Thursday, March 10, 2011
Captain Crunch
I found out early this morning that the cereal Captain Crunch is going off the shelves. given that I am not full on the facts (word of mouth though they did elaborate a little on the subject) but what it came down to was the sugar content...Really? Sugar is sugar and Captain Crunch had been around for...well since 1963 (you do the math), but suddenly now it is dangerous? As are cokes (and other soda pops), certain vegetables/fruits, candies, car parts, string, etcetera. Cokes were much more dangerous back when there was a reason it was called "coke" (cocain for you clean people). Some fruits have been declared (grapes, apples) unhealthy due to the "natural" sugar. Natural, c'mon what're you gunna do? Candies yea they are nothing but sugary goodness. My point being these items have been around for years my parents ate them, my grandparents, my great-great grandparents and they often ate worse "unhealthy" foods (I have an odd family i'm not going into details). People are going to eat whatever they feel like. Like the man who ate car parts to break a record. In highschool we had a string lab all it did was attach to a drill bit and spin our teacher pointed out that the instructions simply said "do not consume" meaning someone did or tried to do so. Humans have to eat to live. And they are going to eat whatever is available which in our society is vast and delicious (ha!). Denying someone there right of choice steps on the toes of their right to expression (you wanna eat bugs go ahead, can't eat pork that's cool too). Understandably if the company shuts down for financial reasons or they put lead in each box gotcha, death bringing habits. Sugar is a NATURAL phenomenon has been around since the beginning of time to say now that it is simply unacceptable to eat so much sugar in one bite is unethical (if your religious its immoral). They are taking away these products because they have to much sugar (artificial or not) what next are they going to take sugar bags off the counter? Regulate sugar like ciggarettes. Must be 21 to obtain...like to see them outlaw apples. If you are a health nut (respect) eat organic if you'd like but don't deny me my options of being a couch potato (respect) because you don't like my life style. Don't like it, don't eat it.
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