Is it just me who's thinking that individuals in modern societies are not capable anymore of making meaningful decisions, including how much to drink? We're sacrificing freedom here because we became incapable. That scares me.
Giant and strong Industries are manipulating us. They invest billions for this. We are too weak to fight against this, these overwhelming number of battlefronts : it's too difficult, too complex, too time consuming, so we give up. We have no choice but to give up on so many of them. We have no choice. This regulation will help us take less sugar in. And that's a good thing.
France bans unlimited sugary drink refills
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#62When I was living in France and Switzerland free refills were basically unheard of. About the only place that I ever found that had free refills was IKEA.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I remember my vacation in the states (in the South). I got served a absolutely massive glass of coca-cola with my dinner. When I had finally managed to finish it a waiter came and refilled the bloody thing when I wasn't paying attention. How can you enjoy your meal with that much to drink? Are you from a place where there is a cultural taboo against only drinking part of the beverage a restaurant serves you? Saying…
Are you from a place where it’s culturally accepted to let left-over drinks simply go to waste?
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#64How does this effect sugar free drinks like Diet Coke and Coke Zero?
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#65Does it affect drinks containing sugar exclusively, or does this also affect sugar-free soft drinks?
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#66This is a human rights violation.
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#67In general soft drinks are incredibly overpriced in Europe since people drink so little of them.
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#68I'd rather live in a country that provides comprehensive free health care and limits soda consumption, than one that allows me the "freedom" to consume as much sugar as possible and makes me pay for the consequences. I must be a radical hippie leftist: I think we should tax the sh-t out of refined sugar and subsidize organic vegetable farms.
That's a very interesting debate to have. FTR: I remember reading somewhere something about a discussion between the USSR and the USA after WWII that went more or less like this: "Better to have a belly full with state jobs than jobless and hungry free men".
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#69French (expat) here, can't remember ever seeing any when I lived in France. Have I always been at the wrong restaurants?
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#70Is it just me who's thinking that individuals in modern societies are not capable anymore of making meaningful decisions, including how much to drink? We're sacrificing freedom here because we became incapable. That scares me.