Am I the only one who supported the soda ban?

[Billy000]

Let's face it. Some people can't handle themselves. The idea of personal freedom is not the bigger picture. The bigger picture is for the greater good. With all of the health problems that obesity causes, it needs to be curbed. Afflictions like diabetes are a drain on the economy with the health care cost associated with it. Sure this policy would have only made a small dent, but it is a start.

New Yorkers can still live happy fulfilling lives without buying an extra large soda

 

[Sunshine]

Let's face it. Some people can't handle themselves. The idea of personal freedom is not the bigger picture. The bigger picture is for the greater good. With all of the health problems that obesity causes, it needs to be curbed. Afflictions like diabetes are a drain on the economy with the health care cost associated with it. Sure this policy would have only made a small dent, but it is a start.

New Yorkers can still live happy fulfilling lives without buying an extra large soda

Not per se. But something has to be done about the types and amounts of food people are putting down their throats. Diabetes and heart disease are at an all time high. In a few short years, America will not be equipped to deal with the numbers of people who are disabled due to their lifestyle choices. At the time it came out, no one liked the surgeon general's warning on cigarettes, but it stuck and a lot of people don't smoke or have stopped smoking because of the education about it. If you want to kill yourself with big macks and soda, go right ahead. Don't ask me to pay for your health care and give you a disability check.

 

[Mac1958]

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This was just another attempt by narcissistic politicians to put a band-aid on a significant cultural problem.

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[AmyNation]

Unfortuantly you're not the only one. I wish that more people opposed it.

 

[whitehall]

Let's face it. Some people can't handle themselves. The idea of personal freedom is not the bigger picture. The bigger picture is for the greater good. With all of the health problems that obesity causes, it needs to be curbed. Afflictions like diabetes are a drain on the economy with the health care cost associated with it. Sure this policy would have only made a small dent, but it is a start.

New Yorkers can still live happy fulfilling lives without buying an extra large soda

"Some people can't handle themselves" with legal substances so the government has to threaten them with arrest if they consume unhealthy food? What else do you want to ban comrade?

 

[Sunshine]

Unfortuantly you're not the only one. I wish that more people opposed it.

Cuz you just luv paying out those disability checks and medicaid. Fuckin, A man. Fuckin A.

Or maybe you just luv GETTING that stuff.

 

[skye]

I think you (the OP) must be one of the very few who supports it.... because in all honesty.... when you start acting like Big Brother where do you stop?

Where is personal choice left ... life becomes a big kindergarden full of children with the government above us in the role of Dear Nanny, telling us what to do or what not to do, ..and that is just plain stupid!

Thanks but no thanks.

 

[Sunshine]

I think you must be one of the very few who supports it.... because in all honesty.... when you start acting like Big Brother where do you stop?

Where is personal choice left ... life becomes a big kindergarden full of children with the government above us in the role of Dear Nanny, telling us what to do or what not to do, ..and that is just plain stupid!

Thanks but no thanks.

Do I have the choice to refuse to pay for their diabetes?

 

[AmyNation]

Yup, that's why. Because I love disability checks.

 

[Sunshine]

Yup, that's why. Because I love disability checks.

Of course we all knew that.

 

[skye]

I think you must be one of the very few who supports it.... because in all honesty.... when you start acting like Big Brother where do you stop?

Where is personal choice left ... life becomes a big kindergarden full of children with the government above us in the role of Dear Nanny, telling us what to do or what not to do, ..and that is just plain stupid!

Thanks but no thanks.

Do I have the choice to refuse to pay for their diabetes?

One liners like yours .... are not going to convince otherwise. Try again.

 

[Papageorgio]

So instead of ordering an extra large, they order two, because as you state people can't control themselves.

You can't control behavior, hell, we are giving condoms away because we can't control behavior. So with sex we can't control behavior but you think we can actually control food intake.

Why not make people responsible for their stupidity, instead of trying to control.

Do you really think making a stupid law of not selling an extra large soda is going to change a behavior? Really?

I will what I want, when I want it, and I don't need you or the government interfering with my diet. I very rarely drink pop, I think it is not good for people, I drink water and one cup of coffee a day.

It is my life not yours, not the governments, I'm not hurting anyone, so leave me alone.

 

[Sunshine]

I think you must be one of the very few who supports it.... because in all honesty.... when you start acting like Big Brother where do you stop?

