Jacob Sullum
Jacob Sullum
Jacob Z. Sullumis a syndicated newspaper columnist with Creators Syndicate and a senior editor at Reason magazine. He focuses most of his writings on shrinking the realm of politics and expanding individual choice. He was interviewed in the 2004 documentary Super Size Me...
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It's not for the government to say that's not a legitimate trade-off to make. Canadians need to question the idea that just because something implicates health that government intervention is justified.
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Like most drugs, their benefits outweigh the costs for most people. I'd rather be driving next to a truck driver on speed than a truck driver who's falling sleep.
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People may very well choose to trade off years of their life, or the possibility of disease or injury, in exchange for the current pleasure, excitement, or stress relief they get (from food),
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What the anti-fat activists are saying is, people don't want what they ought to want, and therefore the government has to coercively change what they want.
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We can't depend on consumers to spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need, so the government has to do it for them
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What you put in your mouth and how much exercise you get, that's pretty personal. It doesn't get much more personal than that.