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Baby milk is a disingenuous analogy since it's not expected to be consumed by the buyer. If consenting adults voluntarily went out of their way to get an unreg

Baby milk is a disingenuous analogy since it's not expected to be consumed by the buyer. If consenting adults voluntarily went out of their way to get an unregulated product, without harming anyone but themselves, then why should they be stopped?

Kbelicius 5y ago
> Baby milk is a disingenuous analogy since it's not expected to be consumed by the buyer. This is a disingenuous argument. FDA doesn't regulate only stuff that is not expected to be consumed by the buyer. GP could have said wine instead of baby milk.
- throwaway248329 5y ago
  And yet they chose baby milk, not wine. Why? Because not everyone would agree that governments should necessarily regulate everything that you consume. Especially when it's advertised as "consume at your own risk".
  - root_axis 5y ago
    > Especially when it's advertised as "consume at your own risk". Yet alcohol is highly regulated, much more so than baby milk.
    - throwaway248329 5y ago
      But does it make "perfect sense" to regulate it? No. Especially not when there is a large group of population who disagrees to those regulations.
      - root_axis 5y ago
        There is always large opposition to regulations of any kind petty much by definition.
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        "There is always large opposition to restrictions of freedom".
        root_axis 5y ago
        That's a very poor rhetorical tactic since that sentiment could be applied to literally any law, since all laws restrict freedom.
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        Not every law is a restriction of freedom. My freedom ends where yours begins. Sadly, some people are more than happy to force their worldview on others, "for their own sake".
        root_axis 5y ago
        What is an example of a law that does not restrict freedom?
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        A law that bans murder. There is no freedom to murder so it does not restrict any freedom.
        ben_w 5y ago
        Where there is no law against killing people, people are free to do that. And when people who want to kill people and have been free to kill people get told they are no longer allowed to, they have also been unhappy about it.
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        No, there is no freedom to murder people no matter where you are. My freedom ends where yours begins.

Kbelicius 5y ago

> Baby milk is a disingenuous analogy since it's not expected to be consumed by the buyer. This is a disingenuous argument. FDA doesn't regulate only stuff that is not expected to be consumed by the buyer. GP could have said wine instead of baby milk.

throwaway248329 5y ago
And yet they chose baby milk, not wine. Why? Because not everyone would agree that governments should necessarily regulate everything that you consume. Especially when it's advertised as "consume at your own risk".
- root_axis 5y ago
  > Especially when it's advertised as "consume at your own risk". Yet alcohol is highly regulated, much more so than baby milk.
  - throwaway248329 5y ago
    But does it make "perfect sense" to regulate it? No. Especially not when there is a large group of population who disagrees to those regulations.
    - root_axis 5y ago
      There is always large opposition to regulations of any kind petty much by definition.
      - throwaway248329 5y ago
        "There is always large opposition to restrictions of freedom".
        root_axis 5y ago
        That's a very poor rhetorical tactic since that sentiment could be applied to literally any law, since all laws restrict freedom.
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        Not every law is a restriction of freedom. My freedom ends where yours begins. Sadly, some people are more than happy to force their worldview on others, "for their own sake".
        root_axis 5y ago
        What is an example of a law that does not restrict freedom?
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        A law that bans murder. There is no freedom to murder so it does not restrict any freedom.
        ben_w 5y ago
        Where there is no law against killing people, people are free to do that. And when people who want to kill people and have been free to kill people get told they are no longer allowed to, they have also been unhappy about it.
        throwaway248329 5y ago
        No, there is no freedom to murder people no matter where you are. My freedom ends where yours begins.