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Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Time and time again, people have demonstrated that they don't act rationally. So if there is a way to reduce the space of p
by apta 8y ago
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Time and time again, people have demonstrated that they don't act rationally. So if there is a way to reduce the space of people making unsound decisions, that should be an overall benefit to society. Not drinking soda is not going to lower one's quality of life in any meaningful way. Of course the issue people are concerned about here is where does the power to lay down such restrictions stop. It's not a mutually exclusive issue though, you can have rules that protect the population without going overboard.
- microcolonel 8y agoOf course you know best, don't you.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoNo, you don't. Look at the Alfie Evans circus. The only sane people there were the physicians because they are trained in medical ethics.
- apta 8y agoIt's quite obvious that things like soda and smoking contribute only negatives. Things like that can be straightforwardly managed and banned.
- whycombinater 8y agoUnless someone likes soda more than they dislike the side effects. Get your mind control pitch out of here.
- danw1979 8y agoCollective rational thought and research to establish a scientific consensus that sugary drinks make you fat and ill knows best.
- microcolonel 8y ago> Collective rational thought and research to establish a scientific consensus that sugary drinks make you fat and ill knows best. Collective rational thought also brought us such wonders as eugenics, phrenology... I'm no fan of sugared beverages, nor do I consume them with any regularity, but it isn't my right to tell people they can't enjoy them because some people abuse them. Ordinary people have every option not to buy or keep soda in their house or near them at work; ordinary professional and personal interventions are sufficient to stop people from drinking them. I have met a lot of obese people who avoid soda for its health risks, it is not a sufficient intervention on its own to change most people's dietary issues. Now, if you want to talk about making soda, candy, sweet pastries, and low-value juice from SNAP, that's a different matter. It should not be criminal for me to put sugar in seltzer water and sell it to willing people.
- apta 8y ago> ordinary professional and personal interventions are sufficient to stop people from drinking them. Ostensibly not. Even more evident for people who smoke. Absolutely zero reason to do that, only negative effects. It's wreckless and careless behavior on anyone who allows it.