tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post1409618352570777149..comments2023-11-02T10:43:15.185+00:00Comments on DENVERSTROPE: Silly Season At The BBC: Obesity and ExerciseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-82667035675375473412010-07-09T21:24:37.869+01:002010-07-09T21:24:37.869+01:00Great comment, NG. In late 70s USA (where I spent ...Great comment, NG. In late 70s USA (where I spent a fair bit of my childhood) and 80s UK, life must have been safer for kids because troops of us were outside all the time! And we exercised more at school. We were just more physical and active back then I guess, possibly because there were far fewer distractions (nothing else to do).<br /><br />When I think of the miles and miles I used to cycle on my lovely old Austrian Puch, pocket radio hanging from the handle bars, 50p to my name, it amazes me. Don't really do that any more for some reason...<br /><br />Where did it all go wrong? ;)Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-39596153981069660362010-07-09T04:13:29.027+01:002010-07-09T04:13:29.027+01:00I agree that kids need to get out more. I see less...I agree that kids need to get out more. I see less kids these days playing outside or playing sports and more kids staying in and playing video games. I remember, when I was a kid, I couldnt wait to go outside and play and I didnt want to come in. I had a bike that I would ride around my neighborhood and down to the beach (given I lived on a military base and it was safe in the late 80's to ride around without a parent).Nerdy Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-2169274176996861182010-07-08T12:59:41.829+01:002010-07-08T12:59:41.829+01:00Well said tris!
And yes, I agree, Today is showin...Well said tris!<br /><br />And yes, I agree, Today is showing several of the symptoms usually associated with the onset of chronic dumbing down, John Humphrey's obvious senility being one of them.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-1652000098880442592010-07-08T12:19:58.749+01:002010-07-08T12:19:58.749+01:00I really don't think it's anyone's bus...I really don't think it's anyone's business whether people are fat or not.<br /><br />It's not the government's business to interfere with people's smoking, drinking or eating habits or much else.<br /><br />The time to interfere is when any of these things impinge on other people's freedoms...ie when I have to pick my way over drunks in the street for example (well not me personally of course. I'm not THAT important, but when one has to pick one’s way....sounds a bit posh, don’t it?).<br /><br />If people are fat, they will be fat. I've got a mate who is diabetic, fundamentally because he is a greedy git, but he knew the dangers and he suffers the problems pretty much in silence. One of the things that irritates me is that he gets all his prescriptions for free, because he used to eat too much. Wrong! <br /><br />If people smoke they will probably get some lung or throat problem, but that's their business; surely no one could be unaware of the dangers. Common sense would tell you that sucking smoke into your lungs just has to be bad for you.<br /><br />If people drink heavily they will get liver problems, and I've watched someone die of that... Ouch it was sore, but it was their business; they were warned, they ignored the warnings. C’est la vie. Adieu papa!<br /><br />The tax on drink and cigarettes mean that these people are entitled to more than their share of the NHS. We should not complain.<br /><br />Maybe we should tax cream cakes?<br /><br />I think, given that some people are incredibly unaware of ...well, just about everything... that may be the responsibility of the government to ensure that the dangers are known. Other than that it comes down to individual choice. I certainly don't want some overpaid fat cat from Whitehall or Edinburgh telling me what to do on his way to collect his knighthood.<br /><br />Btw: Hasn’t Today been dumbed down? It used to be interesting and informative. It’s gone the way of everything else on the BBC... commercialised in the hopes of getting ratings. Next Radio Three will be having a “Top 10” show with Paris Hilton or Jordan! Time to sell them off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com