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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