NYC plans ban on big sizes of sugary drinks

[koalabear]

New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47628473/ns/health-the_new_york_times/#.T8eUyb_wNIt

 

[Peregrinator]

Big gov! Intrusive! Tyranny! To arms!

 

[koalabear]

Big gov! Intrusive! Tyranny! To arms!

Better wait till the ban has been in effect for awhile. People might be in better shape to fight.

 

[Peregrinator]

Better wait till the ban has been in effect for awhile. People might be in better shape to fight.

Nonsense. Armed rebellion burns a lot of calories.

 

[koalabear]

Nonsense. Armed rebellion burns a lot of calories.

There has never been a conflict won by fructose filled combatants.

 

[Peregrinator]

There has never been a conflict won by fructose filled combatants.

Blurk?

Ever heard of this place, what's it called again, "the tropics?"

 

[koalabear]

Blurk?

Ever heard of this place, what's it called again, "the tropics?"

Is there a Coke plant there?

 

[Sean]

Blurk?

Ever heard of this place, what's it called again, "the tropics?"

The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic wars seemed to do pretty well, too.

 

[Peregrinator]

Is there a Coke plant there?

You know where fructose is found, right?

The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic wars seemed to do pretty well, too.

To be fair, they ate a lot of meat.

 

[koalabear]

You know where fructose is found, right?

These days, mainly in sodas or other "sugary" drinks. Beet that.

 

[Sean]

You know where fructose is found, right?


To be fair, they ate a lot of meat.

Three times a week according to Paddy O'Brian. Lime juice, however, every day to prevent the scurvy. One of the most devastating military innovations of all time.

 

[JohnnySavage]

These days, mainly in sodas or other "sugary" drinks. Beet that.

Oy...

 

[busybody..]

New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47628473/ns/health-the_new_york_times/#.T8eUyb_wNIt

so you cant buy 16 oz or more big gulp

but

you can buy 2 or more 12ouncers


BET THE 7/11 is happy.....

 

[koalabear]

so you cant buy 16 oz or more big gulp

but

you can buy 2 or more 12ouncers


BET THE 7/11 is happy.....

Bloomberg failed at the nationwide gun ban so he's starting small again at home.

 

[Peregrinator]

These days, mainly in sodas or other "sugary" drinks. Beet that.

Uh...there's this stuff you may have heard of called "fruit?"

Three times a week according to Paddy O'Brian. Lime juice, however, every day to prevent the scurvy. One of the most devastating military innovations of all time.

Right, yes. I was thinking of O'Brian, of course. I ordered that cookbook for Lady P, but it got misconskewed or something and never showed up.

 

[koalabear]

Uh...there's this stuff you may have heard of called "fruit?"

Really! Then why don't they call it fructose.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Is there a Coke plant there?

Lots of them last I heard.

 

[TexasWife25]

What could possibly be the legal reason to prevent people from buying big drinks? "Because government knows whats best?"

 

[TorontoBoyWest]

What could possibly be the legal reason to prevent people from buying big drinks? "Because government knows whats best?"

It would be making the sale illegal. Not the purchase. You say potato and all....

Fact is tho that if government said "fuck you all eat up piggies we don't care" the shitstorm would be bigger, no?

The appearance of proactivity. For a good "cause".

 

[TexasWife25]

It would be making the sale illegal. Not the purchase. You say potato and all....

Fact is tho that if government said "fuck you all eat up piggies we don't care" the shitstorm would be bigger, no?

The appearance of proactivity. For a good "cause".

So its merely elected officials pandering to extremists crying out for government to save us from ourselves?

 

[TorontoBoyWest]

So its merely elected officials pandering to extremists crying out for government to save us from ourselves?

You say extremist agenda... I say keep the sugar away from the 200lb 10 yr old.

Am I wrong because the kid is ridin the fast train to heart attack town by age 25?

It is way to easy to scream "My Rights! My Rights!" nowadays. No common sense. Its just as wrong to let fat young Johnny fill his face with burritos.

 

[RjThoughts]

NY state tried to have a 1 cent tax on "high fructose corn syrup" drinks a few years ago. It was beat down by the soda lobby, though the "fruit" drink people did help.

I'm starting to think that Bloomberg wants to take NYC into its own statehood.

 

[JohnnySavage]

You say extremist agenda... I say keep the sugar away from the 200lb 10 yr old.

Am I wrong because the kid is ridin the fast train to heart attack town by age 25?

It is way to easy to scream "My Rights! My Rights!" nowadays. No common sense. Its just as wrong to let fat young Johnny fill his face with burritos.

I'm not fat, I'm just big-boned.

 

[Sean]

NY state tried to have a 1 cent tax on "high fructose corn syrup" drinks a few years ago. It was beat down by the soda lobby, though the "fruit" drink people did help.

I'm starting to think that Bloomberg wants to take NYC into its own statehood.

You do NOT fuck with the corn lobby in the US.

 

[TexasWife25]

You say extremist agenda... I say keep the sugar away from the 200lb 10 yr old.

Am I wrong because the kid is ridin the fast train to heart attack town by age 25?

It is way to easy to scream "My Rights! My Rights!" nowadays. No common sense. Its just as wrong to let fat young Johnny fill his face with burritos.

Big difference in a 10 year old, and a 40 year old.

You want to make a law that says kids cant buy pop, maybe I could see that. But treating an adult, who is making a personal decision like a child too ignorant to decide for themselves crosses my big government line.