You WILL Do As We Say!

What did I say about a Big Brother culture?

It appears that we are now to be force fed folic acid. No matter that the majority of us don't need it, and that for some it may be detrimental, the government knows what is best for us and will make sure that we comply. Yes sir, I am just a number, I am not a free man.

And then at the end of the article, almost as a throw away line, NICE are recommending stomach stapling of obese children, yes children. At £10k a pop. This is just ridiculous. One day we have Patricia Hewitt saying the NHS has to break even, then the next we have this. We are talking about surgery here, and surgery is never basic. And we aren't talking about for a serious medical condition. Yes, obesity needs to be controlled, but resorting to stomach stapling is the wrong way to go about it. Especially in children, what is needed is education so that they can go on to live healthy lives. Teaching children that bad eating and exercise habits can be fixed just by surgery is entirely the wrong message and will lead to future problems.

We continue to teach people that problems are not an individuals responsibility. And then when something happens people look for who they can blame. Burn your mouth on coffee, then blame the person who served you, don't think that coffee is supposed to be hot and you should have checked. The man who sued Winnabago because they didn't point out that "Cruise Control" did not mean he could get up from the driving seat and go make himself some tea. The woman who sued MacDonalds because she slipped on a puddle of coke, coke that her own son had spilt a minute before.