UK: Obese woman blames government

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't think anyone is holding bussinesses responsible for social inustices.

Why not? Sometimes businesses are responsible for social injustices - like not hiring black people or women or gays, or funding lobbying efforts to prevent beneficial environmental policies, etc.

[Bereta_Eder]

Well, if there's one power left in this world that can not only curb but completely anihilate bad business practises, that's politics.
I mean that in the original scheme of things. Representative power. You have millions of people voting you (no matter how vulnerable such a thesis actually is) to look after their best interest.
That gives you enormous regulatory power.
Businesses are like blind bears. Poke them with a stick and they dance.
Of course you'll need a very durable poignant stick and a very determined wielder, which is where the whole thing pretty much falls apart since most of the time the usual spectacle is the wielder dancing the macarena with said blind bear.

[C0ckney]

Why not? Sometimes businesses are responsible for social injustices - like not hiring black people or women or gays, or funding lobbying efforts to prevent beneficial environmental policies, etc.

or paying poverty wages, forcing people to rely on state support (i.e. to subsidise their business); or simply the everyday exploitation and alienation inherent in the production for profit system etc. etc.

[ZEE]

AAHZ has taken Reg's advice and bought some canned vegetables from the store. A little salt and pepper and I was amazed it actually tasted good! Also bought fresh salads with lite salad dressing and all the other stuff I bought was all low sodium.

I still have a sugar addiction with soda and coffee but I will tackle that monster later.