First they came for the smokers.

First they came for the smokers. I wasn't a smoker smoker A person who smokes tobacco, almost always understood to be cigarettes Ratio of ♂:♀ smokers Philippines⁶⁴/₁₉, China⁶¹/₇, Saudi Arabia⁵³/₂, Russia⁵⁰/₁₂ , so I said nothing. Then they came for the ... Dr. Pepper drinkers? Apparently so. The health scolds are on the march against the sugary sug·ar·y
adj. sug·ar·i·er, sug·ar·i·est
1. Characterized by or containing sugar: sugary foods.

2. Tasting or looking like sugar.

3. drinks that so many of us like. Look out for a Surgeon General's warning on your can of soda, and a heavy sin tax 'sin' tax A popular term for any tax levied on 'pleasure poisons'–eg, alcohol, tobacco. See Alcohol, Smoking. to go with it. Nutritionists have determined, you see, that soft drinks cause obesity. Obesity, of course, is bad. We must all be slim and trim, and it is the business of the authorities to make us so. Might we not be left to decide for ourselves what we want to ingest in·gest
tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests
1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat.

2. , how fat we want to be, how long we shall live? Heaven forbid! Once you let people start making decisions about their own lives, where will it end?

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Title Annotation:	The Week ...; health and politics
Publication:	National Review
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Mar 27, 2006
Words:	138
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