France is set to ban the words 'mother' and 'father' from all official documents...

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I'll agree that's hypocritical (along with Bloomberg banning 20 ounce drinks on the very day he declare is donut day.)

But honestly if someone wants the government to stay out of their bedroom it does seem odd that they want government to mandate that others pay for their birth control.

This thing seems so very stupid--expecting the government to provide everything (and not realizing that if the government pays the bills on things, it calls the shots on how each of us behaves.)
Alright, you're not talking about France and your post wasn't directed at me even if it appeared to be. I'm not a mindreader. I still can't follow your thinking - from terminology on French government documents to (I think) American healthcare politics is quite a stretch.
 
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Alright, you're not talking about France and your post wasn't directed at me even if it appeared to be. I'm not a mindreader. I still can't follow your thinking - from terminology on French government documents to (I think) American healthcare politics is quite a stretch.

Sorry, I must be taken the First Lady's "Let's Move" program too seriously if I'm making you stretch. :p
 
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Sorry, I must be taken the First Lady's "Let's Move" program too seriously if I'm making you stretch. :p

You know, that's the second time you've brought that up...what's your thoughts on the Let's Move program, or the fact that our First Lady has chosen to focus on the problem of childhood obesity? It seems that First Ladies often pick an issue and work to promote solutions to that issue. Childhood obesity, and adult obesity for that matter, is a serious problem (and a moral issue in many cases, if one still considers overconsumption a sin). The US is the fattest industrialized nation in the world, and we suffer in large numbers from the associated diseases. Our children are barraged with fast food ads, unhealthy school lunches, and recreation that is often not active. I think we need to do something positive about that, and applaud her efforts in that area.
 
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You know, that's the second time you've brought that up...what's your thoughts on the Let's Move program, or the fact that our First Lady has chosen to focus on the problem of childhood obesity? It seems that First Ladies often pick an issue and work to promote solutions to that issue. Childhood obesity, and adult obesity for that matter, is a serious problem (and a moral issue in many cases, if one still considers overconsumption a sin). The US is the fattest industrialized nation in the world, and we suffer in large numbers from the associated diseases. Our children are barraged with fast food ads, unhealthy school lunches, and recreation that is often not active. I think we need to do something positive about that, and applaud her efforts in that area.

It's a joke. A play on words. "Stretching to reach a conclusion." "Jumping or Leaping to conclusions." I guess we can add "climbing the walls". ;)

Stop being so serious all the time. Remember the Chesterton quote "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly".
 
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It's a joke. A play on words. "Stretching to reach a conclusion." "Jumping or Leaping to conclusions." I guess we can add "climbing the walls". ;)

Stop being so serious all the time. Remember the Chesterton quote "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly".

It's a good quote.

I guess I could make a joke about quoting Chesterton in the context of commenting about the First Lady's initiative, but I bet I'd get in trouble :)
 
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Not nearly as hypocritical as "don't interfere with my ability to drink a 128 oz heavily sugared drink while eating a T-bone steak with the side of gravy fires while driving down an unrestricted speed limit highway, unbelted and texting my friend"

But

Pay for my heats surgery, diabetes meds, brain injuries.

I don't know, I think the biggest hypocrisy is when your city bans sodas over 16 oz. thinking they are doing something worthwhile, whereas they are oblivious to some eateries and what they serve: Instant Heart Attack, anyone?
 
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