2008 Woodie Awards
Go on, eat as much turkey and pie as you like
Cameron Ross
Issue date: 12/2/05 Section: Opinion
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Thanksgiving is a chance for Americans to celebrate their excellent health in an environment with their family and friends. This statement is the sugarcoated version of the truth.
In the early 1620s, Pilgrims celebrated their good fortune with the Native Americans in the form of a gigantic feast. The concept of people being thankful for what they have has turned into a holiday.
Through the progression of time, Thanksgiving has developed into the one day every year when Americans (and some Canadians) get to pig out all day long.
Wait. Americans already do that every day. That is why Americans are the fattest people on the planet. The National Center for Health Statistics shows that over 60 million people aged 20 and older are obese.
Thanksgiving traditionally involves succulent slices of freshly baked turkey, creamy piles of mashed potatoes, and sweet, glaring cranberry sauce drizzled over the turkey. While these foods have great nutritional value, they are all prepared, served, and consumed in unhealthy fashion. People figuratively inhale food until their stomachs protrude and sag over the belts running through the loops of their Dockers khakis.
Also involved with Thanksgiving is the consumption of wine before and sometimes after the annual feast. One cannot forget the desserts: pumpkin pie, apple pie, key lime pie. To be bluntly honest, there could be any random assortment of pies.
"What happened to anorexia and bulimia being a main social problem for Americans? The crucial reality of our health problems are shown within one day, Thanksgiving," said Kimi Sugimoto, 19.
It is quite necessary to have holidays for the sake of family gatherings. However, a holiday founded on the principles of being thankful for plentiful lives should consist of actions strictly benefiting the less fortunate.
By celebrating the fact that Americans have everything, we are just displaying naive obliviousness for the less fortunate. There is no need for excessive eating just because we do not work for one day.
If Americans are going to celebrate being thankful we should do it by giving our extras to people who could use them, instead of devouring the excess food that will only develop into fat deposits.
"Thanksgiving isn't about pilgrims surviving their first winter with the help of Native Americans, but now it's about icons of turkeys in Pilgrim hats and an endless table with food," said Katrina Wong, 20.
Society makes a mockery of the celebration of thankfulness. People can stuff their faces practically any day they want, but if people are going to take the day off from work to do it at extreme levels, they are only magnifying their arrogance. If other countries despise America for the plentiful lives we live, it is a direct result of the unnecessary behavior that is displayed.
In the early 1620s, Pilgrims celebrated their good fortune with the Native Americans in the form of a gigantic feast. The concept of people being thankful for what they have has turned into a holiday.
Through the progression of time, Thanksgiving has developed into the one day every year when Americans (and some Canadians) get to pig out all day long.
Wait. Americans already do that every day. That is why Americans are the fattest people on the planet. The National Center for Health Statistics shows that over 60 million people aged 20 and older are obese.
Thanksgiving traditionally involves succulent slices of freshly baked turkey, creamy piles of mashed potatoes, and sweet, glaring cranberry sauce drizzled over the turkey. While these foods have great nutritional value, they are all prepared, served, and consumed in unhealthy fashion. People figuratively inhale food until their stomachs protrude and sag over the belts running through the loops of their Dockers khakis.
Also involved with Thanksgiving is the consumption of wine before and sometimes after the annual feast. One cannot forget the desserts: pumpkin pie, apple pie, key lime pie. To be bluntly honest, there could be any random assortment of pies.
"What happened to anorexia and bulimia being a main social problem for Americans? The crucial reality of our health problems are shown within one day, Thanksgiving," said Kimi Sugimoto, 19.
It is quite necessary to have holidays for the sake of family gatherings. However, a holiday founded on the principles of being thankful for plentiful lives should consist of actions strictly benefiting the less fortunate.
By celebrating the fact that Americans have everything, we are just displaying naive obliviousness for the less fortunate. There is no need for excessive eating just because we do not work for one day.
If Americans are going to celebrate being thankful we should do it by giving our extras to people who could use them, instead of devouring the excess food that will only develop into fat deposits.
"Thanksgiving isn't about pilgrims surviving their first winter with the help of Native Americans, but now it's about icons of turkeys in Pilgrim hats and an endless table with food," said Katrina Wong, 20.
Society makes a mockery of the celebration of thankfulness. People can stuff their faces practically any day they want, but if people are going to take the day off from work to do it at extreme levels, they are only magnifying their arrogance. If other countries despise America for the plentiful lives we live, it is a direct result of the unnecessary behavior that is displayed.
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