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In reply to the discussion: Bloomberg's soda ban prohibits 2-liter bottles with your pizza and some nightclub mixers [View all]Cirque du So-What
(25,908 posts)After all, the 2L bottle is generally intended to serve at least a couple of people - although I know people who could polish one off like nobody's bidness. I do take exception, however, with any comparison of Bloomberg with Hitler, which diminishes and trivializes the horrors of the Third Reich.
I don't like the prohibition against large servings on the basis that it affects the poor disproportionately, seeing that people will circumvent it easily...easily except for taking a hit in their wallets, that is. I see Bloomberg's ploy as purely political - an attempt to make him seem more 'moderate' (whatever the hell that means anymore) while providing cover for thievery on the part of powerbrokers. If he had true concern for public health, he would emphasize education instead of prohibition. It's just a shiny distraction that allows RWers to complain about 'ultra-liberal Bloomberg', meanwhile giving him a pass on all that he does in favor of the RW agenda.
On edit: In the first place, it's 'rationing' - not 'rationalizing.' In the second place, it's not rationing, unless the amount of money in someone's wallet available for the soda budget is taken into account.