Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet

Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by jfnixon on Friday August 09, 2019 @05:33AM (#20652703)

Great, that means we can vote to require meat at every meal. Don't like it? Too bad, so sad, we have the right to control what you eat.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by matz1 on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:43AM (#20654214)

Yes, its going to be not easy but at very least if you are meat eater, you should fight for the law to ban meat to ever become reality.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by saagarjha on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:21AM (#20652928)

You cannot force people to eat something.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by CommieDetector on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:25AM (#20653269)

Then you can not force people _not_ to eat something.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by gbear605 on Friday August 09, 2019 @10:31AM (#20654669)

There’s an established precedent in (American) law that it’s generally okay to forbid an action but it’s not okay to mandate an action. For example, you can stop people from driving without a license, but you can’t make everyone get a license.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by magduf on Friday August 09, 2019 @03:37PM (#20657624)

I hate to point it out, but ObamaCare is an example of the reverse: you're mandated to purchase health insurance, or else pay a hefty penalty fee.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by gbear605 on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:34PM (#20658048)

Yeah, and that’s part of why it was so controversial. On top of that, op seemed to be suggesting making it illegal - as in go to jail - not having a penalty, which is substantially different.

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