The problem with those movies -- and that one in particular -- is that they have an agenda that they beat you over the head with. They are typically very one-sided and very selectively show what they want you to see, often as not relying on lies of omission to present their message.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I feel the same way about "An Inconvenient Truth" - yes global warming is happening, but we are not to blame and we can't do anything about it. Regarding the food, I understand that the use of intensive farming and use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, insecticides, GM crops etc, ethical or not, it is pretty vital to the survival of many people of countries that are experiencing a food crisis, i.e - LEDCs in Africa/Asia/South America. And in terms of American food production, switching over from non-organic to organic/free range farming is not a simple thing to do. There are many economical and environmental factors that people don't take into account. I just think that the use of organic/free range farming should be encouraged and gradually introduced, but nothing can change in an instant.
I worked at mc'd for a couple months and all the meat buns fries all frozen.Salads and milk and eggs are fresh thats about it.
Sounds reasonable. Need to remember, there was a reason for all those devolopments. Heard a saying once, "Asteroids and Syphilis are natural, doesn't make either one of the good for you". Profound.
Well it is 'Earth Day' today (at least in my time zone) It's too late for me to write a crap load about what I think. But this video by George Carlin pretty much sums up my thoughts (it was originally posted by Kamazar on the Earth Day thread).
I do know that we contribute to it, but I also know that our contribution is trivial and that the Earth has been through this many, many times before quite without our help. We're only flipping out and panicking about it because this is the first time in recorded history that we're experiencing it. Earth has put up with a hell of a lot worse than the pestilence that is man. Nothing like a little organic food debunking from the masters of telling-shit-like-it-is:
You can't really argue that it's not happening, because global temperature is obviously going up. But if you meant that it is our fault, then I agree. I suppose you'd rather be eating Monsantos genetically made pigs or any other Monsanto GM crops. (Monsanto is also the company that sues small farms for growing "their" GM soybean even though the small farmers only got their soybean because of the wind carrying the seed.) http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2480 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MonsantovsFarmers.php
Yes I would. I am not afraid of any soybean. I am afraid of mass famine, which is what we had before hybid crops.
Watched till the endangered species (first thirty seconds?) I love how everyone just leaves out part of the story. Why are these species growing endangered? Because we're taking up their space, using up their food, and hunting them for sport. We're at fault for their inability to survive in a world already controlled by humans. Example: Pandas. I'd say they're a pretty shitty animal. Look cute, strong, blah blah but eat a **** load of bamboo. Bamboo, of all the things they could eat, they eat bamboo. Probably the least nourishing food they could find for their massive bodies. Now humans take up these places where the bamboo used to grow. Oh look Pandas are dying off. It's their fault, they eat too match bamboo. When we got here and cut down this here jungle, it means them pandas gotta get the **** out and live on all the other miles of bamboo. Oh wait what about the pandas already there? Who cares, let 'em duke it out. More people move into the area, and oh look we need more space. Plenty of bamboo out there, get out mister panda. It's called collateral damage. Global warming? Yes, it's real. No we are not the cause of it. But we are rather a tributary to it. We're just simply speeding it up. The world has natural warming and (long) cooling/cold periods (Ice ages?). There is data that implies that we are simply in the middle of two ice ages. I don't even want to watch the rest of that video. I find it disgusting. Wait, I thought this thread was about fast food.
Shiz, species came and went before humans. It's no suprise that the cycle continues. In the case of the Panda, having one source of food puts it at great risk from day one. Just like humans who will only eat fast food(thread tie in). It's a high risk adaptation. We can not measure what effect if any we contribute to warming, thanks to the East Anglia CRU.
Exactly. Pandas were around before our society reached our current state and before they were endangered. Through mutations they became adapted to their prior environment. So what changed? Did they realize that natural selection was wasted on them and just rolled over and died? No animals and natural occurances make other animals endangered. In this case it was us. You can't deny that. The cycle of species is much slower than two hundred years. Yes Pandas are a weak species for only having one type of food, but this served them well didn't it? They survived (in the past) and it must've taken time for bamboo to become their sole food source. For humans I'd say we're drawn to these high fat/ high sugar food because of our prior environments. Humans are a damn weak species physically. We had to eat foods that gave us the most nourishment in the least amounts. Fats do that. It would also explain why we love sex so much. The more people, the higher chance of survival. But now we don't need 8 kids per family. These mutations and selections can't go as fast as us.
Back to the fast food - this is the ONLY place that I have read anything that realizes that there is really no such thing as unhealthy food - only that too much (calorically) can be troublesome. It seems that in all the ads, everything that comes out of commericials about obesity, the political agendas all equate "healthy" meals as those being low in fat, and calories... So - I propose that gamers must be more intelligent than the masses - maybe we should be running the country...
Those who seek power are unfit to use it. (is that a well-known quote?) But what about cholesteral? Vitamins? Protein? Amino Acids? Fiber? Anti-oxidants? I'm sure fast food doesn't cover all that. I'm pretty sure it's not just calories that matter.
Mmmm. GM bacon. Don't give a damn about soy unless it's sauce. And Monsanto is well within their rights to sue anyone growing their (yes, their) particular GM bean without their consent. It's their genetic research and their genetic modifications that made it what it is. That's called intellectual property, no different from software, music, books, movies, television, or any other man-made process that can be copyrighted or trademarked. The only reason people hate them is because they're "big agra." Granted, Monsanto should have been a little more circumspect in their approach to farms where those seeds were planted there by errant breezes; that was just a douchebag move on their part. I know a few really big lizards who would have liked to have a word with you if they weren't extinct because a big rock fell on them.
