# Soda ban...good idea or misguided nanny state horseshit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887 "2012-06-21T21:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/21 "2012-06-21T23:43:05Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Misguided nanny state horseshit. I’m in here agreeing with a post from **Oakminister** , truly these are the 2012 end times pop culture prophesied. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/22 "2012-06-21T23:43:49Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Don’t blame them, they’re Hungary! You are now my favorite poster of all time. Congratulations! Honestly, I would have thought we’d see taxes on certain foods/drink raised before any serious talk of banning. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/23 "2012-06-21T23:47:22Z")
The ads are for Coca Cola, Lipton Tea and Diet Coke. Can we supersize that? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/24 "2012-06-21T23:51:33Z")
I think it is a bad idea. Even if it worked, it still isn’t a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/25 "2012-06-21T23:53:41Z")
I think the idea should be banned. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/26 "2012-06-21T23:55:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I think the idea should be banned. I think banning things should be banned ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/27 "2012-06-22T00:02:13Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > I think banning things should be banned Why don’t we bandy that idea out over a 32 oz soda? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/28 "2012-06-22T00:05:01Z")
> [@PrettyVacant](#): > > … You people need deliverance from the political influence of the food lobby. > [@](#): > > Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis … [is] also suggesting that city officials consider banning free refills of sugary beverages … Yeah, that really doesn’t sound like “nanny state horseshit”. It does sound like a great way for some folks to make a mint on soda sales “Remind me again, what’s our profit margin on a 16oz cup of soda with unlimited refills?” and blame it all on the evil nanny state. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/29 "2012-06-22T00:10:54Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Let them eat Turkey. But not goose, that’s really Greecey. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/30 "2012-06-22T00:12:41Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > But not goose, that’s really Greecey. Especially if you Finnish the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/31 "2012-06-22T00:16:26Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Especially if you Finnish the whole thing. I would if I was Hungary enough. Waiter, Czech please. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/32 "2012-06-22T00:18:42Z")
I’m instinctively against the idea of an outright ban. I might support some government action that encouraged less soda consumption depending on the details. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/33 "2012-06-22T00:22:10Z")
That’s a Wale of an idea. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/34 "2012-06-22T00:23:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > That’s a Wale of an idea. I dunno… maybe some tax breaks would Sweden the deal… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/35 "2012-06-22T00:24:35Z")
Oman Oman will you be sick ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/36 "2012-06-22T00:27:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m instinctively against the idea of an outright ban. > > I might support some government action that encouraged less soda consumption depending on the details. Maybe they could put warning pictures of Wilford Brimley hawking you diabetes medication on the sodas. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/37 "2012-06-22T01:16:59Z")
Since there does not actually seem to be a debate, here, this thread and its bad puns are moving to IMHO as a Pole. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/38 "2012-06-22T01:32:24Z")
It’s a plot by Coca Cola to at least triple its profits. A legislated ban? Follow the money. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/39 "2012-06-22T01:39:39Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Since there does not actually seem to be a debate, here, this thread and its bad puns are moving to IMHO as a Pole. What’s next, threats of “I’ll ban ya!” ? [sub]Okay, I’m not proud of that one[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887/40 "2012-06-22T01:41:22Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > It’s a plot by Coca Cola to at least triple its profits. A legislated ban? Follow the money. Exactly! If you allowed an unfettered free market you’d have perfectly healthy, safe, and cheap soda made with real cane sugar by the keg! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-ban-good-idea-or-misguided-nanny-state-horseshit/625887.md?page=3)