william
2008-04-20 14:43:21
I actually did see Supersize Me (on television). It was OK, but the premise was flawed. If he had exclusively eaten General Tso’s chicken or pork chow fun there would have been the same dire health consequences that he suffered by eating exclusively at McDonalds. But some neighborhood Chinese restaurant would not be so easy to typecast as a corporate demon. I used to think that in the liberal hierarchy of bad ideas religion takes precedence over capitalism. But not so. A religion like Islam with its profound anti-capitalism bias (Sharia law does not allow interest) is offered a tolerance not given to Christianity. If that LDS community in Texas would convert to Islam their troubles would be over tomorrow.
