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When the debate about obesity and self control rages I like to point out this little observation...
Almost never in the entire history of life on this planet has food been so plentiful and accessible as it is here in America. 1 billion years of evolution from the first eukaryotes on down to us and the need to eat and reproduce is the same. Some people will talk of self control and "just push away from the table, fatty", but we're fighting some mighty giant forces. We're hard wired to hoard, to be emergency feeders, to protect and save and keep.
I'm not saying it's the excuse, but as I stated before, the people who think there is only one cause to a problem or only one solution forget the 8 billion other factors to any given issue.
Also, for every look of scorn you give for someone smoking or being too fat or too short or too trashy has an equal number of self righteous looks coming right back at you. We need to stop telling people what's wrong with them and start asking our own selves how we can each stop being a bunch of assholes.
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it, there's none of us so perfect that we can cast aspersions on ANYONE. So let's focus some of this useless energy on ourselves.
