re: Why don't we treat fatisoty like smoking?

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we still have OML

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That's the rapey ramblings of a 30 something. That's just cringe

Don’t forget to ban alcohol as well, Mussolini

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I could apply that stance to nearly every thing you like to do

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Yeah, everyone has risky behaviors.

I can think of some particularly risky ones where we could outlaw whole swaths of people if we went down that road

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Good lord. We can't even have an old fashioned "fatty" thread without it turning political.

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These threads all just turned into obese guys claiming that BMI was incorrect because they had the same BMI as some NFL RB.

America is grotesquely fat. The average American woman is now larger than the average American male was in the 1960s.

That was a joke, 777.

But, travel ball failed that kid in the earlier post.

It should be blamed.

It was clearly a joke baw

Hmm lot of parts to this.

In order to treat it like smoking you would have to follow the same process.

First section off restaurants where you can only sit in one section if you are eating unhealthy food.

Then you have to ban all unhealthy eating on television and advertisement.

Eventually ban all unhealthy eating in restaurants all together. Hey I know you were craving that Fried seafood platter but we have an obesity epidemic tough shite.

Than tax the shite out of unhealthy food making it more and more expensive to buy.

Constantly run opposing adds to children about how eating unhealthy is nasty.

Now we need to force health insurance to start paying for preventative measures. Cover gym memberships, Weight loss drugs and research, Obesity surgeries. Most won't cover that currently.

Here is the thing. All of that costs money and we are in a money over everything society so it would never fly. It would also cripple a lot of powerful people who made their fortune on selling unhealthy food to the public for years. Personal responsibly yada yada I know. But next time you drive down the interstate. Count how many fast food billboards you see as opposed to billboards to eat a salad or fruit. "Hey you fat bastard you should eat the stuff that doesn't taste as good while we we allow companies to bombard you with advertisements for the bad stuff in the name of profit. It's your fault you are fat anyway."

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That is obvious

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Yes.

And since I am so dumb and confused, could you explain to me why you decided to post about how people are afraid of freedom in a thread in which no one was talking about banning anything?

TIA

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Your freedoms stop when they impact other people (drunk driving, fattys driving up healthcare costs, etc )

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As Scruffy said, “impact” is far too vague. Practically everything you do impacts someone, somewhere.

With that said, I’ll spare everyone my libertarian Non-Aggression Principle spiel, as it’s far too early on a Friday morning for that