Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies
by bitwize on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:48PM
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Real French cheese is made from raw milk, which is banned under USA food safety laws. It is objectively much tastier than the pasteurized stuff, and nobody dies from eating it.
Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies
by wpietri on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:27PM
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It may be subjectively more tasty, but it's objectively more dangerous. E.g:
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/05/what-are-the-odds-840...
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/rawmilk-outbreaks.htm...
But this all seems pretty far afield from my point, which is that food safety laws benefit the poor. I am happy to believe that some dangerous food, like casu martzu or blowfish sushi, is also very tasty. But taking risks for exotic, connoisseur food experiences is also generally the provenance of the rich. So it seems like this also proves my point.
In France around three people per year die from eating it. It's seen as an acceptable cost.
Not sure how you got from food safety to how much you like the taste of particular cheese, but to me they're very different problems. I'm only talking about food safety.
> They also conveniently keep volunteers and churches from feeding the homeless, so subsidized corporations can handle that.
Not generally, but perhaps in your area. Where I am there are special exemptions for charitable organizations giving out food: https://www.sfdph.org/dph/EH/Food/lscfo.asp
There are still some requirements, which I think is good. Nobody, homeless people included, should receive unsafe food.