Q. Why are highly processed foods not illegal?

[Woodznutz]

People ARE responsible for what they choose to eat.

You can’t blame a merchant for supplying a legal demand.

Do you feel you have the right to dictate other people’s food preferences?

Of course not.

 

[Woodznutz]

Because people have a right to eat whatever they want.

Most who take drugs feel the same way about their drugs.

 

[Anathema]

As someone who has now been forced into eating a healthier diet due to mild high BP, cholesterol and type II Diabetes I’ll tell you why Americans eat bad food rather than good food….

1. It’s less expensive.
2. It tastes better
3. Its easier to prepare.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The effects affect more than the person, just as alcoholism affects more people than just the alcoholic.

So, you want to ban booze along with highly processed foods?

 

[Woodznutz]

So, you want to ban booze along with highly processed foods?

Not at all. But I think people should bear the responsibility for their decisions. Drunks and gluttons shouldn't pass the cost of their actions off onto others.

 

[Woodznutz]

You seem to be suggesting that processed foods should be illegal.

You are inferring that.

 

[dblack]

You are inferring that.

Ok. Well, I guess you're playing some kind of game then. Whatever.

 

[Woodznutz]

Ok. Well, I guess you're playing some kind of game then. Whatever.

I do have a 'game' in mind, in that I'm always looking for a deeper dive into topics. Review the above responses, do you see any indication of a deeper dive? All I see are knee-jerk reactions, like the old bootlegger whose craft was named among other sins by the pastor one Sunday

"He's quit preachin' and gone to meddlin'!"

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

It’s easy enough these days to check on what your filling your face with but the fact is the farther away from growing your own .. the more screwed you get.

Nature Is a Crime Against Humanity

 

[fncceo]

So, you want to ban booze along with highly processed foods?

Violent video games and music with too many notes?

 

[Woodznutz]

Violent video games and music with too many notes?

That would eliminate banjo picking.