21st Century Prohibition

Do-gooderism continues to rise, like a well leavened dough will, in this country of ours, with New York City leading the way, with admiring props from the state of California, by prohibiting trans fat. 

This city, which lays claim to the Statue of Liberty, which supposedly beckons to those desiring freedom, has decided that obesity is not to be addressed individually, but collectively, so that each individual may suffer for the good of us all.  Bollocks.

I wonder if this development will induce Michael Moore to put his New York City residence on the market?

New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants

UPDATE:  Will this new prohibition do any good?  In all likelihood, no, as even the New York Times editorial board recognizes.

The phasing out of trans fats from all city restaurants, not just fast-food chains, won’t do much about the obesity epidemic but it could save people from heart attacks and death if administered properly.

Did you catch the last portion of that sentence?  ”...but it could save people from heart attacks and death if administered properly.”

If “administered properly.”  What exactly does that mean?  It means additional layers of tax funded nannies to be ever on the patrol for your own good.

The editorial.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 12/06 at 08:13 AM

  1. New York is right to ban trans fats-let others follow. We do not need artificial fats in our system. More people need to get that trans fats are unneccesary and harmful.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/06  at  04:33 PM

  2. Pierre, should not the individual decide for themselves that trans fats are “unnecessary and harmful” to their “system,” rather than the state decreeing this is so?

    See my post Mole Hills Can Become Mountains

    Posted by John Venlet  on  12/07  at  07:30 AM

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