This whole thing about San Francisco and the ban on Happy Meal Toys has gotten my mind spinning. I was just talking to Dave about this.
The fact that local Governments are stepping in to dictate what comes in a Happy Meal is frightening because it's the first steps towards a nightmare future. As a Democratic society we vote on the rules of our nation. When a government steps in and takes that choice away from the people, no matter how miniscule it may seem at the time, its the first steps towards a totalitarian society much like what was envisioned in Orwell's 1984. It begins with just one small decision to ban something from a local government but where will it end? Will it end there or will we continue to allow our government to dictate more things to us? Will we allow them to tell us that we are unable to choose for ourselves what foods we can purchase, what restaurants will have a government sanction, what is acceptable to drink? But will it stop there? Will we be forced into other dictations because our Government deems us unable to choose for ourselves?
This is a frightening path of possibilities. Are we as people going to allow this to happen, are we going to allow more and more of our rights to be stripped away until we are no longer a Democracy? Think very hard about these small seemingly amusing stories in the news because they are showing us a trend that has already begun. Will we as a people have the power to stand up and put a stop to it, is the question.
BEX
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