Quote:Well, ya walked right into that one, Doc. Sounds like flsprtsgod is a hardcore libertarian. He said earlier than even if the consequences of a ban on pizza for 10-years was that 100,00 people including his child would die, he would still not ban that pizza. of course, the example earlier in the conversation was ANY LAW. So I am also presuming that if the ban were not on pizza, but on any particular subset of any food group, even fugu, he would ideologically agree. No ban, sorry, baby, the idea of bans being bad is more important than all those lives, including yours. Btw, how is the fight for fugu legalization going?

 

Perhaps you are a tad slow. Pizza, today, kills people. In fact, as more and more of the healthcare industry is conquered by the government, the more taxpayers have a vested financial interest in preventing obesity and other diet related deaths. Your attempt at a hypothetical is an actuality, and yet, no calls to ban it, though Philly is going to try taxing it.

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