[dgxyz]

I think you went off the rails a bit there. Also hyper focused on a small part of the comment rather than the general issue which is somewhat unfair.

The point was simply things which are costly to society should be taxed. I am not comparing each thing to each other.

[heavyset_go]

Sorry, I meant my original reply to be to this, not your post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514116