Lightfighter
One of Freddy's beloved
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- May 22, 2004
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You're basing your argument on the same thing that everyone else does; This won't solve anything because of X problems in it.
And you're not, when you critisize the support-system? To find flaws in the opponents arguments is merely the basics of argumentation...
IT's part of the solution, swap extra cash for a trainer is the simplest. I'm nto going to plan the whole system as i don't know how your government works, but it would be better then simply going "take money you fatties". My solution also isn't "just give them education m8s", you seeing it as such says more about you.
This istn't about my government (the Swedish one), I'm talking about the one you're talking about... And what do you mean it "says more about me?" I'm not being personal in this thread, merely expressing myself lazily due to that post being posted late
I'm not talking about a fat camp wheere men in leather tights scream "Eat thiz and run hear!!" i'm talking about personal help. It's not as expensive and the benefits would work.
Good, personal help would indeed be the best, but to hire personal trainers for everyone would be a f*ckload more expensive then the fat-camp. It's not reasonable to asume the government should go for this when it's probably cheaper and easier to give people support (this point is arguable yes, just some speculation, don't go ape-shit on me if you don't agree xD).
Saying it's "the best it gets" is the simple minded apathy people have, that has basically lead the UK from the mighty empire it was, to the chav fatty generation it is now. Hell, you lot can't even speak english anymore.(not all)
True, but I don't expect to change the system in a FH-thread either, so I'm trying to look at the bright side and accept it for the way it is, and try to find good things about it, since this thread needs a counter-point from your system-flaming.
Those who've made the system haven't, most likely like with all government systems, thought about the best solutiopn, but A: their own hide and B: money.
Maybe they have, maybe they haven't... Even if they did just care about themselves, it's still not necesserily true that any other system would be better.
Or am i missing something? Was the UK popupous happy with their government systems on last check?
the popopous are never happy with anything ;P
You need to educate the people, in schools, at home and stop throwing money at problems that will only make it worse.
Educate more people in schools is good, but once again, you can't stop giving people who need help money, even if it does make the weightlosing harder for people when they get easy cash, those who can't loose wieght will need it. This creates an evil circle as long as the support-system is around in it's current shape, and you can't just remove it, nor can you "force-educate" people. I'm not saying this system r0xors, I'm merely saying it istn't to bad when facing other alternatives, since the one you suggest simply won't work.
Weight-gaining is unavoidable in any society in the world and usually comes hand-in-hand with wellfare and prosperity, giving people the opportunity to treat themselves better. In the end, each person has the responsibility for their own body. While the government has responsibilites the watch over the health of their citizens, you can't blame it because people eat to much, nor because they give support to people who can't work due to their overweight.
If the will to loose wieght is present, the individual will be able to loose his weight on his/her own. However, if there is no will, then it doesn't matter how much you educate someone, as I've previously stated. An educational system would help this process yes, as would probably many things, but it shouldn't be essential.
It might be merely a part of the solution that you're suggesting, and I'll agree to the extent to simply educate people when they're in school about eating healthy, but when they've graduated, education doesn't cut it anymore. If they didn't listen in school, they might not listen afterwards either.
So just update the school-educational-system a bit, and it'll be a step along the way