> We don't have enough information about long term impact of eating certain > foods. In fact there is a steady and unceasing stream of imperfect > information: Advertising. > > Although here I agree with Harry. If the information is available and the > person still consumes sat fat, or smokes or drinks to excess. Well until > this is made illegal ( viz,. the compulsory seat belt case) then freedom > dicates that people are free to 'choose there own poison'
Smoking and alcohol addiction don't offer choice. The choice is only made at the start of the addiction, and this choice is heavily distorted by imperfect information. As is the choice for consuming saturated fat and other junk. So you can't say that "the information is available". The vested interests see to it that it isn't available -- only imperfect, but I'd rather call advertising "perfect DISinformation"... The sad truth is that people are NOT "free to choose their own poison" -- free people wouldn't choose poison (enough for the profiteers) ! Only manipulated people choose poison, and that's why the profiteers spend so much on manipulating consumers (by commission and omission). And an important part of this manipulation is to make people believe that they are free to choose -- that dependency is freedom. Orwellian indeed. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
