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John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<Uav16UD$Oa$$EweM@wookie.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <825e2890.0401080727.f7a6049@posting.google.com>, Tim 
> Worstall <tcw@2xtreme.net> writes
> 
> > Leaving aside the pollution issue I'm rather miffed that
> >someone wants me to spend money on something I have little desire to
> >do.
> 
> Well, I'm sure nobody will force you to buy a car at gun point.

No, just that you don't have any other option... ;)

Source: Talking Point, BBC News 

Having lived in the US last year, I can say most of the comments here 
belittling this lawsuit stem from ignorance of life in the US. People 
here in the UK are MUCH more aware of what is healthy. In the US "Big 
Food" dominates the airwaves and the vast majority of people are 
genuinely misinformed. Americans live off processed food regularly now. 
Having said that, I think the lawsuit is partially misguided because bad 
food is no more than half the problem of obesity that is now coming to 
the fore in the US. The other half is the lifestyle the country imposes 
on people. *In the US you are literally FORCED to drive everywhere - even 
a 5 minute hop to a local supermarket*. People live in a system where 
they do everything sitting down. So it is not just that massive amounts 
of calories (with little nutrition) are readily and cheaply on offer, 
but that burning any of it off in the normal course of a day is near 
impossible. 
James, UK