Judge Blocks New York City\\\'s Limits on Big Sugary Drinks

[Charlotte Little]

65. um...

....the ban isn't on what people eat and I'm not skirting any issue anywhere. I keep asking the same and sticking to the same points.

Sigh...AGAIN, you're confused. It's about how much the food industry can sell in one sitting and not about "what we can eat" as American citizens. You call my argument distracting with respect to serving size. And you call it nonsense. Well, I suppose to someone who can't grasp the concept, that would be the case. But most logical humans could (and would) argue that limiting the size of a soda serving without limiting choice of drink or choice of how many drinks is nothing to get excited over. Yet you and other liberals (??) or ??? do. I'm an independent who votes Democrat (always have) but I do find arguments on BOTH sides all out stupid. No intent to offend here, but your argument is just that...stupid.

Capitalism is not dead in this country (thank goodness), although the Republicans are still trying to use it to their advantage. I believe in free market and free choices, but I also believe in regulation. Otherwise, why regulate food in general (think safety inspections). You can't have it both ways. You can't have your "safe" sources of red meat and seafood and yet ask the "government" to back the hell off if you want to swallow tons of chemicals and sugar (both proven to harm humans).

And about that big government the tea-baggers constantly rail on...(this is to the masses on here and not to any one poster, like you, Nuclear Unicorn):

We collectively are big government. We hire (vote in) politicians to run the ship, but we are all onboard and we all share the burden, responsibility and consequences of our collective actions. No matter how much we cling to individual rights and personal choice, we are (and should be) beholden to the collective community...country.

Yet, the balance is way off in 2013 (still!). So many want their rights no matter the outcome to the majority. I'm not talking the poor here either. I believe in helping those in need. But I do not believe we are all so special that our "rights" take priority over the rights of others. We all live here on earth and we all take responsibility in how we live in order to protect the earth and give back just as we take.

And no, damn it - we don't have the right to stuff our faces with junk food or drugs until we become a burden on others.