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I think it's more complicated than this. We already agree that companies should be held accountable for some health issues--that is, if a company sold poisoned
by tikhonj 15y ago
I think it's more complicated than this. We already agree that companies should be held accountable for some health issues--that is, if a company sold poisoned food at a discount, we would want them to stop. I think this is perfectly reasonable. You can argue that this sort of thing is exactly the same because it is, after all, just a difference of degrees--instead of making you sick immediately, this sort of food makes you sick over a longer period.
My point isn't that this is necessarily right, but rather that it is not trivially wrong.
- javert 15y agoI don't agree at all. There is no valid reason to sell poisoned food; nor is there any valid reason to buy it. This is (rightfully) considered criminal. There are valid reasons to sell products like tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, sugar, marajuana, etc. And there are valid reasons to consume them. To mush these together and claim that it's just a difference in degree is disgusting and dishonest. I'm not accusing you of being disgusting and dishonest; you're just testing the waters of the argument made by the author of the article. But for him to write such an article is at best intellectually evasive.