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Freedom to be fat?
Mississippi is the scene of the latest incursion onto freedom.
"FEBRUARY 1--Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons. Bill No. 282, a copy of which you'll find below, is the brainchild of three members of the state's House of Representatives, Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows. The bill, which is likely dead on arrival, proposes that the state's Department of Health establish weight criteria after consultation with Mississippi's Council on Obesity. It does not detail what penalties an eatery would face if its grub was served to someone with an excessive body mass index."
Well, if we have universal heath care, this may just happen...on the federal level.
-Matt Hittle
Posted at 07:22PM Feb 01, 2008 by College Republicans in Ridiculous! | Comments[2]
I am as liberal as they come and I think this is stupid, ridiculous and downright discriminatory. This better get voted down.
Posted by Bill Muller on February 02, 2008 at 09:41 PM CST #
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment.
I understand that as a society sometimes we need to protect people from themselves. But we should never deny them their needs or maybe even their most fervent wants.
Regardless, obesity isn't a choice it's a result of circumstance; genetics, environment, etc. We can help them if they are willing. But this isn't the way and we need to know when to stay out of it.
Posted by Jesse Bethke on February 03, 2008 at 12:33 PM CST #