The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Dealing with the health of people is more important than political considerations.
The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.
Bodies are becoming our personal mission to tame, extend and perfect.
While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.
In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.
What I find sad is that the New Age movement is primarily a commercial undertaking. But it is answering to a human need.
Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this.
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.