I don't want to live in a place that bans soda

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65. Well, You've got a More Optimistic Outlook on it than me I guess

I don't think it's a good idea to implement bans on things (even when it's just a size ban) on the off-chance that someone who wants a big coffee drink is going to pause a minute and make the connection between an ineffective size-based ban on soda and acquiring the drink they want. I think the state of New York would be much better off spending whatever this implementation would cost on a series of PSAs or middle/high school level education.

Additionally, the law seems like it would effect some drinks that are better options than soda. Gatorade or similar sports drinks have about half the calories of soda, but it sounds like this ban would also effect them. The bottom line for me is that the idea, as proposed, has so many loopholes it might as well not exist.

History has shown us over and over again that explaining why you might not want to do something is a lot more effective than telling you that you can't. See: Prohibition.