I'll just ignore the sugar part because the guy below me already did. The reason why people say soda is bad for is is because soda is bad for you.

Soda contains, but not limited to, the following:
-Phosphoric Acid (fucks up your body's ability to use calcium, which is needed in neurons, and fucks up your liver)
-Artificial sweeteners (can cause various cancers and fuck up your brain because you're tasting sweet but not actually taking the "sweet" calories)
- Hundreds of chemical preservatives and colorings (which are just bad in general)

As badly as that sounds, I'm still gonna fucking drink it.

Okay, I stand corrected. I won't attempt to dig myself into a deeper hole.

Juice has sugars (in the natural ones at least) that are natural and SHOULD be consumed. Flavored milk has the benefit of having another necessary sugar (lactose) and calcium. Coca-Cola has a shitload of manufactured sugar, which in case no one told you, is bad for you.

Sugar is still sugar though but, you're right.

That and the fact that cola has shit tonnes of phosphoric acid that eats away at your tooth enamel and is linked to brittle bones by making you piss out all the calcium because caffeine has a diuretic effect that makes you piss a shit tonne and makes you crash after a couple hours

I read both those comments... I've actually learnt something, thanks. ;3

Sugar actually has differences. Fructose (in fruit) can actually be eaten by diabetics whereas Glucose (the sugar that is the primary ingredient in corn syrup) is dangerous for diabetics.

True BUUUUT either way it's all energy that will be converted into fat if it's not used up and (correct me if I'm wrong) both can cause equal amounts of tooth decay. You're right though, fruit juice is marginally better than soda.

Glucose isn't really dangerous for us, as long as we take our insulin we're next to normal again

Very good, sir.