Good morning cadets, I hope that you are all doing well. As you are aware, Mayor Bloomberg's larger sugary drink ban was overturned by a NYC Judge that ruled against the Mayor. During his time in office, Mayor Bloomberg has championed many initiatives to improve the health of NYC. He was behind the ban on saturated fats in restaurants; the ban on over-sized sodas; the ban on unhealthy foods in school lunchroom cafeterias and has also stated that he wants to champion the end of ear-bud headphones that damage the hearing of those that choose to use them. Your task is to comment and give your opinion on whether you are for or against these ideas. Be specific and make sure that you cite documents or web-sites that support your information. Lastly as always, remember that you must comment on your peer's work. Good luck and I look forward to hearing your opinions. Here is my video for you to watch:
i understand what the mayor is trying to do but to be honest it doesn't stop people from drinking to much sugar.All they have to do is buy another drink .i think that people should be able to take care of themselves.the thing that i find wrong is that place like 7/11 can sell huge cups or liters of soda and other place cant' that is not fair to everyone else and doesn't help solve the problem
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It really isn't fair , they gain more money due to the fact that people want and have to have more for their money. I agree with you people do have that age to know what's better but if they don't that's their own choice
DeleteI agree with you on the 7/11 part. In my perspective, it is fair in a way. If more obesity occurs, people would only blame the mayor so he has to perform proactively now. And because of the price, it may limit the people to only buy 1 small drink instead of buying 2.
DeleteI agree yes we can always buy another drink but isnt that wasting more money on a fluid that you do not need in your body system
DeleteI believe that Bloomberg doesn't have a right to control our dietary plans and needs. Banning soda will not change anything. people will always find a way to get around the system to get what they what.
DeleteI agree Mayor Bloomberg is not helping anybody by banning junnk food. The truth is that if someone wants to loose weight then they have to do on their own
DeleteWhen I found out that mayor Bloomberg championed many initiatives to improve the health problems in NYC, I thought it was great but there's sometimes flaws in people's idea. In my opinion banning restaurants from using saturated fat to cook was a good idea. In a basic website about why an over excess in saturated fat is bad for you mainly because it increases the cholesterol in your blood and can cause heart attack, stroke, and narrowed arteries. The website also contains healthy tips for people and is a great idea to look at, but furthermore the banning was a good idea to help people lower the risks of these problems.
ReplyDeleteThe second initiative mayor Bloomberg took in banning over-sized soda drink was an okay idea, it has its flaws like I said. My opinion on it is that even if you ban over sized soda, people can go to a store like 7-eleven and still get the over sized drink. The other side is that the ban doesn't ban you from how many you purchase, its only on how much you drink in that one serving size. Now the good side of the ban is that some people are going to realize the harm in buying over sized drinks, and take part of following the ban because they want to be healthier. It also stops the person in drinking more than they should and honestly I don't think people would want to waste money on another drink.
The last two bans are big one for me because the banning of junk food in school was accomplished but there's not a lot of improvement in the snacks. School say that there's going g to be healthier choice of snack, but what I see is Doritos, chocolate chip cookies, or double fudge chocolate , etc. The portion is okay but the problem is how many are they buying or how the kids are eating that for lunch instead. Not saying that I don't sometimes or that the cafeteria's lunch is the best but the fact that it didn't do much to me. Now the earphones, personally I wouldn't want that because if its my choice if I can lower it or raise the volume. In the article I found it explains on how if they ban this then what responsibility do we learn, whatever happened to our "own" belongings. Its true what the author of the article said we have to take responsibility of our own stupidity somehow.
Websites:
1. http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/today-a-ban-on-headphones-while-crossing-the-street-tomorrow-a-ban-on-chewing-gum-while-walking/
2. http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1124.aspx?CategoryID=51&SubCategoryID=167
This article is very interesting and useful in getting a good perspective in Bloomberg's actions.
ReplyDelete"During Bloomberg's 11 years in office, his administration has cracked down on smoking, banned trans fats from restaurant meals, forced chain eateries to post calorie counts on menus and limited the size of some sugary drinks."
I believe that Bloomberg have made many wrong decisions throughout his office years but everyone makes mistakes here and there. From when I was in 8th grade, 2010-11, during the snow storm, my parents have been talking about how he is not a good mayor and that have influenced me, but based on the quote above, I believe he have done many goods to NYC.
"The initiative is aimed at the iPod generation, the people who were the first to put buds directly into their ears,” CBS New York reports." from macdailynews.com
This quote is also very important. If we were to compare 2003 to 2013, was is the same in terms of obesity and technology which lead to music players and headphones? Decades ago, music was not this convenient. It could not of been brought and played where you went but to be heard at home on a player or computer.
Bloomberg is doing something positive here because there are people going deaf, people becoming obese and people dying because of cigarettes. But again, does he have the rights? He wants us to have a good health and for us to recognize the damage of the soda and headphones. Many would say we do recognize it but we still chose to do it, but there are some out there who may not recognize it or may think they do but don't until it is too late. Does he have the rights? To me, if a judge have the power to overturn his decision on soda ban, then he should have the power to have these bans. In terms of legally and laws, I am not sure if the Mayor does. I couldn't find any information whether he does or does not, or maybe I did not research deeply. In my perspective, he should have the rights, but first he has to get his priorities straight. As discussed in class, his job as a mayor is to provide a safe NYC. If he has that in control, then he can proceed to the next step.
