Personal Responsibility?

Whatever happened to the idea that people should be held accountable for their actions? All indications are that plaintiffs' attorneys are ready to launch a full-out attack on the fast food industry, blaming Mickey D's among others, for the fattening of America. Can't we just say no? I've got some chunk to me, but that's my fault -- it's my enjoyment of all things sweet and relative lack of exercise that has made me delightfully love-handlely, not the fast food or sweet snack industry. Certainly, if there's some element of fraud, or danger, such as McDonald's only recently disclosing that its fries contain wheat and milk (allergens to many) as well as being wrong in its caloric count -- it's reasonable for consumers to rely on such information from providers. But for people to say that they are obese because they have a proclivity for Big Macs and somehow didn't know Big Macs were bad for them -- that's like smoking -- at some point, it's just not reasonable. Here's hoping that the courts recognize the difference, and refuse to allow the system to be abused by potentially frivolous claims.