On 08/28/2016 06:11 PM, juan wrote: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:13:27 -0600 > Mirimir <miri...@riseup.net> wrote: > > >> Well, without regulation, you have assholes adulterating > > > Are you joking or has your account been hacked?
I could say the same for you, sometimes ;) > Your examples are a mix of nonsense with instances of black > market 'techniques' - black markets being a government > 'unintended' consequence of course. Those are all true examples. The sugar stuff happened long before there was any regulation. More generally, adulteration of food with poisonous metal salts was a key driver for food regulation. > Allegedly the romans used lead acetate instead of sugar, and I > doubt it's cheaper now. Fentanyl is a 'recreational drug' on > its own right. It may be used to 'spike' heroin if it's more > available, but it's not as if 'pure' heroin is 'healthy' > anyway. Et cetera. Pure heroin is just fine :) I do agree that everything should be legal. But it should also be tested, and poisoners put in jail or killed. >> sugar with >> lead acetate, just because it happens to cost less. That used to be >> fairly common, back in the day. Or assholes spiking their "vodka" with >> methanol. Or assholes spiking their "heroin" with fentanyl, or >> whatever opiate agonist they can get cheapest. Or assholes spiking >> their dried milk with melamine, to boost apparent protein content. >> Etc etc etc. >> >> I suppose that AP could handle that. But many customers will get >> fucked up before bids get high enough to take out sellers. Or we >> could have private enforcement handle regulation. Regulation as a >> service ;) > > > Or counsumers could use some 'due diligence' Do you know how to test your sugar for lead, Juan? Or your dried milk for melamine? Or your ethanol for methanol?
