Haha Thelma that's a good one. Sue Dell.

That laywer was trying to argue that somehow the fast food industry addicts people to fast food and gets them hooked at first through clever marketing. I just can't believe that anyone could argue this with a straight face.

They are trying to establish a parallell between cigarettes and fast food. Well at least nicotine is a KNOWN addictive substance and the industry knew it and manipulated it. I agree that the manufacturers should pay for that in some form.

But even though I buy into the whole carb addiction thing, fast food by itself is not addictive. The people who eat there everyday and see the pounds pile only need to exercise a little self control. We live in a strange society. Every minute of every day something is offered to us. The whole world is clamoring for us to buy buy buy buy. In this orgy of choice we must exercise restraint, or we would all be fat and broke. You can't start blaming everyone for offering us a choice.