...And avoiding my question for the umpteenth time makes your argument BS. Which is why I repeated it.
If you can't see that I didn't avoid your question then there's something far more serious than BS-spreading going on.. and for you it's not at all good.
An education/awareness program is not only there to inform people like you suggest. Even if this was the case, how is the "Lets Move" initiative a mandate? Do you have link to evidence?
What other reason is there for an education/awareness program about obesity? Obesity is on the rise in children?
Again I'll say it... EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ALREADY.
No one said this education/awareness thing is a mandate, but we have demonstrated how such things
usually lead to mandates.
Because obesity in America is on the rise especially among kids, which is what this initiative is about.
Obesity is on the rise in children?
No sh!t, Sherlock. I don't know about you, but I certainly didn't need to hear about it in some initiative from the FLOTUS to realize it.. and I highly doubt a lot of other people are unaware of childhood obesity. The real problem is that people are
apathetic about it.. and awareness/education is not a cure for that.
Apathy about something you're aware of already isn't going to be prevented by awareness/education. Why?
BECAUSE YOU'RE AWARE OF IT ALREADY... it's not that hard of a concept to understand.
I'm not talking about the initiative, I'm saying if you don't think initiatives are a good idea, then what is?
The only good ideas for obesity and other problems related to our many vices are on an individual level. It's a good idea for parents to pay more attention to what their kids eat and to buy rollerblades or bicycles for their kids this Christmas (and make sure they use 'em) instead of a video game system or computer. It's a good idea for us to skip McDonalds and instead go to the supermarket. It's a good idea for us to park further away from the entrance so we (and our children) have to walk more. It's a good idea for us to take the stairs instead of the elevator.
These are the good ideas that work. Parents and children know about rollerblades, the supermarket, and the stairway.. they just don't use them as often as they should. That's a matter of personal choice, which is not something an "education/awareness" initiative is going to change.
That is called a correlation and correlation is not the direct result of causation. If you can grasp that then it'll solve a whole lotta problems for ya in making critical decisions.
I know what correlation and causation are, but what I outlined in my post (
go back and read what you didn't quote) is not correlation but a chain of events that all started with education/awareness.. and that demonstrates causation.
Then the initiative is not a mandate no matter how you feel about it.
Who said it was a mandate? Try to grasp this:
we've been saying that it LEADS to mandates.
If you feel that way, then that's fine, but I would disagree.
Of course you would, because you apparently think government action is both beneficial and required in
A LOT more areas of our lives than I do.
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