could go out for a bowl of beef noodle soup at 12:45am (veggies, carbs, not much fat/frying). Here, the only thing open at 12:45am is McDonalds.
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Last edited by KirStang; 07-19-2011 at 08:21 PM..
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