Lounge Daddy Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 From smoking bans to banning restaurants from using various cooking ingredients to now telling businesses who to serve and who not to serve. I want my country back. [url="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0201081fat1.html"]The Smoking Gun has a copy of the 2 page bill[/url]. Unfortunately I have a feeling that it would pass, and that people will applaud it. [quote]New bill would make it illegal for restaurants to serve the obese 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.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Dumb law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Dumb politicians for drafting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 That's absolutely insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamesfanatic04 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Maybe if Dear Leader gets elected she will straighten things out. P.S. despite all my griping I voted for Ron Paul in the florida primary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Will they be able to order food to go and pick it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Who gets to define obese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavenlyCalling Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 All these laws are reidculous!!! Resteraunts are private businesses and as such THEY and only THEY should be able to decied who they serve. Its called CAPITALISM, and it used to be how things worked in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 At least it's a bi-partisan mess. Two Republicans and a Democrat. That said there is one word to define this proposal "discrimination". Even if it somehow passes, it'll never survive the courts after the first challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavenlyCalling Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 [quote name='BG45' post='1455423' date='Feb 4 2008, 03:42 PM']At least it's a bi-partisan mess. Two Republicans and a Democrat. That said there is one word to define this proposal "discrimination". Even if it somehow passes, it'll never survive the courts after the first challenge.[/quote] Good point!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanctitasDeo Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I would also like to point out that, if I remember correctly, the bill use BMI to define obesity. From what I know of BMI, it is a terrible universal measure of health. If we are going to enact such a draconian law, we darn well better make sure that the people we apply it to actually need it. It sounds like a stupid idea to me. Before we stop people from eating, we should stop people from smoking. I expect that costs as much or more. Even drinking (as in drunk driving) probably costs more in terms of lives lost. (Ah! But does the restaurant industry spread as much money around the government as the tobacco companies do? You can bet they'll start if bills like this got serious support). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy me Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 What is every restaurant going to need to have a scale at the entrance so that they can know they can and who they can't serve? Vote these guys out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydigit Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 what a BS story. c'mon guys, look at the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavenlyCalling Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 (edited) Umm, well it was in my paper ( the Union Leader ) page D12 this morning. Edited February 5, 2008 by HeavenlyCalling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanctitasDeo Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 [quote]what a BS story. c'mon guys, look at the site.[/quote] The Smoking Gun may not look reliable, but it is a real bill, unfortunately. They're not making this up. The Senator who is sponsoring it has apparently said that, while he does not expect it to pass, he is very serious about it. And this is just funny: [url="http://www.miamiherald.com/968/story/402498.html"]Obesity Action Coalition Calls On Mississippi Lawmakers ...[/url] The fact that there has to be, that there is, an Obesity Action Coalition strikes me as amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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