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In reply to the discussion: Judge Blocks New York City\\\'s Limits on Big Sugary Drinks [View all]christx30
(6,241 posts)32. I'm under no illusion
That my diet is healthy. I stopped on the way home and got a sausage wrap from a food truck downtown. It was spicy and slightly greasy and tasted 200 times better than it had any right to.
But that is my business. No one appointed you as my savior. And Bloomy is not my father. People need to mind their own business.
If I'm addicted to something illegal, and I want to be free of it, I will ask for help. But if I'm just having a sausage wrap and a large soda, leave me alone. If you try to force me to do anything, all you'll get for your trouble is a lot of hostility.
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Bloomberg won. It got the nation talking, and MacDonalds has stopped selling supersize months ago
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#13
If it saved ONE twelve year old from a lifetime of diabetes, it already worked.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#26
In the end, he wins, 100%. Many places already aren't serving super size.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#45
You miss the point entirely. Most people don't go to the effort, therefore outta sight, outta mind
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#52
"address my point about how the right of the individual should not trump the good of all"
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2013
#48
The Constitution doesn't have all our rights - not listed reserved for the people or the states
askeptic
Mar 2013
#55
Your last paragraph is filled with so many false assumptions it invalidates your entire post.
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2013
#59