>>>>New York City's limits on sugary drinks are not legal, a state judge ruled Monday. The ban on large-sized sugary drinks was set to go into effect on Tuesday.
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>>>>This is a breaking-news story. Check back for updates.
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>>>>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100442833
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>>>I'm curious. How would people here feel if, instead of banning large drinks, the law required that anyplace selling sugary drinks had to provide at least one actually small (8 oz. or 12 oz. maximum) size? IOW, they had to offer people the chance to buy a single serving, but could then go up as large as they wanted?
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>>>When I was growing up, I think the standard soda cup sizes were 8, 12 and 16 oz. That 16 oz. seemed huge to us. Now, that's about the smallest you can ever find.
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>>>Tamar
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>>How about "the law requiring people to use the brain in their heads"? <g>. The way this society becomes more and more litigious and the government want to legislate everything, one day we will see a warning on a chain saw "this saw is not intended for shaving legs or any other body parts."
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>No doubt. I have a friend that worked for a large grocery store chain - and his sole job was to maintain a database of lawsuits against them. Some of the stuff was so stupid ...for example one of the stores had a small floral section where they sold a few flowers and plants. This one lady ended up suing the store because there wasn't a "do not touch" sign on a cactus plant and she supposedly poked herself witht. Naturally the store just paid her off instead of going to court. There were 1000's of things like this in the database - although that one was one of my favorites.
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:) absurdity