Should Hardee's be allowed

[forgethell]

to do this? Moral or immoral?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&u=/ap/20041207/ap_on_he_me/fit_monster_burger_2&printer=1

Merry Christmas? :-)

[peekaloo]

1. yes. an ironic way to "thin out the herd".

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[underpants]

2. Hardee's can do what ever the hell it wants

http://www.westernthickburger.com/

[Phillycat]

19. Amen!

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/suspects/61284

[redqueen]

20. 'thfuck?

[Phillycat]

22. Underpants and I like to trade weird links back and forth.

We're very strange.

[redqueen]

23. Well I'd seen his before. Heck, who could miss it what with

him posting it seventy bajillion times. :P

But yours... yours is just bizarre. I love it!

[Phillycat]

24. Me too! Just found that one today!

:)

[Richardo]

25. Lousy corporate firewall

:cry:

Can you describe it to me in excruciating detail? Slowly? You can leave your hat on. ;-)

[Phillycat]

26. But of course, darling!

The headline:

AFRICAN TRIBE WORSHIPS SALMA HAYEK'S BREASTS!

A snip from the article:

The Mandinka tribe of Gambia, Africa, adheres to a religious practice completely unique to its people -- they worship actress Salma Hayek's breasts!

While most primitive societies tend to pray to animal or ancestral spirits, or to stars and planets as the Mandinkans once did, that all changed in 1995.

Mandinkan farmer Danjuma Kianga remembers, through an interpreter, the moment it happened.

"As a special treat, Chief Tuamanguluka arranged for a movie to be shown here for the first time ever. The movie was Desperado, starring the blessed Salma Hayek as Carolina, a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord."

When Hayek first appeared on screen, the Mandinkans were blown away by the sight of the 36C-25-37 actress. "Everyone gasped -- men, women, and children," recalls Kianga. "Salma was breathtakingly exquisite. She gave off a force, a light, an energy that came right through the screen and entered our very souls." ...

[Richardo]

35. I love news stories that include exclamation points!! So professional!!

Gotta love the WWN.

[Phillycat]

36. Yes, and you know it's a very important story when there's TWO

exclamation points! This Salma Hayek exclusive doesn't rate as a first-string story, but sometimes with breaking Bat Boy stories, there will be two...

[redqueen]

27. Weeeee!

Thanks for the earworm!

:bounce:

[Phillycat]

28. Joe Cocker's version is the best, right?

9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack.

[redqueen]

44. You know it!

[Richardo]

31. I've got that fat brass section chorus going thru my head too...

Yeah! :D:thumbsup:

My favorite Joe Cocker performance, and one of Randy Newman's best songs.

[DS1]

40. At long last! I have found my home!

All those nights of weird dreams and waking up in a wet bed now suddenly make so much sense!

I need a plane ticket to Gambia, Africa where I shall take up with my long lost Mandinka tribe and worship the magnificent tits of Hayek with my tribesmen!

[underpants]

41. Oh I can definitely see that

Cradle of civiliazation you know.

Well there is nothing better this time of year than....see top song link

http://www.dave-stephens.com/fun/jokes/jokes.htm

[redqueen]

45. hahahahahaha

three inch tool... you guys crack me up!

[StopTheMorans]

3. definitely

people who want to eat disgusting, heavily fat-laden foods will find a way to do so...

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Of course they should

Is it ethical to offer it? That's the question. I would come down on the side of yes, it's ethical. Not like they're forcing anyone to eat it.

if people want it, then have at it.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. I don't think it's immoral. It's not like they're forcing anyone to eat.

And it's also not like they're adding addictive chemicals to it.

Is it the "right" thing to do? Probably not. But I don't think it's necessarily wrong either.

[terrya]

6. Here's a problem I have about this.

Ok. Here we are, the United States of America. The richest country on the planet. We have an overabundance of things that other people around the world envy us for.

Imagine that you're a person who is living in a place with widespread poverty. Eating isn't a luxury. We're talking subsistance living. Just one step away from starvation.

And somehow, you hear about this monstrosity from Hardee's. Fat Americans, frankly, getting even fatter by eating this kind of crap.

There is poverty and hunger in large areas of the world. And instead of being hated, as we currently are now, we, the United States, should be at the forefront of tackling world hunger. But, unless I'm missing something, I don't see this particular Adminstration really caring all that much about it.

So, that's the problem I have with this thing.

[mseang]

8. Question?

Does that mean a side of fries is totally out of the question?

:bounce:

Seriously, I could not agree with you more.

[fryguy]

11. fries....from the fry guy

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. Well put, Terry!

I mean, come on, a 1400 calorie burger is just ridiculous.

[alwynsw]

48. Call me stupid.

I just don't buy the guilt trip.

Say your paryers, live a good life and, if you're very lucky, when you die you'll go to Kentucky.

[fryguy]

7. just disgusting

my earlier post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2159837&mesg_id=2159837

[DS1]

9. The number of calories listed in the various burgers in that article

indicate how shitty the meat is, talk about FAT!

[noshenanigans]

12. 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat?!

Whooooooa. That's really something.

