But that money to invest in people has to come from somewhere, right? And if that it will have the added benefit of modifying behaviour or making people think twice between buying a couple of bags of chips versus a bag of potatoes to actually cook and make at home, why not?
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No, I'm not missing the point, I'm agreeing with it. I don't think this is a bad thing. Where you're wrong is that you say this isn't also changing the system when in fact it's doing both - affecting consumer behaviour by charging more for shitty food, and then using that money to toward programmes that will directly…
A 2% tax on junk food isn't going to cause anyone to starve. Let's not be dramatic.
No but when is there ever a guarantee on any policy being attempted for the first time? At least give it a chance to actually fail before deciding that it's not going to make any difference at all.
"Sir, sir! Let's punish them by making it more expensive, without changing the system that caused them to make those choices in the first place!"
Yes, her mother has that other kid, the one she had with another mentally ill man. That kid has been in her mother's custody for a long time because she can't take care of him. But then she went and had another baby. And that one died 5 days after she gave birth. I feel for this woman, I really do. She was dealt a…
The point is about how fucked up it is to use invasive medical procedures as a bargaining tool in the criminal justice system.
So let's keep her out of jail and let her have the option of having MOAR children to abuse and neglect because who doesn't want to grow up with a schizophrenic parent, especially one who's already killed one child? There are several schizophrenics in my family. And they are lovely people. But they can't take care of…
No, I agree it's not a free choice. But if your option is going to jail possibly for the rest of your child-bearing years, it's not like you were going to have the chance to exercise that option anyway.
True. But if you've already let one kid die as a result of your neglect and abuse, do you still deserve to have a "choice" about having more children?
Not really. You need your hands but you don't need to have children. Especially if you've already been convicted of committing horrible acts of abuse on them. My issue with this isn't the sterilisation part, it's that it's only offered to women as an option. If they were offering male child abusers vasectomies as part…
I had two reactions to this.
Placenta is not just vegetarian but vegan as long as the woman and child whose placenta you're eating give informed consent.
I don't see red per se but it's a dealbreaker, yeah. I like my sex to include oral and I have no patience for assholes of either sex who have no trouble receiving but don't want to give. It tells me that person is a selfish asshole and so far my experience has been that if they're selfish assholes in the bedroom,…
Agree. She doesn't owe anyone anything. Is it selfish? Probably. But if a guy I was dating declared unilaterally he was done with eating pussy, I would never suck his dick again.
I'm white and don't have particularly thick hair and have had my hair searched when it was longer and up in a bun, they would ask me to undo it. I didn't know I was supposed to feel violated.
I'm as bored with Jezebel's stupid vendetta against Lululemon as I am against their obsession with Iggy Azalea. So they sell expensive yoga clothes for wealthy, thin people and refuse to apologise for it. Big fucking deal. Unless someone is holding a gun to your head and making you spend money on their clothes, I…
I know. As gruesome as her murder was, it pales in comparison to the fact that the Albertan legal system allowed a woman's vagina to be cut from her dead body and preserved as evidence to use during a trial. And that this had never been done before in Canada. And that the first time they decided to do it, they picked…
Of course not. She's white and pretty and middle class. Though she would have lost brownie points for being slutty.