New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks

[RitchieRich]

54. Slippery Slope

To me, the most scary bit of this could be defined by my own first reaction- a hearty Hells Yeah! Fortunately, my lizard brain sat back down and allowed higher thought to occur. Many losses of freedom spring from things that are easy to agree upon. (Lets just kill THOSE people without Due Process) Sadly I don't believe a majority of Americans care half as much about freedom as they do hate. Disliking the obese, they would gladly accept this as punishment. Really, I could care less about 48 ounce sodas. They are one of my favorite talking points about what is wrong with this county. The problem lies in establishing a precedent where far more meaningful solutions to "helping" us follow.

In 1991, I worked at McDonalds. I watched the Medium fries become small, then become so small it was only available in kids meals. I watched the meal system get introduced and was disgusted to observe the power of suggestion at work as 99% of customers seemed incapable of ordering anything else ever again. It seems that a far more appropriate response would be to tax the shit out of any form of garbage type food and shelter the income to help educate and feed kids. Tobacco helped build this nation and we have no qualms making them pay up.