are they out of their mind?
kuzi16
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in new york there is a bill that is being proposed to ban the use of SALT in restaurants.
the first lines of the bill read as follows:
PROHIBITION ON SALT; RESTAURANTS. 1. NO OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A RESTAURANT IN THIS STATE SHALL USE SALT IN ANY FORM IN THE PREPARATION OF ANY FOOD FOR CONSUMPTION BY CUSTOMERS OF SUCH RESTAURANT, INCLUDING FOOD PREPARED TO BE CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES OF SUCH RESTAURANT OR OFF OF SUCH PREMISES
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the state seems to feel that it can tell people what and what not to eat, and how chefs can run their restaurants. can someone explain how this is NOT a violation of the rights of the owners of those restaurants? if the people dont want salty food, then they can do what i do:
find somewhere else to eat.
this will make food in NY taste bad. it will make the chefs that work there want to leave. new york will no longer be a great food town. this would hurt the economy of new york in ways they never thought would.
...not to mention that salt (and the iodine many salt brands carry) is an essential part of your diet.
the first lines of the bill read as follows:
PROHIBITION ON SALT; RESTAURANTS. 1. NO OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A RESTAURANT IN THIS STATE SHALL USE SALT IN ANY FORM IN THE PREPARATION OF ANY FOOD FOR CONSUMPTION BY CUSTOMERS OF SUCH RESTAURANT, INCLUDING FOOD PREPARED TO BE CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES OF SUCH RESTAURANT OR OFF OF SUCH PREMISES
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the state seems to feel that it can tell people what and what not to eat, and how chefs can run their restaurants. can someone explain how this is NOT a violation of the rights of the owners of those restaurants? if the people dont want salty food, then they can do what i do:
find somewhere else to eat.
this will make food in NY taste bad. it will make the chefs that work there want to leave. new york will no longer be a great food town. this would hurt the economy of new york in ways they never thought would.
...not to mention that salt (and the iodine many salt brands carry) is an essential part of your diet.
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Is that what this is about?
I think that alderman Joe "Foie Gras" Moore should personally reimburse the tax-payers of Chicago for any costs this stupid ban incurred.
"You see, according to Cocteau's plan, I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy who likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-o all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener".
Lone legislators all over the country -- and in DC -- propose all kinds of utterly insane bills all the time; literally every day. That doesn't mean "the state" is considering them. In nearly all cases, the legislator never even wanted their bill to be considered. They just wanted to be able to tell a constituent or constituents that they introduced legislation on the floor that would blah blah blah.
In addition, the long accepted "truth" that salt causes high blood pressure has been pretty much debunked.
And if you liked the Leary line, you need to see this video of his:
now i know there are some very major differences here. what it comes down to is the right to choose what you put in your own body, the body that you and you alone own. its not about this bill alone. it is about the attitude that the government (any part of it including one lowly state pee-on) knows what is better for me than i do. we have also already seen similar attacks on sugars including proposed taxes on them. ive seen rumors about taxes on fatty foods.
none of these things, no matter how bad they are for you, or seem to be bad for you should ever be taxed or banned. its my body damnit.