The Soda Ban Essay (very late)

The New York City Sods Ban is a new law that will ban sugary drinks over 16 oz from all city regulated restaurants. The Soda ban should be opposed because there are too many loopholes in the law and it will limit peoples choice.

One reason that the Soda Ban should be opposed is because the ban would not be effective due to the fact that there are too many loopholes in the law. The Soda Ban gets rid of sugary drinks over 16 oz in food establishments regulated by the government. However, “Soda Ban Explained” by Casey Neissat states that if a drink contains at least 50% milk it is allowed. The new law will not affect places like Starbucks, where you add your own sugar. 711 is not affected either because it is not a restaurant, it is a convenient store, so keep on buying the king of all big sodas, the 64 oz double gulp. Although the ban is a huge effort from the government to try and address the issue of obesity, there are still too many loopholes for it to have an effect. As you can see, there are many ways to still buy large sodas because not everywhere is influenced

Another reason that the Soda ban should not be supported is because the government is trying to to control and restrict peoples power to make their own decisions. Most people are aware of how much soda they drink, they should have the power to to decide if they want to cut back. If they don't want to, the government can't make them. It should not be in their power to control what people eat or drink. Even though the government is trying to make New York a healthier place and end the issue of obesity, they should not have capability to control what people eat.

The Soda Ban should not be passed because the law is not effective enough to put a dent in the issue of obesity. The government is also restricting peoples power to drink however and whatever they please. The government may think they are saving laves but they are really just making people walk one or two more blocks for a sugary beverage.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (the poem)

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 

And sorry I could not travel both

 And be one traveler, long I stood 

And looked down one as far as I could 

To where it bent in the undergrowth; 

Then took the other, as just as fair, 

And having perhaps the better claim, 

Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 

Though as for that the passing there 

Had worn them really about the same, 

And both that morning equally lay 

In leaves no step had trodden black. 

Oh, I kept the first for another day! 

Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 

I doubted if I should ever come back. 

I shall be telling this with a sigh 

Somewhere ages and ages hence: 

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- 

I took the one less traveled by, 

And that has made all the difference. 

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

In the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, the protagonist shows remorse about the story he tells his future listeners that he took the road less traveled. He chose his road in life and the fact that he revised his story suggests that he wishes he had lead a more adventurous life.

In the first stanza, the first line "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" suggests that it is fall (yellow) which is the middle season, that makes me think that the protagonist is a middle aged man, 40 or 50, and is faced with 2 hard decisions that he choose from, or two roads. In the last stanza, the semi-colon at the end the line, "I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence:" shows that what he is saying after the semi-colon, "two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference" is what he wishes happened. The sigh makes me think that it is a sigh of wonderance,what if I really did take the other road? Where would I be now?

The protagonist who changed the story of life to make it seem like he lead a more courageous one makes me think deeper about humanity because many people regret the decisions they make and stretch the truth to imagine what it would be like if they had chosen the other path.