Are soda machines the new cigarette machines?

[London]

I've been saying for a decade now that people from the future will look at soda the way we look at cigarettes. "Why do I have to be right all the time?"

San Antonio city manager wages war on sugar - Houston Chronicle

 

[cbigclarke]

we have got to start pushing back on these people with as much passion as if it were are guns they talking about

 

[London]

Two thoughts:

1.) I thought liberals were all about "The right to choose."

2.) Why not fill the soda machines up with Mexican soda (which is much healthier)? They cost just as much and wouldn't piss off people who want the right to govern their own health.

 

[General Zod]

1.) I thought liberals were all about "The right to choose."

They are. As long as they're doing the choosing for the rest of us.

 

[London]

They are. As long as they're doing the choosing for the rest of us.

Ha!

 

[35Remington]

I think her plan makes sense.

 

[Doc Roe]

I think her plan makes sense.

.......

What?

 

[UncleSamsMisguidedChild]

I'd just stack up a few cases of regular sodas and snacks in my cube and sell em for a 50 cent donation. Screw that

 

[London]

You can still buy as much soda as your liver can handle in the food courts, by the way.

 

[cbigclarke]

I think her plan makes sense.

please pack your knives and go

 

[35Remington]

Those of you who dislike the plan: why do you?

 

[cbigclarke]

those of you who dislike the plan: Why do you?

freedom and liberity

 

[jocat54]

Those of you who dislike the plan: why do you?

Because I don't need anyone telling me what I should or shouldn't have. None of their damn business.

cbigclarke tells it like it is.

 

[stdreb27]

I love the articles I see where schools have black markets for junk food where snack mocheens have been banned.

 

[Doc Roe]

Those of you who dislike the plan: why do you?

Because it is taking money from honest companies who make a product that millions of people enjoy, because some people think that 13.5 calories per ounce is "high calorie" (there are lunch meats with higher calorie content, FFS), that calorie intake is what makes people fat (complete bullshit by the way. It's not what you eat, it's how much and how often, as well as how much you exercise)...

And oh yeah: Because **** you too, that's why. How would you feel if someone came up to you in a diner and said that you couldn't have that burger and fries because it's unhealthy? How would you feel if someone said that you aren't capable of making simple choices, so they've decided to make the choice for you? 'Cause that's what this kind of shit is. It's the government making choices for you because they think that you or I can't be trusted to think for ourselves.


OK, rant over.

 

[tdwhite03]

They are. As long as they're doing the choosing for the rest of us.

Well said!

 

[35Remington]

Because I don't need anyone telling me what I should or shouldn't have. None of their damn business.

You are mistaking "telling me" for "selling to me." From the article: The new city policy is only for vending machines and doesn't ban employees from consuming fatty foods and drinks at work. “But we don't have to promote it,” Sculley said.

 

[jocat54]

You are mistaking "telling me" for "selling to me." From the article: The new city policy is only for vending machines and doesn't ban employees from consuming fatty foods and drinks at work. “But we don't have to promote it,” Sculley said.

No mistake...they are trying to tell. JMO

 

[beaner]

No mistake...they are trying to tell. JMO

Agreed, there is no option to make a choice. They provide the one choice they want you to have.

What makes me really shake my head is the fact that this is going on here in Texas.

 

[35Remington]

jocat, obviously these are just my opinions, too. I see a city full of fat people, and I see a manager saying "I'm not going to provide fat foods for sale here," and I applaud that. I would no sooner give a drunk a drink than offer fatty food to already fat people.

Agreed, there is no option to make a choice. They provide the one choice they want you to have.

This is obviously wrong. There are plenty of options to make plenty of choices. The city has simply removed itself from being a peddler of caloric foods.