[quote name='chibi-master']Also, will I get the chance to join this lovely nation any time soon?:catgirl:[/QUOTE]
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Your loyalties lie with the Dark Empire of Wal*Mart, and you would do well to keep that in mind, especially with it apparently set to be under new management (yours truly). Incentives to remain with us include an awesome fedora and not getting killed by fingertip lightning.
As for the topic, while it is an editorial and therefore understandable for the article in question to be highly opinionated, I do not think it is acceptable that A: the opinion is voiced in such a way as to imply that only an ignorant nincompoop would disagree and B: the facts supporting the opinion in question are vague at best and circumstantial at worst. An editorial author bears the responsibility to bring solid, substantial facts to back up his argument. This just doesn't do much to convince me.
Also, what's with the "non-diet" clause on the bill? A soda is a soda. Just because they replaced the sugar with artificial sweetener (which seems to have a correlation with cancer, but once again, does not equal causation) doesn't make it any more of a health drink than regular Mountain Dew. If you're going to levy a tax on unhealthy beverages, don't pop in a break for something being slightly less unhealthy.[/FONT]