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My friend sent this picture around the other day:

To Fight It, It Must First Exist!!!

If you can’t see the point of this, the add says that for every “Mega Jug” of Pepsi you buy, KFC will donate a portion of your $3 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Heard of the Ouroboros?

That old snake!

It’s the old snake/dragon eating its own tail trick!

I’m not referring to the cyclical nature of reality aspect of the Ouroboros, but rather, tot he concept of circular reasoning.

We see this type of reasoning a lot these days. Perhaps it’s just because it’s one of those easy Jedi Mind Tricks that people usually tend to fall for:

(find other Logical Fallacies here)

You see, if there is no Pepsi Mega Jug, there is a much lower risk of juvenile diabetes. If you lump all soft drinks and other high-sugar junk food under the label of “Pepsi Mega Jug” the risk for juvenile diabetes falls to almost nothing.

Felix Salmon remarks in his blog about the non-diet soda tax under consideration in New York state.

The tax is supposed to help reduce obesity, and close the $13.3b state deficit.

I’m amazed by this…almost to the point of silence. But not quite.

Possibly one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. Tax non-diet sodas? How about taxing muffins? What about venti mocha latte’s at Starbucks? Tax the “danger dog” vendors extra too, while you’re at it. Then tax Nabisco, Johnson & Johnson, Proctor & Gamble, and all of the candy companies (Nestle, etc.). Then tax McDonalds restaurants more.

I mean, if New York is serious, they could make a lot of money here!

If not, it’s a stupid waste of time.

There’s a strong link between bad nutrition, lack of exercise, and poor sleeping habits and obesity. There’s also a strong link between poverty and obesity.

So, New York should take all of that tax money, build more jungle gyms around the city, provide free vegetables at the jungle gyms, and give everyone who shows up with last year’s tax form showing that they’re below the poverty line $100 for joining the workout and eating some carrots.

There’s your solution to obesity!

As for the state deficit…someday the people in our country are going to have to realize that in order to spend money, you have to make money. These absurd debts and deficits that we carry as a culture are symptomatic of a much bigger problem. You can’t spend what you don’t make. Obesity is another symptom.

You figure out the problem.

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