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This falls into the same category as France asserting control over the use of the word 'Champagne'. People use words. People talk about events and other people
by golemotron 5y ago
This falls into the same category as France asserting control over the use of the word 'Champagne'.
People use words. People talk about events and other people. It's part of being alive.
- kube-system 5y agoNot at all the same. Food labelling laws are a consumer protection.
- golemotron 5y agoI'm doing a search now for hospital visits by people who accidentally drank wine that was mislabeled as champagne.
- kube-system 5y agoThere are plenty of consumer protections that have nothing to do with safety. Many countries have origin labelling requirements for a lot of goods, and they rarely were predicated on safety. Misrepresentation doesn't have to physically harm people to be bad.
- golemotron 5y agoProtections that have nothing to do with safety. Hmm...
- kube-system 5y agoYes, there are many of these protections in every country on the planet. Governments also often protect people from, for example, financial harms.