[lbo-talk] Thought for the day...

123hop at comcast.net 123hop at comcast.net
Tue Oct 26 15:41:29 PDT 2010


Well, just for the record. I do not sneer at people who love junk food.

EVERYBODY loves junk food, myself included. What's there not to love about salt, sugar, and fat?

The point is, however, that it's killing us.

Joanna

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marv Gandall" <marvgand at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:21:23 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Thought for the day...

On 2010-10-26, at 3:08 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 20:22, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> My daughter just informed me that elementary schools in Oakland are
> feeding
>> kids meat that McDonalds rejects.
>>
>> Having just watched Food Inc., this revelation has actually pushed me to a
>> state beyond nausea.
>>
>> Carrol dismisses my concerns about quality of food, but didn't Krondstat
>> start over spoiled meat?
>>
>
> Several preliminary points. I dismiss Joanna's complaints about food only to
> the extent that they implicitly sneer at people who love junk food. It's
> mostly junk-food lovers who will have to overthrow the capitalist state. To
> sneer at them, even by tenouous implication is to immortalize capitalism.

Careful, Carrol. That crown Joanna recently placed on your head as Zenmaster of Marxism can always be repossessed. :)

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