Santa Clara County: Supervisors ban toys with fast-food meals

[Tristicus]

Government has every right to protect its youngest citizens from their parents

That idiocy is almost siggable.

 

[xj0hnx]

LOL, wow, I certainly hope you are joking.

Of course he isn't, the loony believes your children are wards of the state.

 

[CPA]

Government has every right to protect its youngest citizens from their parents

Coming from you, I'm thinking this isn't sarcasm.

 

[CPA]

Silly. These happy meal toys for example are only really attractive to kids who are so young they're likely with their parents. My kids like happy meal toys. I generally get them either a burger or chicken and then milk and apples.

Your kids probably also go straight to the toy and only eat a quarter of the actual meal. I know mine do. If anything the toy is a distraction from the food, lol.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Coming from you, I'm thinking this isn't sarcasm.

I can almost guarantee that coming from him, it is his 100% sincere belief. Amazing, isn't it?

 

[senseamp]

Exactly, and guess who should be monitoring what the kids are eating? (HINT: Not Uncle Sam)

I didn't know "Uncle Sam" referred to Santa Clara County

 

[IndyColtsFan]

California and all these liberal hippie progressive states are just full of fail and are bringing the rest of the nation down with it by setting a piss poor example.

The fun part is watching the usual suspects defend this exciting new practice brought to you from part of the People's Republic of California.

I can't believe anyone would defend this action, but the resident fruitcakes here rarely disappoint.

 

[BoberFett]

Government has every right to protect its youngest citizens from their parents

Unless they aren't born yet. Then they're fair game.

And before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I'm pro-choice. I just like to point out the ridiculousness of the hypocrisy involved here.

 

[BoberFett]

Woohoo, that's my county, we are famous!!! Yay

So is Sarah Palin.

 

[senseamp]

Unless they aren't born yet. Then they're fair game.

And before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I'm pro-choice. I just like to point out the ridiculousness of the hypocrisy involved here.

Citizenship is given at birth, so if they aren't born, they aren't citizens.

 

[joebloggs10]

Citizenship is given at birth, so if they aren't born, they aren't citizens.

California is one of 29 states with fetal homicide laws. The state extends rights before birth.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I didn't know "Uncle Sam" referred to Santa Clara County

I use "Uncle Sam" as a generic substitute for government. But let me rephrase it so you can answer the question rather than dodging:

Exactly, and guess who should be monitoring what the kids are eating? (HINT: Not Uncle Sam or his retarded cousin, the Santa Clara county supervisor)

 

[senseamp]

California is one of 29 states with fetal homicide laws. The state extends rights before birth.

Still not citizens.

 

[senseamp]

I use "Uncle Sam" as a generic substitute for government. But let me rephrase it so you can answer the question rather than dodging:

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Why do you hate local control of government so much?

 

[MagickMan]

Why don't they just ban fast food, cigs, and booze and be done with it? Oh, now I remember, it's because of the tax revenues.

taxes > your health > your rights

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Why do you hate local control of government so much?

Actually, I dislike big, over-reaching governments like what our federal government is becoming. But regardless of the level of government, I also happen to dislike any part of it with a nanny state "we know what's best for you and your family" mentality. Exhibit 1 in this thread -- Santa Clara county.

So are you ever going to answer my question or are you just going to keep diverting?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Government has every right to protect its youngest citizens from their parents

If this is the level at which government can "protect" children from parents, it needs to be burnt to the ground.

 

[StageLeft]

Your kids probably also go straight to the toy and only eat a quarter of the actual meal. I know mine do. If anything the toy is a distraction from the food, lol.

They really aren't too bad but I do have to take it away sometimes first.

 

[Throckmorton]

Unless they aren't born yet. Then they're fair game.

And before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I'm pro-choice. I just like to point out the ridiculousness of the hypocrisy involved here.

You know what happens when you assume right?


I support the government restricting abortion (for example the trimester limits), and would support banning abortion if it was practical and didn't create its own ethical problems.

For example if the government could extract a fetus and raise it in some kind of gestation chamber, then pay for its entire upbringing, banning abortion would be great.

 

[Throckmorton]

I can almost guarantee that coming from him, it is his 100% sincere belief. Amazing, isn't it?

So you don't think the government has an obligation and legal right to protect children? Does that mean we can stop requiring education? Maybe we should repeal child abuse laws? Should the government tell people whether or not they can sexually exploit their cihldren?

The freedomz oh gnoezz!!!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

So you don't think the government has an obligation and legal right to protect children? Does that mean we can stop requiring education? Maybe we should repeal child abuse laws? Should the government tell people whether or not they can sexually exploit their cihldren?

The freedomz oh gnoezz!!!

And they should protect children from the wrong reading material, and the wrong clothes, and the kind of things they can talk to their parents about. Either you support the ownership if your children by government or you want your child raped!

There are lots of perfectly fine dictatorships. Why don't you find one? You are the kind of person they're looking for.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

So you don't think the government has an obligation and legal right to protect children?

Absolutely I do -- your argument, however, was that the government was "protecting" the kids from their parents by hopefully cutting down on the number of kids meals they consumed by removing the toys. That is NOT protecting the kids -- that is plain stupid.

Does that mean we can stop requiring education? Maybe we should repeal child abuse laws? Should the government tell people whether or not they can sexually exploit their cihldren?

The freedomz oh gnoezz!!!

Exaggerate much? You take a lame, stupid ordinance (the Santa Clara one), claiming they are only "protecting the kids from their parents," and are now trying to equate it with child sex abuse laws? Seriously? That is ALL you can come up with?

Geesh.

 

[Throckmorton]

And they should protect children from the wrong reading material, and the wrong clothes, and the kind of things they can talk to their parents about. Either you support the ownership if your children by government or you want your child raped!

There are lots of perfectly fine dictatorships. Why don't you find one? You are the kind of person they're looking for.

Give me a break. This is a ban on TOYS with fast food meals. If you really have an ideological problem with that, maybe you should think about food safety regulations too. After all, why should the government tell a parent he can't feed his kid rat poison and roach laden food?


Hell, maybe you should go and protest the restrictions on cigarette advertising which is probably the closest thing to this regulation.

This community decided to restrict a method of advertising unhealthy products to kids. That kind of thing can happen in a democracy. End of story. Get over it and stop crying.

 

[BoberFett]

The direction this country is heading makes me sick to my stomach.

Seeing it cheered on by the usual suspects in this forum does the same.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

The direction this country is heading makes me sick to my stomach.

Seeing it cheered on by the usual suspects in this forum does the same.

It is truly amazing. No matter what whacked out, perverted laws/ordinances/regulations are passed, you can count on the usual assortment of lefty fruitcakes here to cheer on the government.