Re: Wussy? (Was: Strategies to reduce sodium intake in the US)

[Guest guest]

It's not about being " wussy " , it's because we are such a litigious society. If

someone gets hurt, they look for someone else to sue.

So people in the US sue McD's for the fat/calories & hot coffee, sue tobacco for

lung cancer, and sue their neighbor for the crack in the sidewalk.

If the NFL held that game, how many folks would have gotten stuck on the roads,

frostbitten waiting for snowplows, cars dented from sliding on ice, etc??? Which

increases the costs to the city (stupid Govenor) and all the overtime by rescue

departments (not to mention how much it would cost the local cities).

  

Holly----------

Holly Lee Brewer, MS RD CDE

Pediatric Dietitian, Diabetes Educator

Medical Nutrition Therapist, Las Vegas, NV

Maj Holly Brewer, USAFR BSC http://hollyinbalad.blogspot.com

301st MDS, NAS JRB Fort Worth (Carswell), TX

Joint Base Balad, Iraq (Jan-Jul 2009)

Re: Strategies to reduce sodium intake in the US

Makes me think of an article in the Wall Street Journal I just read: Link

here<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808704576061931478655322.h\

tml?KEYWORDS=wuss>

We're a nation of wimps. Of sissies. Of wusses. They're the words trotted

out when talking about our country's leaders, our children's generation, or

the whiniest, most-fearful, most-paranoid aspects of our culture today.

Just last week, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell belittled the NFL for

postponing an Eagles-Vikings football game because of a snowstorm. " We've

become a nation of wusses, " he said. And in a YouTube video, the grandmother

of actor Franco mocked the manliness of anyone who couldn't watch Mr.

Franco's grisly amputation scene in the film " 127 Hours. "

Why are these such potent accusations in America?

It's because the charge touches on our national identity. Gov. Rendell says

he was stunned by the interest in his comments, but on reflection, he now

understands why his words stung. " Our country was founded by incredible

risk-takers, " he says. " They were an army of farmers and shopkeepers, and

they fought knowing that if they lost, they'd be hung. We seem to have lost

our boldness. "

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