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Breaking News: Mississippi May Outlaw Serving Food To The Obese
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02-04-2008, 12:45 PM
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This is priceless. Katrina hurt more than we know? Breaking News: Mississippi May Outlaw Serving Food To The Obese
We've seen a lot of crazy obesity-related legal proposals, but this one takes the cake. (And the salad, and the dinner roll, and the entree...) Three Mississippi lawmakers have just introduced legislation to make it a crime for state-licensed restaurants to serve food to anyone deemed “obese.”
The bill, HB 282 would require the Department of Health to establish a weight limit for eating out. If the criteria are anything like federal formulas for “overweight” and “obese,” New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady—who is “overweight” according to the government’s calculation—could be barred from enjoying a post-Super Bowl supper in one of Mississippi’s restaurants.
So far the legislators have not revealed the specific penalties an eatery would face if caught serving a minor, er ... a major. But even without specifics, the mere mention of a law like this is an affront to civil liberties and consumer freedom.
Over the years, a growing cabal of diet dictators have promoted a litany of crazy proposals to tax, legislate, and litigate away many food and beverage choices. But as we said earlier, this bill takes the cake. Literally. Despite being unfounded and tyrannical, HB 282 ignores the biggest contributor to the Mississippians' poor health: physical inactivity. Mississippi ranks dead last in the United States for physical activity. Maybe lawmakers in Jackson should do something to get people moving again.
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02-04-2008, 01:00 PM
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02-04-2008, 01:01 PM
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Country: | Did this all start with the anti smoking bills? We will all have to slip into speak easys to get a burger and fries. I will be a bootlegger making nightly runs from my deep fryer, hinden in the East Texas woods, to the evil Houston party districts.
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02-04-2008, 01:13 PM
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Country: | I think the entire US is guilty of obesity. Next time you're in your favorite
"all you can eat" restaurant, just look around. We go to Golden Corral quite
often and the size of some of the people is mind boggling.
However, a law forbidding the serving of someone deemed obese is just
too much. They should make all restaurants non-smoking, first.
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02-04-2008, 01:20 PM
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Country: | "I'll take 3 Big Macs, large fries - supersized - two apple pies and a diet coke."
Works for me. 
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02-04-2008, 01:32 PM
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Country: | Either that or.... "all I ate was a salad" (piled high with Ranch dressing)
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02-05-2008, 03:11 AM
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Country:  | So somewhere the right of people's body structure just went out the window. Deeming some one obese then refusing to serve them. You know I seem to remember Aparthied style of Government had finished. Seemingly I was mistaken It just changed form and fashion and took another direction | |
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02-05-2008, 05:15 AM
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Country:  | What will it be next....outlaw the unhealthy skinny?
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Country: | And I would love to see how fast the stupid ACLU jumps all over the first restaurant that enforces it........if it passes.........which I doubt it will.
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02-05-2008, 07:43 AM
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Country: | my god how stupid is all this getting, its some crazy crap out there in these United States, Next there be fat police at the pizza shop , with this new law will it also be enforced at the local doughnut shop! I have seen pertty fat cops in my time , but all jokes aside.I think area goverment .federal and state can think of better ways too serve us , hey you want too be fat, thats your right , as far as smokeing ban , well i smoke but i understand the law i try too respect other peoples right not too !!!!! is there such thing as second hand fat !!!!!!! | |
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Country: | I think we should outlaw Mississippi....
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02-05-2008, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Njaco  Then Les would be after all our butts!!! | No he won't - he'll just claim it as his own kingdom.
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02-05-2008, 05:10 PM
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Country:  | Perhaps instead of banning fatties. Resturants should be forced to provide a main dish that is under 500 calories.
Now am not saying serve rabbit food but you would be amazed how hgh in calories some of their cr*p contains. Kids menus being the worse offender.
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