This action was enforced during World War II that limited the amount of  food a person could purcharse in a we
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It was rationing, an attempt to ensure there was enough of vital resources available for the nation's military efforts.  It is not true that rationing was re-instated during the 1970s.\n\nA person was issued a ration book.  Items that were rationed included foodstuffs like sugar, bacon, beef, flour, cornmeal, coffee and tea.  Whiskey, wine. tobacco and beer were rationed.  Gasoline for your car was rationed.  If one were a farmer, one could get a different ration book that allowed the purchase of more gasoline, but the extra gas had to be used ONLY in farm vehicles like tractors and combines - the gas was dyed so that an inspector could tell just by dipping a tube in the automobile gas tank whether the gas was supposed to be used by a farmer and not a non-farming citizen - and there were pretty tough penalties if you got caught!\n\nEven eggs were rationed.  So were leather and textiles that could be used to make uniforms and equipment for our Armed Forces.  And people were asked to contribute their steel, copper and aluminum items - cookware, copper teakettles, etc.  Even tires for your car were rationed, and with the then-extant technology, you were real careful how far you drove, 'cause tires did not last nearly as long as they do today.  You wore out a set of tires in much less time than now, and if you did that, you were sh*t outa luck: you didn't GET no new tires.  Indeed, you didn't get no new car, niether - they converted the automobile factories into making military vehicles like tanks, airplanes and the legendary jeep and the "deuce and a half" Army truck.  And though nylon had been invented pre-war, you couldn't buy nylon hosery - it was all being used to make parachutes for the Army!  \n\nTens of thousands of folks supplimented their daily diets by planting "victory gardens" in their yards and growing vegitables and fruits and learning to preserve and store the produce they raised for use during the winter months.  In short, there's a reason we call those folks - two of whom were my Mom and Dad - the "Greatest Generation".  The whole cotton-picking country had to work together to ensure a win in that monster of a war!  And by golly, they did win it!\nIt was a hard road to travel, but they did it and we need to remember their hard work and sacrifice and never, NEVER forget.  My poppa earned a Purple Heart in the Phillippines, but my Ma earned her stripes by scrimping, saving and buying war bonds - you can read about war bonds too - and keeping the home fires burning.  World War Two was the most profound threat to the existance of the United States since the American Civil War...and y'might wanna read 'bout that one, too.
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i beleive when you get to a point where you can't move to get something or do something yourself , or have a very hard time doing it,you are too fat.  My father weighs 600 lbs and he can't even walk any more , but it is not a criminal act , although it is one of the seven deadly sins of the bible known as glutiny, no one else can be held responsible for someone eating their selves to death. cause even if someone else is giving them the food , they pretty much have to feed them til they are full or it won't let them rest at all. p.s  I am a big guy too. but  i am perfectly capable of everything anyone else does with a lot of ease.  i work a factory job and work 12 and 16 hrs a day and can't lose weight for the life of me , i don't consume that much food. some people are naturally heavy , and those are the ones that are the most misunderstood.
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Not sure but the number is very low. You can still be fat and malnutritioned. Now there are a lot a fat people who are malnutritioned. Vegetables to them are the things that are sitting in wheelchairs. If it hasn't been deep fried than it won't touch their lips.
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Irradiation\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodirradiation.htm
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Forced eating of zucchini.
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alot of them worked for food,there Weren't,to many jobs then. if you were in dedt and could not pay then you would be in-slaved until the dedt was payed.
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No source of food can last for one person indifintely, and not support two. This situation will not come. So we would both split what is available as long as it lasts.
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"As part of the fortifying process, a permanent monitoring system of nutrient concentrations is extremely important to ensure the required levels, since high or low concentrations are unacceptable owing to the potential risk of toxicity. Legal issues are important and must be addressed so that country regulations are adhered to, facilitating the implementation of regional fortification."\nhttp://www.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F154e/8F154E03.htm\n\nThe food itself is not a negative factor.  The overpopulation resulting from feeding people who are now starving to death, might be.
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Well, one good thing is that you are just preventing supplies from coming into the country vs. killing people directly in battle.  However, one bad thing is that you may be starving the people in the blockaded country, which is a much more long and cruel death.
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my grandfather served in Europe during WWII. he was part of the liberation of Dachau. he told me that you could smell the odor of burning flesh from miles away. he saw the ovens. he saw the surviving victims starved within an inch of their lives. so starved that a normal meal would kill them. they took German soldiers (including officers) into custody. they described what their duties were. it was absolutely horrific. my grandfather is neither a liar, nor a senile old man telling tales. these things happened. anyone who says they didnt is either deluded or diseased.
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Wild chicken, I remember it well. It was where we used to do our mortar gunnery trials. Great food, got to meet German soldiers... I didn't appreciate the blizzard during the winter of 75-76 though.
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I get foodstamps b/c I have a lot of people to support and some of which are not able to work, some are too young. I hate people that cheat the system. It makes the gov't make all these new rules that make it harder on us who need them. I work hard,but I still need some help.
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I think that it is funny for someone to starve themselves as an act of defiance. I'll teach you a lesson I won't eat anything that will sure show you! LOL
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Unless you are undernourished, you can't.
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Ice cream makes you fat and there is a move on by the government to slim the people down. Now if you wanted a free coupon for tofu maybe they would do that.
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We can eat but in a limited manner so that the ecological balance is maintained. But I am an Veg..
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A while ago when I was in school yet, our Sociology teacher posed a question( as many do) about a lifeboat with survivors on it; many on the boat were near death. One person was given the task of deciding how to ration water and food for all the survivors. This individual divided the rations amongst all of the survivors equally, even those who would perish anyway(human nature). However, by the end of this social experiment, I do recall... we all perished. There was not enough to ration out to all, so we ended up starved, dehydrated and then fish food.