Also in the article, there are many government funded organizations supporting this ban on headphones and it is reasonable.
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/Pages/noise.aspx
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57573024/nyc-to-unveil-$250k-headphones-campaign-to-get-new-yorkers-to-lower-volume/
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I just saw the video, the first time I did the blog- it didn't show the video. I think the contents in this video is similar to my comment on the bans that Bloomberg does not have jurisdiction in what he is doing. Again, as a mayor, he should provide a safe NYC (as priority).
DeleteWhen I first heard of Bloomberg's attempt to ban the selling of sodas over 16oz, I thought it would be beneficial in some ways but at the same time it wouldn't make much of an impact. A benefit of the soda ban is that it could help control the amount of intake people have of soda. A way the ban would not make an impact is that there are places that do not fall under the soda ban. An example of that is 7/11, 7/11 does not fall under the ban because 7/11 has store nationally. 7/11 can sell as many ounces as they want in the famous Big gulps,and Bigger sizes that they have.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.policymic.com/articles/16637/bloomberg-soda-ban-how-a-soda-prohibition-might-cut-rising-health-care-costs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/mar/11/new-york-soda-ban-loopholes-exceptions
Bloomberg needs to stop controlling our dietary needs. He should focus on something more important within NYC. He should focus on the bigger problems like the economy. I don't think that it is proper for the mayor to control our personal lives.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-siebold/mayor-bloombergs-soda-ban_b_2859699.html
I do agree with you a 100% Bloomberg is not doing a good job as a 'MAJOR'. He is doing a good job in concerning about us but in the wrong subject.
DeleteU mean mayor.
Deletei agree with i think that mayor should be concerned with other major thing and not what we eat
DeleteBloomberg is trying to help us New Yorkers because in a way he is indeed correct. Large amounts of sodas is bad for us and is the reason for health issues and ear buds are bad for our ears. What hes really trying to do is help our style of living for we can live a long healthy life and not deal with health issues. BUT as my fellow classmates were saying Bloomberg has no control of what we have to eat or how loud the volume of our ear buds have to be. We Americans have rights and are going to us those rights to the best to our ability. Heres a article about this whole mess and opinions
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/smith-anti-bloomberg-bill/index.html?iref=allsearch
I feel the same way, he is just trying to help the New Yorkers. You can choose not to listen to him but he is just taking a small step on trying to help us.
DeleteI believe Bloomberg is being WAY too controlling of us. Sure it's not the greatest idea to chug down huge cups of soda, but you have the right to and the choice to do so IF YOU WILL. That's what America is about, giving freedom and choice. Those that care for their health will purchase smaller cups of soda and drink it more sparingly, and probably enjoy taking their shirt off at the beach in the summer, and those that exercise their choice to stuff their face will face the physical consequences of their actions. At the end of the day, the choice should be there.
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I believe that Bloomberg should not have a say in our soda. Although he is trying to help us, he cannot force us or limit us. This creates the illusion that we are no longer a free country. We now have limitations. It is ridiculous how Bloomberg believed that his ban would have even been successful. He doesn't have a right to ban soda despite what he thinks. The drink industry will start to crash which will lead to more economical problems.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/laol-bloomberg-soda-ban-20130315,0,2120113.story
http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=B7EE3B90-C29C-7CA2-FE35C0860A2075BD
ReplyDeleteMayor Bloomberg knows that he can't do everything to stop obesity but that doesn't mean he can't do any. He is just trying to help the New Yorker with obesity; drinking large amount of soda is not good for your body. He banned saturated fats in restaurants; the banned on over-sized sodas; the banned on unhealthy foods in school lunchroom cafeterias and has also stated that he wants to champion the end of ear-bud headphones that damage the hearing of those that choose to use them, he is doing all these things to help us.
Mayor Bloomberg is not doing the right thing and it is not right if he does this and he control everybody. America is a country that has rights and people have freedom. Bloomberg can't control the rights for people
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ReplyDeletelong but it is really important
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/ruling-can-lead-to-tougher-new-york-soda-ban.html
ReplyDeleteMayor Bloomberg is not right its our irresponsibility to watch what we eat and drink he shouldnt control our diet plains by telling us what to do.
I agree with the mayor and i see his concerns about the soda industry and is interesting that he gets concern about things like this that most people don't see and don't care about and i agree because the united states have the most biggest number of people over weigh specially children and this is not good because this kids suffer in many ways that parents dont realize at the moment like bullying in school bad seftsteam they can do or try to do what other pear can do.Health problems all of this things affect the kids and many of us don't see this ,and for all of this things i agree only with the soda decision with blooberg.
ReplyDeletehttp://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17358772-after-big-soda-ban-nycs-mayor-bloomberg-wants-to-hide-cigarettes?lite I agree with the mayor bloomberg.I also agree with my classmate Guzman, Brain in that the mayor is doing the right thing in trying to help the new yorkers out for their own good and health.
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