A potential turnoff for charitable donors?

[Steven_Draker]

The term "organic" is way over-used ...

 

I think buying organic food has become a way for some people to make themselves feel superior to others. Luxury cars have become more accessible to more people through financing plans, air travel is also more accessible, and so are high-end and designer clothes, so organically- vs conventionally grown food is the latest way for some people to project their success, sense of merit, and moral/cultural superiority.

 

You're going to like this:

 

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[Phil_musc]

Thanks, Steven. Now I'm laughing too hard to reach for the donuts that I was going to have with my morning coffee. Thank you, you have given me the strength to make the right choice as I reach for my fat-free yoghurt.

[Guest]

So if there is a genetic predisposition to obesity, it may well be true that two thin or average weight individuals could produce a child with obese tendencies on a genetic basis.

 

 

While occasionally couples each with one copy of two recessive genes can have an offspring with a trait neither of the couple portrays, this does not happen with large portions, let alone a majority of a population. That's just not how genetics work. Now, of course, if the trait is highly desirable, it can out-compete others, but this takes many generations, and obesity is certainly not a trait which offers a survival benefit. I just saw a woman with food stamps in front of me in line at Target. Instead of buying healthful food, she was buying a bunch of junk with those food stamps: packaged danishes and the like. Maybe part of the solution could be restricting what one can buy with food stamps?