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Mississippi House Bill 282 Comment by Walter Williams
An Act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health; to direct the Department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and to provide those materials to the food establishments; to direct the Department to monitor the food establishments for compliance with the provisions of this act.
The bill proposes to revoke licenses of food establishments that violate the provisions of the act. You shouldnt believe that if this measure is successful in Mississippi that it will stay in Mississippi. Moreover, it will be expanded upon because most people who are obese dont become so by eating at restaurants; mostly, its food eaten at home. Thus, the food tyrants wont be satisfied with restaurant restrictions, just as the anti-tobacco zealots werent satisfied with warning labels on cigarettes. They will push for legislation restricting the sale of foods at supermarkets. Since an obese person can get a svelte person to do his grocery shopping for him, legislators might propose sting operations to fine or arrest people giving an obese person high-calorie food… Americans turning away from rule of law and constitutional government are following in the footsteps of other people around the world who discovered their liberties gone and recovering them was next to impossible. But, what the heck. You might be among those Americans who dont smoke and are not obese, so why sweat it? – Walter Williams posted at Patriot Post