Angry Toxicologist  And our divided country will produce the
worst of both worlds. The LA city council has passed a
resolution that bans fast food restaurants in poor neighborhoods
(via Slate – worth moseying over for). This is so paternalistic
it’s disgusting. Do poor people make bad food choices? Yes.
Should we thus deprive them of choosing all food we consider
bad? Don’t make me answer that. If you want more health choices,
put incentives in for a decent grocery to move in or a farmers
market (although you are still left with the issue that healthy
foods are more expensive). Beyond that, you can eat relatively
healthy at many fast food places if you want to; but-news flash-
people don’t.  The sense of paternalism seems to be growing in
the country equal to the sense that the government is
responsible for everything, both reinforcing each other. I was
listening to a radio recently and heard some city government
official railing against Verizon for not putting FIOS into the
poor sections of town as fast as th