New York Bans Soda larger than 16oz

[RickyJ]

The Onion is now real life!

This is unreal!

No wonder everybody is so stupid, they let the government and media tell them everything they can and cannot do and then they defend them! Insane!

 

[Root]

All hail Mother Bloomberg. High chief overload of what I ingest. This law is doomed to fail; there will be no reduction of obesitity as a result. The "Big Gulp" everyone keeps using as an example happens to be exempt from this law, so it seems pretty ineffective right from the start. People are just going to buy two mediums and possibly consume more (and pay twice the taxes). The GMO toxic sweetener is what should be outlawed, or at least labeled like a drug. Bloomberg is just another statist.

 

[mport1]

I hope to see some civil disobedience from businesses. Break this law wholesale and let's see how violent the government thugs get.

 

[VanBummel]

Because someone had to post it, here's Ron Paul from 24 years ago predicting this exact thing.



"Why don't they put you on a diet; you're a little overweight!" Still my favorite RP line.

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

I don't drink soda any more, but seeing this happen makes me want to walk around NYC with a full 52oz big gulp yelling 'fuck the police!'.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I hope to see some civil disobedience from businesses. Break this law wholesale and let's see how violent the government thugs get.

Don't hold your breath.

If that was going to happen, it would have already, with pub owners and the smoking bans.

Nope, businesses, especially the big chain places, will quickly and meekly comply.

Which is, of course, what all this is about, compliance.

It has nothing to do with public health, that's just the excuse given.

It is all about government issuing petty edicts and seeing how high and how fast you will jump.

And everybody will, they'll jump at their master's command and politely ask for another.

 

[acptulsa]

I don't drink soda any more, but seeing this happen makes me want to walk around NYC with a full 52oz big gulp yelling 'fuck the police!'.

I think you've hit on the real reason for this. I think they really want a way to tell at a glance who just got off the train from Jersey.

hahahahaha omfg, you just made me spit coffee all over my keyboard!

But then again, you, too, might be the real reason behind this corporatist law...

 

[seyferjm]

It amazes me that men such Emperor Bloomberg think the gov't can micro-manage things like soda sizes but at the same time claim abortion is a full right.

 

[Czolgosz]

4 out of 5 Humans make bad Americans.



Still think you can fix this?

 

[Todd]

“The United States is a no Smoking nation – no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, no women (unless, of course, you’re married), no guns, no foul language, no red meat. Land of the free.” - Snake Pliskin

How long until they do try to outlaw Red Meat, Salt, Bacon, Butter, and everything else that they say is bad for you? When they eventually do, only the Outlaws will have these things, and no one else will have a life worth living.

Yeah life will suck, but then the PTB will just put us in Happy seminars to educate us on what happiness is.

Chris Hedges’ chapter on the “Illusion of Happiness” in his book Empire of Illusion, addresses the issue of psychological conditioning. It would be amusing if it weren’t so tragic. It has the same tenor of pathos as his chapter on sex, in which one enthusiast waxes eloquent about his $7500 anatomically correct silicone dolls. (He has eight, with removeable heads, and he exults over the simulated veins in the feet and the dorsal venous arch—“really, really cool.”)

The silicone pitch in academia is “positive psychology,” or what Professor Cooperrider at Case Western Reserve University calls, “Transformational Positivity.” According to the professor, “Institutions can be a vehicle for bringing more courage into the world, for amplifying love in the world … temperance and justice, and so on.”

And so on it goes. Just think positive. (Remember that Indian guru who beguiled the Beetles? “Just be happy!” ) All we need is “appreciative inquiry” in order to “transform organizations into ‘Positive Institutions’.”

There are more than a hundred courses on positive psychology on college campuses. The University of Pennsylvania offers a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, and Claremont Graduate University offers Ph.D. and M.A. concentrations in “The Science of Positive Psychology.” Such degree programs are also available in England, Italy and Mexico. They focus on “cultivating strengths, optimism, gratitude, and a positive perspective.” Think positively and positive things will happen. Sound familiar? Perhaps we should call such programs, “Becoming Oprah.”

 

[BlackJack]

This is crazy. Not to even mention how greedy that mayor is.

 

[seeker4sho]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/new-york-approves-soda-ban-big-sugary-drinks_n_1880868.html

This is nuts. Impose a fat tax and problem solved.

 

[opal]

I can see a whole new job in all those places that sell beverages *eye roll*. Diet drinks were exempted so they're going to have to have the cup police at each fountain. Can't you just see the resume and qualifications for that job.

 

[phill4paul]

Don't hold your breath.

If that was going to happen, it would have already, with pub owners and the smoking bans.

Nope, businesses, especially the big chain places, will quickly and meekly comply.

Which is, of course, what all this is about, compliance.

It has nothing to do with public health, that's just the excuse given.

It is all about government issuing petty edicts and seeing how high and how fast you will jump.

And everybody will, they'll jump at their master's command and politely ask for another.

 

[jkr]

 

[Root]

What's to stop them from doing this with beer? Surely you don't need that 22oz draft ale, you can only have a pint at a time, but you can drink out of the pitcher. Wtf.