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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On May 28, 12:55 am, Christopher  Helms  wrote:   
   > On May 27, 9:40 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble   
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   > Philosopher"  wrote:   
   > > On May 27, 9:31 pm, Harold Burton  wrote:   
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   > > > In article   
   > > > <0e0dd21c-f7c6-4740-bdaf-fac662e18...@w8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,   
   > > >  "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"   
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   > > > > On May 27, 2:58 pm, Father Haskell  wrote:   
   > > > > > On May 27, 1:15 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble   
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   > > > > > Philosopher"  wrote:   
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   > > > > > > I don't like cultivating the body as in gym training, but I want my   
   > > > > > > body be subject to the rigors of life (meaning walking, bicycling,   
   > > > > > > swimming). Remember I praise the "hunter gatherer" lifestyle.   
   Hunting   
   > > > > > > is no longer practical, so something must take its place.   
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   > > > > > Walk, don't drive, to the grocery.   
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   > > > > I don't drive to the market, but walking a mile round trip ain't much   
   > > > > of a challenge for a man who can ride a bike for 15 miles. Perhaps   
   > > > > that's enough for an 88 year old but not me.   
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   > > > > It's an idiotic world made for idiotic people. People just get on the   
   > > > > automatic Toyota and go everywhere without giving it a thought. When   
   > > > > you mention the "hunter gatherer," they go "what!?"   
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   > > > > Is it Capitalism or Christianity? Well, they go hand in hand. They are   
   > > > > just contrary to Human Nature.   
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   > > > Given the human nature leads to lives that are "nasty, brutish and   
   > > > short" I'll go with the contrary Capitalism and Christianity, thank you.   
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   > > > Snicker   
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   > > They didn't have a long life that was the result of high-tech medicine   
   > > and drugs. Their teeth fell apart as well, and diet was deficient.   
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   > > On the plus side they didn't live with diabetes and were strong until   
   > > they dropped dead.   
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   > > We on the other hand could choose the best of both worlds.   
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   > They are always telling us how our ancient ancestors didn't get   
   > diabetes, they didn't get heart disease, they didn't have this and   
   > they didn't have that. They always seem to forget to mention that they   
   > didn't eat much because there wasn't much available, and they also   
   > tended to die in their 30s, if not earlier, from countless forms of   
   > brutality, or things related to the filth they lived in and/or their   
   > lack of understanding of what germs and bacteria were. They didn't get   
   > modern diseases because they had their own problems to deal with.   
   > Which isn't to say that we aren't doing some incredibly stupid things   
   > to ourselves right now relating to our health. We could have the best   
   > of both worlds, healthwise, if we wanted it. Its right there in front   
   > of us. But we don't want it if it means having to give up things like   
   > Coca Cola, Big Macs, Snicker bars and Little Debbies. Which would be   
   > fine as far as capitalism goes if doing that just led to fat people   
   > dying. But it doesn't. It leads to fat people getting sick, for years   
   > and years, unable to work, unable to do much of anything except   
   > accumulate huge medical bills that they have no means to pay off, THEN   
   > dying. Which means that everybody else, including (maybe especially),   
   > healthy people who *can* pay, end up having to foot the bill for   
   > everything from other peoples amputations to their diabetic supplies   
   > to their four wheeled electric lard carts.   
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   > It's easy to blame 'Capitalism' for giving people exactly what they   
   > want. It's tougher to blame it for the results of our own desires.   
   > It's tougher yet to blame our deeply ingrained. practically biological   
   > love of sugar and our inability to resist it despite what it is doing   
   > to us, even though that's what's really at the bottom of our current   
   > health mess.   
      
   You are partially right because on top of it all --our addiction to   
   junk food-- we lack a necessary ingredient of life: EXERCISE. Our   
   sedentary life is killing us.   
      
   But capitalism also makes sure we can't SUE junk food providers such   
   as McDonald's which makes our kids addicted to same junk with the   
   skillful performance of a clown and advertising. They control our   
   diet.   
      
   When we walk into a supermarket, 90% of the shelves is junk, pure   
   colorful junk.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)