Balko vs. Zincenko

Radley Balko: Hey David, I read your article. But I feel that your argument should be changed.

David Zincenko: You did? Why are you reading my stuff man? You out of all people shouldn't be reading my article. Don't you have a issue with people eating.

Radley Balko: Yeah of course! What you eat is your business! How can you say it's not the person's fault for eating.

David Zincenko: Don’t blame the eater.

Balko: When people eat unhealthy foods like mc donalds, toco bell, kfc, and other fast foods. It’s their fault for wanting to eat it.

Zincenko: That’s not true. When I was in my teenage years my parents divorced and my only option was fast food restaurants because that’s all I can afford.

Balko: Well you could have learned how to cook and ate your own cooking. Or purchase foods that are more nutritious.

Zincenko:  I tried, but sometimes it is just more convenient to just go out and buy something. When I pick up groceries; I check the calories and ingredients, but there are things that I do not pick up while reading, for example, in small font or hidden, my burger is consists of 2.5 servings as to 1.

Balko: See! That proves my point. Why did you choose to eat a burger? I would have chosen to eat a homemade pasta or sandwich. It would have been cheaper, tastier, and healthier.

Zincenko: Kids would not want to dine at home all the time, after school or during school, they need a snack. Conveniently, there are fast food restaurants on nearly street. Sometimes there would be more than one mc donalds or burger king on a single block!

Balko: mc donalds and other leading fast food restaurants are causing consumers harm to their bodies and wallets. Although fast food restaurants claim to be cheaper, every meal is roughly a few bucks cheaper than a fresh cooked entrée at a diner or local restaurant. After eating these deleterious meals daily, your body will begin to have complications; such as heart attacks, high cholesterol, weight gain, and much more.

Zincenko: I know all the negative impacts are. Do you think I’m dumb? Geez. I’m just trying to say that it’s not our fault. For the millionth time, what if that’s all we can afford. Let me give you a situation, so I live in a town where the only restaurant is toco bell, and there isn’t a single groceries store for the next 20 miles. And I happen to only have two dollars. Wouldn’t dining at toco bell seem reasonable? Knowing all the risky effects of eating a few toco would do to me. I would most likely still choose to eat it. Wouldn’t you?

Balko: Stop talking to me. You’re just one of those people that waste our country’s money by relying on your public health benefit after eating unhealthy and having problems down the line. Then you end up having to go to a doctor’s office or the hospital a hundred times more often than the general population who chose not to eat fast food.

Zincenko: Whatever man. Just know that sometimes you just have to eat something unhealthy. It really isn’t our fault if we eat a meal that might someday cause us a heart attack.
Thesis: When an individual eats, it is entirely their decision however some may not take responsibility for their choice. What the government should do instead of providing more health care to the public, they should provide cheaper sources of nutritional foods. Because the main reason in my opinion why I would choose unhealthy foods over healthy foods is because organic or cooked meals is more expensive compared to a heated up frozen good.