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Toxicity and fraudulent misadvertisement is a far cry from sugar being bad for you if you choose to eat too much of it. And to reiterate my point, advocating X
by homonculus1 7y ago
Toxicity and fraudulent misadvertisement is a far cry from sugar being bad for you if you choose to eat too much of it.
And to reiterate my point, advocating X based on "don't we already Y" instead of the actual merits of X is a big part of how dangerous slippery slopes occur, even if Y was a good thing.
- moorhosj 7y agoIn this case, the poster said: "Education, public awareness, these kind of initiatives I can get behind. Regulation of food intake, is a step too far." I merely pointed out that the thing identified as "a step too far" already exists. I wasn't advocating for anything so there isn't a slippery slope to fear.