I read the article for the ban on large cups for “Sugary drinks” because I believe that the government is getting to big for its britches. The article, in short, states that people’s reaction to the ban on large cups was over the top and uncalled for. The article states that the ban was to limit the amounts people where having at one time. There was no regulation on the amount consumed because you could still get up and refill the cup again. This regulation was just to help Americans from making “dumb” health decisions.
I think that this whole article wasn’t thought through very well and has no thoughts for self-responsibility at all. If there is no regulation on how much we can consume, then why have it at all? All that they would be doing is making our lives more difficult, AND diving WAY in to our personal lives in what we are allowed to do. The reasoning people freaked out about this law and did not want it wasn’t as much about the cup sizes as the fact that the law would allow the government access into our personal lives and control that part. Plus, it seemed like the government was trying to be a parent by telling us “No you can’t have the big kid drink because you need to be healthier.” This personally pisses me off along with many other Americans. This is supposed to be a free country where we are supposed to be allowed to do whatever we want with some small restrictions that most laws account for is infringement upon others freedoms. Having laws passed to regulate how much drink we can have at a time is an unnecessary and one “large” (bud dum tsss) step in to our personal lives. If they can do that then it sets of a chain reaction of sorts that will eventually leave us with no freedoms what so ever. We need to stand for our freedoms and rights even in the small things.
I think that this whole article wasn’t thought through very well and has no thoughts for self-responsibility at all. If there is no regulation on how much we can consume, then why have it at all? All that they would be doing is making our lives more difficult, AND diving WAY in to our personal lives in what we are allowed to do. The reasoning people freaked out about this law and did not want it wasn’t as much about the cup sizes as the fact that the law would allow the government access into our personal lives and control that part. Plus, it seemed like the government was trying to be a parent by telling us “No you can’t have the big kid drink because you need to be healthier.” This personally pisses me off along with many other Americans. This is supposed to be a free country where we are supposed to be allowed to do whatever we want with some small restrictions that most laws account for is infringement upon others freedoms. Having laws passed to regulate how much drink we can have at a time is an unnecessary and one “large” (bud dum tsss) step in to our personal lives. If they can do that then it sets of a chain reaction of sorts that will eventually leave us with no freedoms what so ever. We need to stand for our freedoms and rights even in the small things.