Democratic government, why it sometimes doesn't work.

I need to rant about a couple things that are happening in local governments lately. Now I am all for a series of rules and regulations to help protect us because lord knows most of us are either too stupid or too disrespectful to be able to do it ourselves, unfortunately some governments are taking it too far. I speak primarily of San Fransisco. Their local government has decided that because parents make what they consider a bad decision and feed their kids fast food that they need to make legislation against it. Does having a toy in their kids meals make kids want to eat their, maybe, but taking it away doesn't change anything. Parents will still go to fast food because its just that, fast. The kids are still going to whine and complain until they get their cheeseburgers and fries, making parents buy it for them any way. Taking away the toy wont change what kids want to eat or how parents choose their fast food restaurants. In the end it will just make parents spend more to get a toy for the kids and force them to drive farther for what they want. Even if parents fell for this crap and started buying their kids the healthier meals to get the toys is it really going to stop childhood obesity? How about we ban video games, iPods, computers, etc because that is a bigger cause for childhood obesity than McDonald's Happy Meals. All I'm saying is that we can't make parents learn by forcing laws and regulations on them. At some point we have to be held accountable for our actions and decisions without the government stepping in and saying its wrong. There are many families out there who eat fast food as a treat once in a while or like my family we did it once a week because there are nights in an active family where you just don't always have time to cook a meal. Sometimes we need to just let people make their own choices and to suffer the consequences because of them. Good parents will educate their kids on good choices and help them to know what is tasty and healthy, plus will make sure their kids get outside and exercise once in a while. We don't need the government to do that for us. If this is truly and issue to help protect kids and families then how about giving the kids and families a chance to vote on whether this is something they want, don't just let a small group of people decide for everyone. Democracy is suppose to be about the people and for the people. I don't think this decision was based on anything the people wanted other than the ones who actually got a vote. Read more on this story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/02/san-francisco-happy-meal-ban-mcdonalds_n_777939.html