It's not that simple.
After all, Canada has had no public health emergency either. It has more to do with a well-founded and vibrant left-wing culture. For some reason, such a culture has never really taken root in the US.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:35, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

This is very true.
Ultimately, I'm just being facetious with my point about nationwide epidemics - not least of all because most of the people in Britain wouldn't appreciate its historical significance. Though as in my reply above, I've always been intrigued by the way they rally round the flag when they feel under threat. I just wonder whether it would give them a push in the right (well, the left) direction.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:40, Reply)

I doubt it as we are already faced with a national epidemic of obesity
and people are still feasting at McDonalds and spending all day in front of the TV or computer. Some doctors are saying that if things don't change, this might be the first generation in a long time that doesn't live as long as it's parents. So many people are so brainwashed by what TV and the media tell then that they don't even know they are slowly drowning in their own fat.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:46, Reply)