NYC just unveiled a new subway advertisement scheme reminding citizens to stop being so fat. I like the city's targeted subway audience and hope it saves space on the A Express that I have to cram into every morning. Fat people ruin transportation for everyone.
The new campaign, highlighting the magic number 2000 for daily caloric intake, is not a surprising development from a city that goes to great lengths in order to force its citizens to be healthy. I would argue that the cigarette ads have gone a little too far though. Having to look at some guy talking through a hole in his throat while eating my Cinnamon Toast Crunch depresses me and depression makes me want to smoke - mission failed
But all these advertisements must cost the citizens of this city a pretty penny. The cost of used advertising space on the trains and airtime on the television, not to mention the cost of enforcing various fat bans on restaurants, could be avoided if NYC realized that its not the government's job to take care of us. This might be a useful point for Bloomberg to realize during his illegal third term. As the city faces a severe financial drought, due to the coked out finance guys having no jobs, maybe ... just maybe ... we should look to cutting spending on unneeded expenses like health care advertising and not raise taxes.
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Pretty funny, not very insightfull but funny. You should submit this to a Law Journal or a well respected Philosophy Magazine. Being in the city, you didn't feel like going on a trans fat rant?
Outrage is more productive than insight.
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