"Beyond Personal Responsibility"

jmk wrote in message ...
On 6/5/2004 11:37 AM, Radley Balko wrote:

Congress is now considering menu-labeling legislation, which would
force restaurants to send every menu item to the laboratory for nutritional
testing.

This is the wrong way to fight obesity. Instead of manipulating or
intervening in the array of food options available to American consumers,
our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in
and ownership of our own health and well-being. But we're doing just the
opposite.

How is having restaurants provide nutritional information so that
consumers can more easily make educated choices not fostering a sense of
responsibility?

The responsibility lied completely with the consumer. If a restaurant
doesn't provide nutritional information, then the consumer needs to
take that into account in deciding whether or not to eat that food.