Suicide by Burger King

Okay, I know picking on fast food joints is easy, but I couldn't let this one slip by. And, I'm not even actually picking on the fast food joint here, as you'll see. Have you seen the Burger King ads for those BK Stackers? Basically, they have a bunch of little people (is dwarf politically incorrect now, or not?) construction workers stacking meat and cheese on a bun. The head guy even yells at a worker when he 'only' puts one meat patty on a bun. (Okay, I admit the commercials are pretty good and made me chuckle. The head little guy is very humorous.) The premise is basically "We stack meat and cheese. Meat and cheese. No veggies."

I guess they do set some limits and the most meat and cheese they will let you have is the Quad Stacker. This ridiculous death trap is 4 hamburg patties, 4 slices of processed american cheese, 8 pieces of bacon, some sort of mystery sauce, and a bun. That equals 1000 calories, 68 grams of fat, 30 grams of saturated fat, 3 grams of trans fat, 240 mg of cholesterol, and 1800 mg of sodium. Of course, this is before you toss in the order of fries and wash it down with a coke.

Just to clarify, that is about 1/2 of a day's worth of calories, a full day's worth of fat, 1.5 days worth of saturated fat, 80% of your recommended daily intake of cholesterol, and 75% of your daily recommended sodium limit. Are you kidding me?

Now, like I said, I'm not really trying to point a finger at Burger King here. In fact, I'm almost defending them. If a retailer legally sells a handgun to someone, and that person then kills themself with that gun, I believe neither the retailer nor gun manufacturer are to blame. The person made their own decision to pull the trigger. Same thing here. Burger King does not make people fat. People make people fat. If someone is stupid enough to go buy a Quad Stacker, that is their decision. Hey, Burger King puts this nutritional info right on their web site, so they aren't hiding anything here.

People need to take responsibility for their own actions. If you eat BK Stackers and are fat, then fine, you are the one pulling the trigger. Don't blame anyone else for your problem. Burger King didn't force you to shove that burger into your mouth. In your case, obesity is clearly a lifestyle decision. And that is a decision you chose, and one that you have complete control over, whether you want to admit it or not.