Comment on Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not?

Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• credo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Moreover, most governments (unless it’s a religious thing) don’t ban what you can eat… they only ban since items sold and marketed to you as food. E.g. I don’t think we have any laws that ban you from guzzling bleach, but I’m pretty sure you can’t legally pick up a cuppa hot bleach at your local beverage shop. INAL.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, they ban the sale of items which shouldn’t be eaten, so there’s none for the consumer to choose, even if they wanted to. I mean obviously I’m referring to somewhat edible things, and not saying that everything that isn’t edible is banned.

    Depends on where you live, but yeah, I imagine drinking dangerous chemicals isn’t necessarily illegal in itself. However I know there is a law in Finland saying you can’t sell like methanol from gas stations to ppl “if you suspect it’s going to be consumed”, because some drunks mightve done that in the past.

    Not really a problem, but just remember such a law existing.

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Banning the ability to legally make a choice is effectively the same thing as banning the choice itself. It doesn’t matter if you’re legally allowed to consume something if it’s illegal to obtain it.

    For example, I’m in VA. When Democrats last had power they legalized possession of Marijuana, and created a path towards establishing legal vendors. When Republicans took over, despite saying they wouldn’t do this, they removed the path to create vendors, so it’s illegal to purchase. It is technically still legal to grow it, but that’s the only legal option, and it isn’t an option for most people. In effect, it’s almost as illegal as it was before.

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  • Muaddib@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Let’s ban marketing meat as food. You can sell dead animal tubes, but you can’t call them sausages.

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• jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You shouldn’t eat corpses

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Depends on the species, to be fair.

    Love me a nice bit from a fresh deer corpse.

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  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    jagged_circle likes his meat live

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