Saturday, January 22, 2011

We'll Have To Pay For It

But, I ask timorously, if someone says “It’s my life and I’ll eat if I want to”, isn’t that their right? “It is us who’ll pay for it, because that person will get ill,” he retorts. “It isn’t about shape; it’s about being well.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/8245618/Matt-Roberts-Mr-Fitness-shares-his-secrets-of-power.html

This is where it will inevitably go - with nationalisation will come the sense that "we" have an entitlement to "their" behaving in ways which are "healthy."  Thus, "we" will be able to justify using the coercive force of the State in unimaginable ways to coerce "healthy" behavior. 

Nevermind the fact that governments know less about what healthy behavior is than virtually anyone.

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