Just a quick rant and nowhere near as long as what is in my mind. Why does Mayor Bloomberg of New York City think he knows what is best for New Yorkers? Why does he have the attitude that New Yorkers are self destructive and he must protect New Yorkers from themselves? Who elected him dictator? It scares the crap out of me a government entity can ban a particular size of a legal beverage. (For those not familiar with the ban, New York City was very close to enacting a "law" that banned the selling of sugar drinks over 16 oz. in restaurants, movie theaters and other food services establishments.) A little too Big Brother for me. The fact that Mayor Bloomberg didn't bring it to the New York's City Council but to the city's Board of Health which just so happens to be a panel whose members were each appointed by the mayor, is the only reason the ban got halted, not because it is flipping intrusive. The ban does not stop the consumption of large surgary beverages, it just makes necessary the purchase of two smaller sizes or in the case of coffee from places like McDonald's, the patron will have to add their own sugar. About the only ones deeply and financially affected by the ban are the food establishment owners. They will have to redo all of their menus, sign boards, internet sites and order new glasses. As I said the ban is stopped for now, but has it started a slippery slope? As my husband predicts, soon you will have to weigh-in when you enter McDonald's. If you are overweight you cannot order and get booted out of the restaurant. Laugh if you want, but you probably would have laughed at a large sugary drink ban a few years ago. As for the title of this post, there's something no one has ever said.
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This really bothers me! It isn't the restaurant owner making people fat because of the size of drink that they drink. It is the people's choice. They are the one choosing to buy that size drink and drink it. If they can't use discipline and not drink so much sugar, then that's their problem. Why "punish" the rest of the customers because of those few?
Recently, McDonald's stopped giving you a choice of fries or apples with their Happy Meals. They now give you a small portion of fries AND apples in their Happy Meals because "eating all those fries was making kids fat." Um...no! It's the parent's fault for allowing their children to eat at McDonald's so often that they get fat because their Happy Meals have alot of calories in them. Or that parent's fault for not encouraging their kids to be active and "burn" off those calories that they just ate! Ok, rant over :)
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