The New Contraband
link Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban Absurd.
I have written a piece about this earlier, (see I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter). It was improbable at the time that NY would actually try to regulate salt on restaurant food, but now, there are plans to ban it altogether according to this article. To this I say, GOOD!
Let’s hope that they continue to vote zealots into office to push compliance of the masses for all things correct and decent. Society will be made better and to paraphrase Orwell, all this restriction will equal greater freedom. Naturally, not all will be happy to comply with the growing roster of rules for everyday living. In fact, what will happen is that an entirely new generation of scofflaws will emerge as rebels against a smothering society. Like the cowboys of yesteryear or the romantic rebels portrayed by Dean and Brando in the 50’s, the new rebels will assume the status of society’s anti-heroes.
Except that in modern times, this new batch of societal rejects may not move the swashbuckling needle as much as their predecessors. Whereas evocative nicknames such as Spike, Clint, Slim or Gunner were found in days of yore, the newer modern rogues are more likely to have such catchy names as Tyler, Andrew or Sarah. Of course scofflaws and social misfits of all epochs tend to gather in gangs, formal or informal. Modern cities will experience pockets of the new rebels shaking salt on their fries in full view of children, riding bicycles without helmets, talking on cell phones in cars and not separating recyclables from trash. What dreaded scourges of society!