Posted by
Dave Kooker on Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:44:32 PM
I suspect that the three Mississippi legislators who proposed House bill 282 crafted the bill in jest to should how tyrannical all levels of government have been in their pursuit of confiscation of our personal rights. Mississippi House bill 282 would prohibit restaurants from serving food to obese customers. Funny satire is humor based in truth and that is why this House bill gave me a chuckle and also gave me a cold chill of how much control our fellow ‘Orwellian’ politicians want to control our every function of our life.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2008/pdf/history/HB/HB0282.xml
Full Text Of The House Bill 282
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0282IN.htm
Other localities like New York City have banned foods prepared and processed with ‘Trans-fats’ to show how much they care about our dietary health. Let’s ignore the fact that it was the government’s initiative in the first place to force us to consume Trans fats because animal fat was so unhealthy. As it turns out that animal fat was healthier.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16051436/
There have been attempted individual and class action lawsuits against the fast food franchise McDonalds, claiming their food has caused their obesity. No one has successfully won such a frivolous lawsuit yet.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/26/101537.shtml
I did a search on google and I found it very strange that I could not fight any reference to obesity lawsuits against adult beverages like beer. Does not beer contribute to obesity? How common is it to hear someone state I have a Beer Belly or Body By Budweiser. Sitting on a bar stool sucking down the suds and smoking can’t be very slimming. If the government were really serious about the obesity problem would they not pursue all perceived guilty contributors instead of selective persecution? I suspect the banned foods did not contribute enough to their local government politicians.
I envision that once a frivolous obesity is successful against a large franchise you will observe a tsunami of new government regulations on our food industry. Mississippi House bill 282 will be just the tip of the iceberg of food industry regulations. What is to stop the tyrannical government from starting height and weight checks before walking into a grocery market or to be arrested for purchasing food or groceries for an obese individual? Could the government mandate periodic height and weight checks downtown at the town hall building? Does the government confiscate our private property and regulate its use so that food cannot be produced on it which may cause us to be obese?
How about us athletic individuals? For example, I am an avid kayaker and bicyclist. I am 5 feet 6 inches and 155 pounds. By the government tables, I have a BFI (Body Mass Index) of 25, which is considered overweight even though I may have a body fat measurement of 12%, which is fairly lean.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index
Will my healthy muscle mass keep me from purchasing a double heart attack breakfast from the local Waffle House?
If my dietary health is not enough a government concern, my diet has to be modified in the name of animal cruelty. Chicago has banned goose liver.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/apr/28/usa.foodanddrink
It is just a matter of time that killing a cow will be considered cruel and inhumane and beef will be banned. You ‘Orwellian’ politicians need to really contemplate this one with extra care. Think about the leather shoes you walk on and the leather seats in your luxury cars that you lecture me about driving.
What is going to be legislated as dietary safe or humanely raised to consume in the government’s eyes? Water, bread, and vitamin pills? Our Nanny State is becoming close to turning into a nasty Dominatrix. Just starve me to death like Terri Shiavo in the name of a ‘compassionate’ government.
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