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[–] -3 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Why is it bad to have rules which prevent harm to everyone?

Nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything. You ever see a 2oz bottle of Coke?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything.

    In the given example, is the gas station not forcing Customer B to purchase more gas than they may want or need? What if I have a chainsaw with a 1 gallon fuel tank? Now I need to not only buy more gas than I can use, but a container to safely store it in. (It's also illegal to dispense gasoline to/from an unauthorized container!) Now if I use my chainsaw once or twice a year, I also get to dump out that extra gasoline because it's gone bad by the time I need to use it again.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Do you have an ethanol chainsaw? Maybe an ethanol weed whacker? Got some links to these small ethanol motors?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That doesn't prevent harm to everyone it just allows gas stations to use a single pump and shift the liability onto consumers.

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