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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by srl on Sunday October 13, 2019 @12:01PM (#21241082)
> This is like forcing motor cycle riders to wear helmets.

Maybe this is a petty, pointless distinction, but I think they're quite different. Singapore banned the ads, not the actual consumption. Not wearing a helmet chiefly harms yourself, and it's hard to argue that it's immoral. Encouraging others not to wear a helmet, though... that seems pretty objectionable, just like ads for tobacco etc.

(Of course there are plenty of caveats needed to avoid a slippery slope, like drawing a distinction between advertisements and opinion pieces saying "helmets are bad".)

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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by adrr on Sunday October 13, 2019 @12:16PM (#21241168)
Helmet laws and seat belt laws cut the supply of organs to those in need.
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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by junipertea on Sunday October 13, 2019 @01:19PM (#21241504)
They also hopefully decreased the number people that need them
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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by philwelch on Sunday October 13, 2019 @03:16PM (#21242281)
Nah, organ recipients are usually people with chronic illnesses rather than people who survived traumatic accidents.
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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by oska on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:30PM (#21244019)
> Singapore banned the ads, not the actual consumption.

I think it's a very important distinction, and well made by you.

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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by alkonaut on Sunday October 13, 2019 @01:00PM (#21241397)
People being injured or killed harms other people. Especially in countries with some form of universal healthcare (i.e most of the developed world).
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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by jacobush on Sunday October 13, 2019 @01:45PM (#21241652)
Maybe even more in the other countries. Loss of productivity and loved ones is also expensive, albeit harder to directly measure.
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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by gdhbcc on Sunday October 13, 2019 @06:33PM (#21243643)
By that argument you could justify any restriction of peoples freedom.

Ultimately if the state chooses to provide such services, then it must accept the costs that come along with it.

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Re:Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary d... by alkonaut on Monday October 14, 2019 @02:29AM (#21245699)
Yes, few restrictions are off the table. In reality, people don’t want more restrictions than necessary, so it’s usually not a problem. Here we even had resistance to mandatory helmets on bikes, settling for a law only for children.
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