New York City's Mayor Wants to Ban Sugary Drinks over 16oz - Polidicks

Sorry to hijack the thread, but this is what he did today to help promote his agenda [quote]So you think you understand National Donut Day? After all, how hard could it be to figure out a carb-laden pastry that even Homer Simpson adores. Guess again. It is not a day created by cops or sedentary office-bound workers. The celebration actually has historicity and a past wrapped not in spun sugar, but in patriotism and concern for the economically disadvantaged. Friday was the 75th annual celebration of the confection best known for its round shape – like what the eater eventually becomes. According to the Salvation Army website, the holiday (which may be a slight overstatement), is held the first Friday in June and commemorates the “Donut Lassies” who served the treat to soldiers in World War I. While it is true that U.S. soldiers in that war were known as doughboys, it is a misconception to think that there any connection between the name for the soldiers and the gracious gesture of giving them fried dough. That is not the only lexical error to come from that era: World War I was known as the War to End All Wars which, in hindsight, turned out to be misinformed as well. Doughnuts, however, may have some predictive value. In French, the pastry is usually referred to a beignet (similar process, different shape), while in German it is often called a krapfen. Which one would you bet on to win a war? As Homer would say, D’oh. By 1938, the official start of the National Donut Day tradition, the idea had morphed into a fund-raiser and consciousness-building event to deal with the Great Depression, according to the Salvation Army. Entenmann’s will donate up to $25,000 to the charitable group this year. "National Donut Day has become a true American tradition in which the Salvation Army and Entenmann's Bakery asks the general public to remember those who fought in World War I, as well as their neighbors who may have fallen on hard times," said Maj. George Hood, national community relations and development secretary for the Salvation Army. Hard times, of course, have continued beyond the Great Depression, a point hammered home on Friday with the latest monthly jobs report. Unemployment rose to 8.2% in May, the Labor Department reported. Perhaps more worrisome is that a net of just 69,000 jobs were created, about half of what is needed just to keep the unemployment rate on an even keel. Another threat to future Donut Days could be the national drive to eat healthier. Just this week, the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, declared his version of war against obesity by seeking to rein in the size of surgery drinks. It is just a question of time until someone figures out that a doughnut has the same shape as a target.[/quote] [url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-donut-day-20120601,0,5015295.story]Source[/url] Yup. Go politics

[QUOTE=Dacheet;36159971]Sorry to hijack the thread, but this is what he did today to help promote his agenda [url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-donut-day-20120601,0,5015295.story]Source[/url] Yup. Go politics[/QUOTE] *sighs* The government needs to get it through their thick skulls that, while obesity is absolutely a national problem, it is not their responsibility to moderate what we eat, or drink, or even how we live. The government should instead be working on massive information campaigns on the health risks of being overweight and/or having a poor diet, rather than the very misguided (and futile) pursuit of simply banning potentially unhealthy items.

So NYC is going to become a nanny state that hurts it's own economy. Why not just let people have the freedom to chose what's right for themselves (in this case, fat ass cups of caffeinated sugar)? If all the fat fucks die because their hearts got tired of hauling around greasy cholesterol sludge, then that's their problem. Banning larger cups will be bad for the economy because businesses won't be able to profit from larger portioned cups. Also, consumers will have less choice so it will be like Soviet Russia 'there is only one brand of jeans and they all Stalin grey. No graphic tees because this isn't free market, capitalism' [QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;36155494]Wait a fucking minute, coffee and tea in containers bigger than 16 oz are prohibited but milkshakes are a-okay regardless of container size? How the fuck does that make any sense?[/QUOTE] Because they're Bruce Lee milkshakes. You know, the kind with raw ground beef and eggs.

Fuck it, I live in Yonkers NY which is just outside the city. I'll fucking smuggle drinks in and make FUCKING DOSH

While I don't think this is executed the right way, I think that some of you guys are underestimating the power of laziness. Having to carry double the mugs, flasks, whatever isn't an attractive prospect. It's been shown around the world that making smaller portions also decreases consumption.

If this passes, sucks for people who need drinks for a party. Buying 20 half a liter is going to cost more than 5 2 liter

[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;36160260]*sighs* The government needs to get it through their thick skulls that, while obesity is absolutely a national problem, it is not their responsibility to moderate what we eat, or drink, or even how we live. The government should instead be working on massive information campaigns on the health risks of being overweight and/or having a poor diet, rather than the very misguided (and futile) pursuit of simply banning potentially unhealthy items.[/QUOTE] They aren't banning the items, just restricting the selling of items above a certain weight

[QUOTE=Lambeth;36170990]They aren't banning the items, just restricting the selling of items above a certain weight[/QUOTE] Which is still rather bizarre. All it does is create more waste because, in order to get the same amount of the drink as before, all you have to do is buy more bottles of it. In order to get a standard 2L bottle of soda, now you'll have to buy 4 16oz bottles and you'll still be 3oz short. It's just a waste.

Mayor Bloomberg's next act? Banning anything that tastes better than dirt.

Wow I'd pretty much die if I lived in New York if this is the case.

Couldn't you just sell the cup and then make the soda free? Obv. there would be markup to cover the cost of the soda but it seems to me like that'd be the way to circumvent it.

[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;36171071]Which is still rather bizarre. All it does is create more waste because, in order to get the same amount of the drink as before, all you have to do is buy more bottles of it. In order to get a standard 2L bottle of soda, now you'll have to buy 4 16oz bottles and you'll still be 3oz short. It's just a waste.[/QUOTE] You can still buy those 2 liter bottles at safeway. this law applies only to restaurants and stuff.

He can pry my cream soda from my cold dead hands. >_<

This will stop fat people.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etiLtd2e4-0[/media] The issue a more complex than most of you are giving it credit for.