Argumentative Essay: Caesar Barber

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Caesar Barber has rapidly gained 100 pounds and has flat out accused all the fast food restaurants for his weight gain which lead to his nearly fatal heart attack. “ They said 100 percent beef,” Barber explained. “I thought they meant it was good for you.” How air headed can a person be? Barber has consumed four or five meals per week from fast food restaurants for years. Caesar Barber should not be able to file a lawsuit from the fact he decided to ingest this terrible, non-nutritious food almost daily.

Caesar Barber should have been far more educated in the food health realm. Nowadays, most adults and children are all about diets and whether or not it’s half decent for you. For the past year, we have been making huge improvement in healthier food options, so why couldn’t have Barber choose the better options once in awhile? You would have to live under a rock to not catch onto the “healthier” food options.

It’s not the fast food restaurant's fault that Barber gained weight and was close to death! Barber should have know when enough was enough, and to stop eating all the junk drive-in eateries have to offer. Wouldn’t Barber have noticed his rapid weight
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It is required by FDA to include nutritional facts for all food items included in a restaurant, especially the national, well known eateries. It honestly doesn’t kill you to take, at most, five minutes out of your day to see what it is you're truly ingesting. If Barber went as far as a lawsuit, I'm sure Barber could go and ask for nutrition facts.

Caesar Barber should absolutely not be able to file a lawsuit against fast food restaurants. How could Barber not notice the scale’s numbers rising and rising, how could he not notice the “healthier” food options nearly in every restaurant? Barber also should have been far more educated in picking healthier choices. I have no idea where our generation is going if Barber wins in the

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