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January 27, 2006

Center for Pseudoscience in the Public Disinterest

The forever-meddling Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is at it again. Now they are bringing a lawsuit against Kellogg Co. and Viacom Inc. to stop them from marketing junk food to children. They chose a court in Massachusetts as the venue for the suit, since that state's laws are friendly towards consumer protectionism.

This is nothing but an anti-capitalistic power grab intended to involve government even more in our personal lives and take over decisions that should be left to parents. Parents know their children the best. They control the family's purse strings and do the shopping. What's wrong with letting them decide what kinds of food they will purchase for their children? If this lawsuit is successful, our government nanny-state will grow even larger and take one step closer to banning certain types of food. What's next, the government requiring parents to have their kids join health clubs? Don't be surprised.

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why is it ok for corporations to control people and tell people what to do but not governments? your utopia is what reality would call anarchy. it's not anti-capitalist to try to do something about the irresponsible behavior of corporations. obviously, parents DON'T know what's best for their children, or we wouldn't have so many fat kids with asthma and diabetes in this country. oh, and they already have something called "gym" in the schools, but parents can get their kids out of it if their lazy kids complain about it.

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