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by lamacase 1182 days ago
It could be bad in terms of the outcomes for consumers even if it's produced ethically.

Imagine all junk food and sugary soda was produced with sustainable farming and renewable energy. It could still be the case that it leads to worse health outcomes for the population, which seems like grounds for regulation to me.

I don't really have a position on this, but it seems easy to imagine how someone could.
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JohnFen 1182 days ago
> It could still be the case that it leads to worse health outcomes for the population, which seems like grounds for regulation to me.

I don't see how that would be grounds for regulation, though. Grounds for education, perhaps.

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lamacase 1181 days ago
If you say "I don't see the grounds for banning or regulating porn" but you mean "I disagree with the concept of consumer protection regulation altogether", you're wasting people's time.

Just say the more general thing in the first place so people don't have to bother trying to argue the finer points of the specific case.

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