For the last several years the word “accountability” has become a crucial part of our vocabulary. Schools must be accountable for kids learning to read, TV talk show hosts should be accountable for using foul language, fast-food companies should be accountable for people getting fat. Where, along the line, are we telling people that it’s time they were held accountable for themselves?
The media have given us more than we care to know about low carbs, the Atkins diet and the harm in fat and calories. The federal government bombards us with healthy food pyramids. So it’s not as if we haven’t been told.
Whose fault is it if I continue to eat calorie-laden candy, cholesterol-laden hamburgers and fat-laden ice cream? Mine. Is it appropriate to sue those who provide these goodies? If my friend, knowing that he can’t swim, goes in deep water and drowns, do I sue Lake Michigan?
How about pounding into our heads that human beings are accountable for their own transgressions, and we are responsible for what we put into our mouths?
