Common Sense Consumption Act

Remember when a TV talk show host was sued for defamation of beef? In South Carolina there's talk of protecting the fat and sugar merchants.

If you get fat or have health problems because of eating Thickburgers at Hardee’s, double Quarter Pounders with bacon at McDonald’s, or “loaded” baked potatoes at your favorite Carolina steakhouse, don’t blame the restaurant.

And if a bill being considered by the House this week becomes law, don’t try to sue them in South Carolina, either.

Under the Common Sense Consumption Act, anybody having anything to do with those potatoes, burgers or bacon strips would be shielded from civil liability claims if you gained weight, became obese, or developed other health problems.

Diners beware: Bill would shield restaurants from obesity liability

Well I do believe in personal responsibility. But ads telling people to not worry about eating healthily remind me of the criminal tactics of the tobacco industry. I've see press releases by the Center for Consumer Freedom run as news articles.

A group backed by the U.S. food and restaurant industries on Monday launched an advertising campaign aimed at dismissing as hype concerns about the large number of obese Americans.

Consumer freedom? Judging by the success of the local Bojangles, KFC and the like nobody is keeping people away from their daily allotments of saturated fat.