Speaking Truth to Power... about drink sizes?

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

And here's Sarah Palin at CPAC, demonstrating the childish reactionism that we've come to expect.

Bonus facts:
1) The NYC drink ban didn't include Big Gulps
2) It was struck down by a judge anyway
3) The lovely people of facebook have christened Sarah Palin as "Bible Spice"

Comments

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

None that can be conclusively traced to the size of a soft drink, no. Especially with issues of weight, the science is a lot more complicated than simple caloric intake, and if you're to the point of morbid obesity you're in a whole different class.

Even the comparison to cigarettes is nonsensical in this regard. I don't need to smell your soft drink, second hand Pepsi isn't harmful, and the simple act of ingesting a cola of any kind or size is not a virtual guarantee of health problems.

So no. The "societal cost" argument holds zero water in this instance. Besides, even if it did, isn't this simply one of the "costs" of living in a "society?" Doesn't the so-called "social contract" implore you to accept the choices that other members of society make even if it adversely impacts you?