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if people are so helpless they can simply order to 16 leader cups

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the inherent contradictions that make it easy to sneer at such rules have been well reported

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"The inherent

contradictions that make it easy to sneer at such rules have been well-reported and were a good part of why earlier this week a judge stopped the new rules from being implemented."

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Bloomberg is playing nanny in the

worst sort of way by interfering in a basic, private transaction

involving a perfectly legal substance.

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"when you take away the option to order a soda over a certain size you have now removed my options

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"Convenience stores such as 7-Eleven are overseen by the state

and would be exempt, but a Burger King across the street would

be restricted. "

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"In restaurants and other

establishments overseen by the city’s health inspectors, it would

have been illegal to sell a serving of most sugary drinks (except fruit

juice; I always wonder about that

exemption

, considering the sugar

calories in apple juice) that’s more than 16 ounces."

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I think Many of us cringed but again it made some sense

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"Not that I have tremendous regard for soda. It’s bad for you,

especially in large quantities."

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"The

intentions

of New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg may be

laudable, but it’s wrong for one man, even an elected official and

even a well-meaning one at that, to

dictate

to people how big a cup

of sugary soda they’re allowed."

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" don’t buy the argument that people are helpless in the face

of sugar and that it’s better to have the government rather than  the corporations dictate their behaviors."
(paragraph 6 "soda's a problem but...")

but...")

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That is not what this country is all about.

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"In such cases, government

is simply the vendor making a decision about what it wants to sell."
(paragraph 5 "soda's a problem but..")

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It is not the place of our elected officials to

intervene.

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"when Mayor Bloomberg implanted laws banning smoking in bars parks and restaurants I understood the rationale because others people health would inadvertently be impacted by the smoke "

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"If you want to know how many calories

something is before you indulge, it is now spelled out for you."

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" I, personally, feel that it goes against

everything this country stands for—we are a country built on

freedom. " (paragraph 3 )

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"We cannot allow our government to make these kinds of

decisions for us."( Ban the Ban paragraph 3)

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the authors opinion was they understood the law of no smoking in bars restaurants and parks

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" If, despite all those efforts, someone chooses

to have a sugary drink anyway, that is their choice and their right."

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