(New York City) Health Board Approves Ban on Large Sugary Drinks

[davidthegnome]

21. The line between brave and stupid may be thin...

But I did not think it had become nonexistent. How is this going to set a standard? It is limiting the size of drinks only, as far as I'm aware. So instead of having a large sugary drink at a restaurant, your young punks especially (like me) are going to have a smaller one at the restaurant, then pick up another from the local store. Is that the sort of dietetic standard we should be striving for?

I have learned a variety of things from my (ongoing) education so far. I have learned the sort of ethics I prefer from the companies I will buy products from, I have learned that I despise companies like Nike, Walmart, Hershey, etc. (thus I no longer buy from them) I have learned that, when you try to forbid something, it actually becomes even more tempting to those who are forbidden.

Now perhaps in time even I will learn to stay away from the evils of the large sugary drink. What I resent, what I protest to and what I would mock and laugh at to my dying day is someone telling me I can't have one, in whatever size I like. Sure I can, just maybe not at a restaurant. Oh well. That's why we have alcohol right?