I would put 100 bucks that someone's ordering that thing without the bun and calling it "Atkins Friendly". With a Diet Coke, naturally.

[MercutioATC]

13. No they shouldn't!!!

...let's write the menus af ALL eating establishments, Better yet, let's dictate the caloric intake of every American!

:eyes:

[Moloch]

14. Yes they should....

If people don't want to get fat, then they have a choice not to eat their food.

[Guitarman]

15. Oh jeez!

Of course they can sell it and anyone who wants to can eat it. End of story. It is not Hardees responsibility to solve world hunger or to try to keep Americans thin.
But of course some lard ass out there will want to blame Hardees for the fact that they cannot put the fork down and end up suing them.

[terrya]

16. This also put a strain on our health care system.

Unless you've been living in a cave somewhere, we have a serious problem with obesity in this country. And, frankly, that's a strain on our health care system...heart disease among other symptoms of eating disgusting 1,400 calorie, artery clogging, crap like this.

[Guitarman]

18. If you are obese...

you are to blame, not Hardees. Just because they make it does not give you the green light to eat it. Personal responsibility, or rather the lack of it it what is straining the health care system and the reason so many people are fat.
If I choose to try one of these, I take the ultimate responsibility for my actions. Everyone is always looking to shove the blame off on someone else.

[forgethell]

30. delete posted wrong place

[alwynsw]

17. What's the morality issue?

If people want to eat one of these - or try to eat on - what gives another the right to dictate otherwise. If people don't want it, they don't have to buy it.

Personally, I have a problem with skateboarding injuries and deaths, parasailing injuries and deaths, surfing injuries and deaths, shooting injuries and deaths, and many more injuries and deaths resulting from risky behavior and activities. The problem I have is with the injuries and deaths. I have no problem with the activities. Freesom of choice, pursuit of happiness and all that.

If I should choose to become grossly obese, it's my choice. Should I choose to ride a motorcycle in sandals, shorts and no helmet, once again it's my choice.

Spare me the "cost to society arguments' unless you choose to live in a protective bubble.

[forgethell]

39. For me,

there isn't one. I believe all people should be allowed to go to hell n their own way. but some people feel that it is immoral to let your selfish pursuit of pleasure put a strain on the health resources of the country, especially the public health services.

I just wanted to see how people felt about it here.

Merry Christmas :-)

[redqueen]

21. Allowed?

Where am I?

[Aristus]

29. The future belongs to liberals!

Let the rednecks eat all that shit. If we stick to granola and wheatgrass, we'll outlive the hell out of them! ;-)

[forgethell]

32. You won't live forever;

it'll just seem that way.


Granola :puke:

Merry Christmas :-)

[Aristus]

34. Okay, okay, then:

Multi-grain Cheerios! :9

Better?

Peace. B-)

[alwynsw]

47. Eww. Granola and wheatgrass?

Sorry, but I have to agree with Robin Willialms' charachter in "Moscow On the Hudson" about the two pleasures that are with you for your entire life.

More power to you if wheatgrass and granola float your boat, but I'll take a nice, thick ribeye any day. Rare, please. You may outlive me or you may not. I've lost no one to "old age' on either side of the family before age 92 for 3 generations. We all grew up on, and still eat, country cooking - lots of meat and vegetables, lard for frying and baking, etc. I can afford to eat what I want, but I prefer old fashioned country cooking. Gimme that fat and cholesterol! (All bets are off when I'm in New Orleans. Check on my itenerary and by stock in oysters and crawfish before I go.)

My point? It's not the place of others to dictate our dietary or recreational whims. (Cost to the system? Cost be damned. I pay my way.)

[sniffa]

33. i thought it was gonna be big

:(

[Ms_Mary]

37. I just watched Supersize Me and it reinforced my goal of

cutting fast food out completely. Years ago, I was so fit that even the thought of fast food made me feel ill. I'd like to get back to that point. I'm definitely not there now.

[pagerbear]

38. Why not?

They're not twisting anyone's arm to make them eat the damn things.

[forgethell]

42. I thank you all for for comments

It has been interesting seeing the reactions. I actually expected more negative comments than I got.

As for my own opinion: I believe it to be a morally neutral issue. "Gluttony" is one of the 7 deadly sins, if you buy into that system of belief, but having one occasionally should be neither immoral, nor too unhealthy (moderation in all things).

I just don't see how you can eat the thing without a knife & fork.

:9 :wow:


Merry Christmas, everybody :-)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. How 'bout DELICIOUS!?!?!??!??!!

mmmmmm

[Wapsie B]

46. Oh hell yes.

It's not something most people are going to eat all the time. And if they do it's their right to do so. Hardee's can do what it wants. Heck I've known people who make burgers like that at home.

Even the Angus beef thing is a good schtick even though it's meaningless. If they're raised properly many breeds of beef cattle will be quite tasty.

[American Tragedy]

49. Allowed to do what?

Make a huge-ass burger?

If consumers think it's immoral, they won't buy it. That's the beauty of the free market. Personally, I don't care. I haven't eaten red meat since I was a child.