Seattlest: Keep Your Laws Off My Dick's Fries

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:06:56 -0800

Answer: rather than ban trans-fats from Dick's, ban overweight people from Dick's. That way, Guest #9 has the satisfaction of making other people's decisions for them and keeping "our" healthcare system chugging along. The rest of us can continue to eat Dick's deliciously bad-for-you fries! It's a win-win-win situation -- the most ideal outcome!

guest

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:52:55 -0800

@Seth people have had that decision to make on their own and they've blown it. which is why there is such a drain on our healthcare system now. idiots who shove fast food down their throats like it's going out of style, blow up to obesse proportions then need modern science to give them bypass surgery because they are too poor to afford it on their own.

guest

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:44:22 -0800

@7, seriously. This is too much stick with no carrot. I'd also disagree with the idea that Dick's customers can't afford a coronary bypass. Dick's ain't cheap, at least not relative to other fast-food joints.

Seth

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:22:27 -0800

Here's an idea--why don't you let me decide whether I want to do things that "contribute to heart disease"? Is that so hard? Want to do something that will be better for health? How about a tax credit for joining a gym? Or no sales tax on swimming trunks? Or something? Instead of foisting your impotence at improving public health onto fucking FAST FOOD JOINTS, like it's their fault.

guest

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:06:11 -0800

there's a difference between not being healthy and contributing to heart disease. i'm not advocating making the fries a health food. what i'm saying is get rid of the frying medium that has been proven to increase the risk of heart problems and replace it with an oil that doesn't. i think we can all agree that makes sense. french fry flavor be damned!

guest

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:33:13 -0800

hey, if NYC can do it, with all its greasy food joints, so can we. i (heart) dick's fries, but i'm all for going transfat-free.

Tom

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:51:44 -0800

Guest #3, eating French fries is never going to be healthy no matter what oil you use. Why kid ourselves?

guest

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:23:55 -0800

huh. yeah, screw the public welfare. why remove something that has been proven to increase the risk of heart disease? hell, i think all this talk about cigarettes being bad is just a load of crap. start passing them out to kindergarteners. when they get in high school and start drinking, they'll need something to hold in their free hand. plus it makes you look cool when you stumble around drunk with your dick's fries and impending coronary bypass that you can't afford to pay for. yeah!

guest

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:46:21 -0800

To be fair, though, Dick's low overhead probably allows them to pay employees fairly well (not to mention granting them lavish benefits). You can have healthy fries or happy employees, but you can't have both.

JasonTrue

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:59:55 -0800

Restaurants that claim they need trans fats for flavor are full of ... something. Trans fats don't taste better than unhydrogenated grease... however, they can be kept in the fryer much longer without deteriorating. Restaurants making lots of french fries and deep-fried fish and what not complaining about the trans fat ban just want to spend less money buying fresh oil.