Where is personal choice left ... life becomes a big kindergarden full of children with the government above us in the role of Dear Nanny, telling us what to do or what not to do, ..and that is just plain stupid!

Thanks but no thanks.

Do I have the choice to refuse to pay for their diabetes?

One liners like yours .... are not going to convince otherwise. Try again.

But the cost of their health care to the taxpayer is the entire point. You just can't figure that out.

 

[Sunshine]

So instead of ordering an extra large, they order two, because as you state people can't control themselves.

You can't control behavior, hell, we are giving condoms away because we can't control behavior. So with sex we can't control behavior but you think we can actually control food intake.

Why not make people responsible for their stupidity, instead of trying to control.

Do you really think making a stupid law of not selling an extra large soda is going to change a behavior? Really?

I will what I want, when I want it, and I don't need you or the government interfering with my diet. I very rarely drink pop, I think it is not good for people, I drink water and one cup of coffee a day.

It is my life not yours, not the governments, I'm not hurting anyone, so leave me alone.

So you want your taxes to pay for their diabetes. Groovy.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Let's face it. Some people can't handle themselves. The idea of personal freedom is not the bigger picture. The bigger picture is for the greater good. With all of the health problems that obesity causes, it needs to be curbed. Afflictions like diabetes are a drain on the economy with the health care cost associated with it. Sure this policy would have only made a small dent, but it is a start.

New Yorkers can still live happy fulfilling lives without buying an extra large soda

I supported it too. I know gov't is better informed than the rest of us who just watch Sports and the Jodie Arias trial all day.

Besides, Mr. Bloomberg is using Data to make his decisions.

 

[skye]

Do I have the choice to refuse to pay for their diabetes?

One liners like yours .... are not going to convince otherwise. Try again.

But the cost of their health care to the taxpayer is the entire point. You just can't figure that out.

what I can figure out is that the government is NOT GOING TO BE MY NANNY!

get it now?

 

[Sunshine]

RESULTS Between 2009 and 2034, the number of people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes will increase from 23.7 million to 44.1 million. The obesity distribution in the population without diabetes will remain stable over time with ∼65% of individuals of the population being overweight or obese. During the same period, annual diabetes-related spending is expected to increase from $113 billion to $336 billion (2007 dollars). For the Medicare-eligible population, the diabetes population is expected to rise from 8.2 million in 2009 to 14.6 million in 2034; associated spending is estimated to rise from $45 billion to $171 billion.

Projecting the Future Diabetes Population Size and Related Costs for the U.S.

Now let's talk freedom of choice.

 

[Billy000]

So instead of ordering an extra large, they order two, because as you state people can't control themselves.

You can't control behavior, hell, we are giving condoms away because we can't control behavior. So with sex we can't control behavior but you think we can actually control food intake.

Why not make people responsible for their stupidity, instead of trying to control.

Do you really think making a stupid law of not selling an extra large soda is going to change a behavior? Really?

I will what I want, when I want it, and I don't need you or the government interfering with my diet. I very rarely drink pop, I think it is not good for people, I drink water and one cup of coffee a day.

It is my life not yours, not the governments, I'm not hurting anyone, so leave me alone.

But the people that can't control themselves are hurting people. They are a drain on the economy. They, in a small way, are hurting the country with the risks that they take.

 

[AmyNation]

The government should just hand out meal cards, start requiring people spend x amount of time at the gym. Hell just make soda illegal. Why stop at size limitations?

 

[skye]

So instead of ordering an extra large, they order two, because as you state people can't control themselves.

You can't control behavior, hell, we are giving condoms away because we can't control behavior. So with sex we can't control behavior but you think we can actually control food intake.

Why not make people responsible for their stupidity, instead of trying to control.

Do you really think making a stupid law of not selling an extra large soda is going to change a behavior? Really?

I will what I want, when I want it, and I don't need you or the government interfering with my diet. I very rarely drink pop, I think it is not good for people, I drink water and one cup of coffee a day.

It is my life not yours, not the governments, I'm not hurting anyone, so leave me alone.

But the people that can't control themselves are hurting people. They are a drain on the economy. They, in a small way, are hurting the country with the risks that they take.

When you start with the premise of "people can not control themselves" you enter into dangerous territory ....... you are talking about a Thought Police situation which is a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking or acting!