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In reply to the discussion: Judge Blocks New York City\\\'s Limits on Big Sugary Drinks [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)size doesn't matter.
It's not the place of government to tell people what they can or cannot eat and attempting to skirt that fact by distracting towards such arbitrary nonsense as serving size doesn't change that fact. Today the meddlesome will say, "Well, nobody needs a 32-ounce soda. We're not telling you what you can have, just the size." And then some time in the future they'll demand that it be reduce to 3.2-ounces and they'll trot out the same worthless arguments.
And what's to stop them?
If you had your way, nothing.
The fact of the matter is, you nor anyone else has the right to pervert the power of government to meddle in the conduct of free people going about their own business. If "it's for their own good and the good of society" is the excuse then you can excuse all manner of heinous acts. "The White Man's Burden" is draped in similar high-mindedness. Ditto Prohibition.
Just imagine the suffering we could alleviate if the government used its power to limit the amount of alcohol to less than that required to intoxicate the consumer? nobody need argue in favor of an outright ban, just amount sold. Right?