[SittinYonder]

You can't drink soda in public places. Public places, of course, includes private property that is publicly accessible.

Now the soda drinkers can line up on the sidewalks with the smokers and all have yellow teeth together.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I suppose the parents have no responsibility at all for buying soda or allowing kids to drink soda.

RIDICULOUS LITIGATION, PING!!!

[Phantom Lord]

Fatty food is also on the list of targets to attack for big money to help "the children." People laughed 10+ years ago when Rush Limbaugh and others said that the Nioctine Nazis and their partners would next go after food. As usual, he was right.

Look for a "Twinkie Tax" to be proposed with the funds to be used for "Childhood obesity programs". And as with the tobacco settlement money, less than 5% will actually go for its stated purpose.

[oyez]

If a company is really successfully it must be doing some thing unethical. Liberal Lawyers can tear down the country while getting rich. What a racket.

[DakotaRed]

Smoke Gnatzies jumped on the bandwagon to condemn and demonize smokers and wouldn't listen it was really about smoking, but about control by the "we're smarter than you" crowd. I doubt they will pay much attention to this either. Not until it's something they wish to continue doing will they wake up and by then, there will be no one left to stand with them.

[Just another Joe]

yooooohoooooo, over here.

PUFF!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

"If someone is saying that a 64-ounce soda at 7-Eleven contributed to obesity, that person should have his day in court."

Well, that's one reason I stopped going to 7-Eleven. The guy who worked there was always grabbing me, throwing me to the ground, sitting on me, and pouring those 64-ounce pops down my throat.

The litigation culminated in the 1998 settlement in which cigarette makers agreed to alter marketing practices, pay oodles to state governments (financed by hiking cigarette prices) and — not incidentally — fork over upward of $10 billion to the lawyers who had organized the suits.

Just a coincidence, I'm sure. I mean, even though these lawyers are motivated solely by the public interest and concern for our health, they still have to earn a living, right?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

However, he never threw a dollar over a river, never chopped down that infamous cherry tree, etc. And, in fact, he did have his human failings, such as being a slave holder (morally debatable even in his day), etc.

More of the same.

[MissEdie]

Here's a novel idea- how about holding the consumers responsible for their own mis-use of a product.

[absolootezer0]

isn't one of the texas governor hopefuls advocating a "sugar tax"?

[tumblindice]

Michael Crichton,`State of Fear'=
John Grisham, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Torts

[jimfrommaine]

Since I don't like coffe, I have a coke to get me through the morning. I think I'm addicted to it. And Think of all the long term health problems I'm going to have because of Cocca Cola. I think we need a multi-billion dollar class action lawsuit so that those who have suffered dearly at the hands of big cola can be properly compensated for their physical and mental anguish.

[commish]

The bastiges can pry my Diet Coke FMCDH!!!!!

[Hatteras]

When they find out that mother's milk causes cancer, where will they put the warning label? -Gallagher

[absolootezer0]

yanno, i've been joking for years that i should sue mt dew for all the tooth decay it caused me. maybe i should call one of these lawyers and jump on the bandwagon.
after all, its not MY fault they didn't put a warning label on the bottles and i ignored the dentists that told me it would happen.

[Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...]

Last year in Ontario, the provincial government passed something called Sabrina's law - named after a 13 year old girl who died after the tongs used for putting her french fries in a cup were found to have touched cheese. She went into anaphylactic shock because of a dairy allergy. She law requires local school boards to have a number of emergency response things in place along with a policy for dealing with this. In the case of our local school board, they have just decided to issue an edict that ALL nut products and foods containing nut products are to be absolutely banned from school property. Do you think that might be a little heavy handed?

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/05/17/sabrina-law050517.html

[one more state]

We need a soft drink age requirement. Minors should not be allowed to consume, purchase, sell, or transport soft drinks until 21 years of age.

[Squantos]

Obesity is caused by this little device ! .......... Folks need to get off the couch and MOVE or die !!!

[floozy22]

Ridiculous stuff. But I would not miss hydrogenated-anything & high-fructose corn syrup if they were "discouraged." But no lawsuits are necessary.

[pollyannaish]

They will pry my Diet Coke from my cold, dead......



Oh, nevermind.