Is Obama the Worst President that we have ever had?

[Michael-5]

NintendoPie said:

Michael-5 said:

Would it really be?

I'm thinking the opposite, I've read that the "Big Gulp" at 7-Eleven in USA is 50% larger then the average human stomach. The Big Gulp in Canada is much, much smaller, and I already think it's too big.

There should be some regulation on fountain drinks, a drink that big is a real problem for causing diabetes. Even for two people, that's far too big of a drink that people should be allowed to get.

Remember it's a Large Soda ban, not a large water ban, Bloomburg is only trying to keep people healthy and prevent corporations from making too much profit on products which are harmful.

If people can't make the decision themselves to not get a large soda then that's their fault. The government shouldn't have to babysit the whole of their population because we "make bad decisions." I understand that it may seem like a good idea because you think you would be helping people, but those people need to help themselves. There shouldn't be a regulation on food that you can literally tell yourself not to eat because you know how bad it is. (There is a difference with re-calls, of course.)

I know it's just a regulation on soda, but to regulate any type of drink/food is slightly overboard. Also, did you ever think of people buying to mediums because they wanted a large? You know, people will find a way to ruin their bodies if they really wanted to.

This is just the difference between American and Canadian thinking. North of the border, we wouldn't blaime the individual entirely since 7-Eleven, Coka-Cola, etc continuously bombard you with advertizements, and store designs.

Yes some people will buy two mediums to get the equivalent of a large, but that's because they are used to drinking a large size and it will take them a long time to adjust to the new sizes.

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Okay, here is an interesting factoid. When McDonalds first became a public company, they had one sized pop. In the 60's they added a Large size drink. Let's call this drink X (just remember Drink X). In the 70's Drink X became the medium, and there was a new large. In the 80's They added an Extra Large. In the 90's Small became Kiddie, X became small, etc, and they added a larger size. In the late 90's I believe, McD's upsized all their drinks, so the old small (drink X) became kiddie.

In 50 Years, not only has the "normal" sized drink disappeared from McDonalds, but the later introduced Large is now a Kiddie. I'm not sure about exact dates, but this is a true story. Now compare Diabetes rates.

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The thing is, while I agree with you people should take responsibility for their own actions and choose what they drink/eat more carefully, but people don't. If you let large corporations keep pushing high profit products (over-sized drinks), not only does their company benefit off making people less healthy, but normal sized drinks will cease to appear on shelves. There need to be some regulations which keep normal portion drinks on shelves, otherwise we're all just going to be getting "Big Gulps" because stores won't sell small sized drinks due to small profit margins.

This drink scenario also applies to food too.

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Sorry, I'm writing a lot, but do you agree with this law: In Canada (and I believe USA as well) grocery stores are legally required to have the produce section at the front of the store near the main entrance. Do you know why? Produce is low profit, and it's easy for store to shove this stuff in the back, and maybe even get rid of it, but because of this regulation people do tend to buy more produce since they see it essentially "advertized" as they walk into the grocery store.

I see the Large Soda Ban in a similar light.