On Mon, 31 May 2010 09:46:13 -0400, brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Mon, 31 May 2010 07:41:52 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>
>>> J. Clarke > wrote:
>>>
>>> >Do Alton Brown and The Food Network claim to cook _healthy_ or cook
>>> >_tasty_? If you don't like salt don't use it. But it is not your place
>>> >to tell others how to live their lives.
>>>
>>> This would be valid if Americans were more careful with their
>>> health, got their blood pressure checked regularly and any
>>> hypertension treated. In Europe everybody does that but not
>>> here. A fraction of the untreated hypertensives in the U.S.
>>> are sodium-sensitive. Therefore, it will save taxpayer money to
>>> have an industry-wide salt reduction.
>>>
>>> So while I generally believe in peace, love, freedom and
>>> libertarianism, since it will save me money to regulate salt,
>>> I'm for it.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>>And sugar reduction (especially those who are addicted to soft drinks)
>>might reduce the national diabetes epidemic...
>
> The biggest cost to society is over population... let's mandate
> neutering at birth, everyone with the hypertension and obeastie
> gene... 'specially uglis and dummies.

you're a good little nazi, sheldon. your parents would be so proud they'd
*plotz*.

blake