Heart Attack Grill Spokesperson Dies

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I would like to take a moment to share my opinion about this story. After you have watched this video, you may be thinking that the restaurant owner is responsible for the person’s death, and that many other institutions, like McDonald’s, are responsible for obesity in America (although I am personally boycotting McDonald’s for my own personal reasons, I do not in any way blame them for the condition of obesity in America). I hope that is not what people believe. Just because someone has something to sell, does not mean that we have to buy it. Just because it’s ‘convenient’ doesn’t mean that we “have” to take the easy way out. That is what criminals do, that is what politicians do, that is what some community leaders do, and that is what most of us do.

I have said before that we, the people, have the power to effect change, but that we have to be of a like mind to do it. Regardless of your religious, ethnic, or political background, no matter you sexual orientation, or your place of residence, nor your income level, should have an effect on doing what is right. The problem is that we have become so unaware, and so uncaring of those around us, that we do not consider the effects, and sometimes, consequences of the choices that we make. Unfortunately, we are even, sometimes unaware of our own individual conditions (health, emotional, and mental). We have disconnected ourselves from so many things, I think, for one reason: Lack of accountability.

Accountability is what keeps bad people honest, what keeps the good people caring, and the criminals from running rampant. We do bad things when we feel like we can ‘get away with it’ (and I emphasize this part), “without consequence”. If you KNOW that you will get caught, you won’t do it. If you KNOW that you will be punished, you will refrain. And if you KNOW that God will judge you, you will prevent or repent. The problem, as I said, is that we have disconnected from accountability so much, that we no longer have concern of the consequences. We are not truly afraid of getting a ticket for speeding, and so at times, we find we have a lead foot. We are not truly afraid of God’s Judgment, and so we continue to fornicate, adulterate, etc.

We can point the finger at others (and some deserve the blame), but the question you should ask yourselves, before that happens is ‘at what point to we blame ourselves for the choices that we make?’, ‘at what point do we take responsibility for our own bodies and lives?’. We can continue to blame corporations (like I do), or the government (like I do), but when do we blame ourselves and take that responsibility (like I do). After all, no one is putting a gun to our heads and making us decide the things we do on a daily basis (apologies to anyone actually in that position).