I swear I'll pick on a Republican sooner or later, but this was too good (actually, bad on a legendary scale) to ignore. Everyone's favorite New Yorker, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, has finally said what we know most politicians secretly think. That's right, he has at long last admitted that we jumped off the slippery slope a long time ago.
This is, of course, in reference to his frankly absurd Nanny-State ban on really big soft drinks. Apparently, Mr. Bloomberg feels that the government should ban things that are bad for you. Now, don't get me wrong; I'm not pretending that soft drinks are anything other than entirely unhealthy, and the giant Big Gulps and other such nonsense are totally unnecessary. I also recognize that things like smoking and drinking alcohol are quite unhealthy as well.
The health of the activity in question, however, is not the issue. The issue is the fact that Bloomberg believes that the government can deny you your freedom "for your own good." Of all the slippery slopse in politics, this has got to be the worst by far. Essentially, Bloomberg is arguing that if the government decides something is "bad for you," it can prohibit you from engaging in that activity. In other words, the government controls your body, according to this unbelievably statist line of thinking.
To make matters worse, this comes mere days after endorsing the use of drones by police, among other advanced surveillance methods. I've never been a big fan of major cities, as I feel that they're rather dystopian. Bloomberg's apparent goal is to make New York City downright Orwellian.
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