At the Seattle University School of Law, director of career services Erika Lim noticed lots of students slurping down cups of fancy espresso drinks on campus or hanging out in what she calls "designer" coffee shops in the neighborhood. And she grew alarmed.

Lim says some of those coffee drinks can cost $3 or $4 or more -- so, if it's a daily habit and not a treat, the cost can add up fairly rapidly.

She also advises students to invest in a coffee maker and save the pricey store-bought java drinks for treats and social events.

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I don't know which is worse, a woman growing "alarmed" at the sight of college students drinking coffee or a TV station actually putting this on the air.

(Yeah, I know it's not about about smoking. LOL)

Caffeine -- it's a drug, not a choice.

I have to have it. You have to have it.

Therefore, They will want to take it away.

We must start the fight now.

They want to do away with tobacco, coffee, sodas, alcohol, fast food, pollution, obesity, etc., etc., etc. Which raises a question: once we achieve the immortality that must follow living perfect lives, have the antis figured out where they're going to put all those extra billions of immortal people? They don't seem particularly interested in polluting the atmosphere with rocket fuel, so guess we can rule out space colonies.

Just one of those pesky little thoughts that pop up when contemplating the long, long lives the antis are promising.

Where are they going to find the people to (voluntarily) live the perfect "immortality friendly" lives they promote?

Judging by real people's actions in the real world most folks seek a balance - they want to enjoy their lives not just prolong them.

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have the antis figured out where they're going to put all those extra billions of immortal people? They don't seem particularly interested in polluting the atmosphere with rocket fuel, so guess we can rule out space colonies.

Sounds like "Solyent Green" may actually be not too far from where we'll be headed if these anti loonies have they're way. Of course, they'll be the ones to chose who lives or gets eaten.

They don't intend to let people "volunteer" to live perfect lives; they're going to force it on them. They've already started, haven't they (smoking bans, seat belt laws, cameras watching citizens' every move on city streets)?

I actually caught Soylent Green this past weekend on satellite TV. I hadn't seen it in years. Is it going to be another case of science fiction becoming science fact?