Fast food and alcohol should be illegal.

Libertyforall, I congratulate you on making a debate with this kind of potential. I am sure many good arguments will come out of this one. I'd like to reference a comment made below: If your username, libertyforall, reflects your belief that everything should be treated with equality and fairness, that all voices should be heard, that everyone's personal feelings should be respected...why would you try to take away two things that many people love? Wouldn't that contradict your username statement? A brief explanation is all I ask for. Back to the opening argument. You say fast food and alcohol should be illegal. Your reasoning for this, with more educated references and fancy language, is due to the fact that they are "bad." You have provided studies that show why these two substances are "bad". These studies prove some points. You give legitamate reasons why these highly-indulged American concepts are "bad". These reasons prove some points. However, your studies, statistics, and substantiations jump the gun to an extreme; the banning of these products and making them illegal is an extreme. You speak of the dangers of fast food and alcohol, their evils, their seducing ways. However, alcohol and fast food are merely two of the "awful evils" that I would assume you fear as well. If you feel as though fast food and alcohol should be banned and dubbed illegal, than I'm sure you feel the same way about: Music (studies show that those awful, violent and sexually suggestive lyrics lead to destructive lives) Television (studies show that watching TV over long periods of time can lead to decrease in vision, and exposure to violent and sexually suggestive shows could lead to a destructive life) Smoking (the #1 killer in America. You're just one puff away from the cancer ward!) Guns (Source of protection. Oh no, we might have an accidental death!) Computers (Just think of the disgraceful things people could access on those!) Video Games (Vision loss, arthritis, carpal tunnel, urges to smash aliens in later life) Books (Can you say, squinting you eyes?) Cars (So...many...accidents...) Soda (Weakens bones and pumped with sugar, leading to osteoporosis and diabetes) Sports (Long term injuries like concussions, arthritis, broken bones, paralysis, etc.) War (Keyword: death.) Kitchen Utensils (Sharp, pointy tips may stab someone) Bright Lights (I'M BLIND!!! I'LL SUE!!!) Candy (Hello, diabetes and future health problems!) Hammers (AHH!!! MY THUMB!!! I'LL SUE AGAIN!!!) Condoms (They dont always work, putting you at risk for STDS) Intercourse (Puts one at risk for STDS and unexpected children) Kissing (At times leads to sex, putting one at risk for STDS) Clothes (Can be taken off, sometimes leading to sex, putting one at risk for STDS) Windows (Possibly the most dangerous of them all...somone just might fall out.) ...the list goes on. The point I am trying to get across is that all of these things are part of the daily American's lives. Trying to take them away, making them illegal, would lead to mass confusion, possible hysteria, and overall the two things in life that we knew would always be there wouldn't; Fast food and alcohol.