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Does . . . Not . . . Compute
Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 10:01:13 PM EST
In France, the government of "right-of-center" President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed to punish the promoters of "extreme dieting" with up to two years in prison.
A libertarian faction of the French National Assembly has protested, stating that "Criminalizing behaviour has no place in public health policy."
This latter position is to be applauded. Except . . . I wasn't exactly truthful with you just now, dear readers. The protesting faction got the principle right, but they are hardly libertarians.
I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised. Still, this is the kind of political fight that makes me wish there was no Internet to inform me about it. I may root for Sarkozy's political opponents on this particular issue. But I feel as if I need to shower after having done so.
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