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Not everyone in the hospital is there because of "poor health decisions", and a sugary drink every once in awhile won't kill you. I've never understood the urg
by gozur88 10y ago
Not everyone in the hospital is there because of "poor health decisions", and a sugary drink every once in awhile won't kill you.
I've never understood the urge people have to dictate what other people do right down to what they can eat.
- NLips 10y agoI've never understood the urge people have to dictate what other people do right down to what they must sell. What's wrong with a hospital refusing to sell goods that are detrimental to the health of its visitors?
- gozur88 10y agoThese are state-run hospitals, right?
- NamTaf 10y agoI won't bother making the wide array of arguments, they're already well and truly made during discussions of sugar taxes that various nations around the world are considering. For US readers, many other nations don't quite have the same fierce focus on 'our freedoms' and so there's far more acceptance of government interventions for the 'greater good'.
- gozur88 10y ago>I won't bother making the wide array of arguments, they're already well and truly made during discussions of sugar taxes that various nations around the world are considering. As are the counterarguments, which, since we aren't bothering, I won't bother making either.