The We Declaration needs a bibliography or at least some footnotes, because this following passage made my head spin and was clearly not written by or about the hundreds of high school kids that pack into the local Taco Bell at lunchtime:
"Our Health has Collapsed.
We are suffering an epidemic of chronic, preventable diseases of abuse and neglect. We are being poisoned by the food we are fed and the drugs we are prescribed. Media, education, and government all brainwash us into thinking poisons are good for us. As a consequence, we are on the path to be the sickest generation in history. As children, we have the diseased arteries of the elderly. One in three of us will develop diabetes, more than half of us will become obese, and half of us will get cancer. Our lifespan is expected to be less than our parents."
Wow. I think they need to cite a published study or two.
The line about obesity pretty much sums it up. How can the We Generation possibly be held responsible for their own actions? Or are parents, teachers and school administrators forcing 2-liter Mountain Dews on them between classes? Here's your European History textbook and your Red Bull IV.
We have known from the beginning of time what is and is not poison for our bodies. Sadly the more poisonous it is, the better it tastes! Believe me, if cauliflower and tofu tasted like pepperoni pizza I'd be all over it. Hence the need for personal willpower and personal responsibility. That doesn't excuse parental responsibility when it comes to chubby toddlers. But if you're are old enough to make a formal declaration then you're old enough to make decisions about what you eat.
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