Contending In Vain

IT IS the responsibility of all government to provide for the welfare and safety of the people it governs. The government of New York city has taken this sacred responsibility to the extreme, by enacting legislation forbidding the sale of soft drinks of over sixteen ounces within the city limits. by doing this, they ensure that nobody will ever drink too much soda pop,either that, or, that everyone will have to purchase more than one soft drink. To the rescue of those who do not yet have diabetes but want to comes the judiciary. The municipal statute has been deemed unconstitutional, not surprisingly. Out the window and down the drain goes the effort to protect sugar addicts from themselves. One might think that the hundreds of members of the NYC city council would have realized that this would happen, or would have consulted an attorney about it in advance. Altruism is seldom stayed by the power of legislation, but in this particular instances, fortunately, it has been. Like the philosopher said: "against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain." At least this once, it was not in vain.