The Fat People of America (TFPA) Move to Ban McDonald's

In a radical move on Monday, The Fat People of America have presented a motion in which they request the removal of all McDonald's across America. When asked what the reason for this outlandish move was, they responded, "McDonald's is the #1 cause for obesity across America. We are fixing the problem by starting at the source."

Their motion was denied, as the committee was mostly made up of Starving People of America Who Can't Cook (SPAWCC). McDonald's will be safe. For now.

These two bumper stickers illustrate my point quite well:

Sometimes kids are brats. We all admit that. A parent's job is to discipline their children and not give in to their every demand. Kids shouldn't get whatever they want because a parent can't stand that they are throwing a temper tantrum in middle of the store, so they shove candy in the child's face to shut them up.

In this interesting must-read article, check out who the parents blame for their children's temper tantrums:

Dozens of recent comments on a Park Slope parents message blog said ice cream vendors need to leave the area, especially places around the playgrounds and parks, to help avoid afternoon meltdowns and temper tantrums from children craving frozen treats.

“Go somewhere else, go on another corner because…it does make it too tempting for them,” Debbie Markovic said Monday as her lactose-intolerant daughter begged for ice cream. 

Um, hello lady, so teach your child some self-control!

Though a sentiment exists among some to move the ice cream trucks, some frozen treat fanatics said banning a staple like Mister Softee is simply un-American.

“A little extreme, a little treat is a good thing,” one woman said.

“They’re walking down the street and my kid wants everything, every toy they see. Does that mean we should ban every toy store?” another woman said.

A city agency said banning ice cream trucks would have to be done legislatively citywide or statewide. They said to ban the trucks just in Park Slope would be impossible.

One parent jokingly said not until celery trucks go around playing fun music should the community consider banning the ice cream trucks.

Community Board 7 said it gets complaints about noisy music from the ice cream trucks or even safety issues regarding parking. However, an all-out ban for health reasons is unrealistic because the trucks are run by private vendors and parents have the option to say “no.”

 Here is where we see how society is deteriorating. Parents expect other people to do the child rearing for them. Instead of teaching their children good values, they want a cop to say it is not allowed.

In a world where women have the option of using a surrogate instead of going through child birth,and  kids are raised by nannies because both parents work all the time, where do parents expect their children to learn good values if they don't teach them?

Banning ice cream trucks is not a solution. It is a band-aid for a much bigger problem.

P.S. This post is by no means meant derogatorily against fat people. I think fat people are great. The more the merrier.