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View Poll Results: Should all Fast Food be Banned in the United States?
Yes 10 8.77%
No 104 91.23%
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:38 PM
 
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America has an obesity problem.

Should all fast food be banned in America?
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:42 PM
 
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No, very few things should be banned here.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Tacoma, WA
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No. It's not the food's fault people are fat. On a personal note, I hate most fast food because I appreciate eating higher on the hog or home prepared meals.

In my fantasy world, people would have a bit less childish of tastes, would not like most fast food, and would opt to eat healthier since their palates were accustomed to higher end or better-for-you food. Most fast food restaurants would then go out of business due to lack of customer interest.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Texas State Fair
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Maybe we should just do away with plastic and styrofoam. Or cardboard boxes and paper bags. And deep fryers.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:50 PM
 
Location: a bar
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It's not 'fast food'. It's 'good food quickly'.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:52 PM
 
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I really, really hate to say "no" but it's my answer. As rude said, it's not the food's fault, it's the person's fault. Fast food does create jobs, and that's what we need. We are a country that lives a fast paced live-style and we want everything NOW.

I use to eat fast food but I quit doing it after I moved down south and realizing that my health is actually important.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Limbo
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That is going to be hard to regulate and fast food employs A LOT of people in the US.

I imagine a fast food black market with the emergence of McDonald's speakeasys.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:52 PM
 
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Originally Posted by joebaldknobber View Post
America has an obesity problem.

Should all fast food be banned in America?

Is fast food the problem or is it something else?

I think the issue is something else and short of banning people, there is no resolution.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:53 PM
 
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emcee, that made me laugh out loud!
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:54 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Originally Posted by joebaldknobber View Post
America has an obesity problem.

Should all fast food be banned in America?
Makes about as much sense as banning fat people.
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