Does anyone find this scary?

[Viking]

Pretty nasty..

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Eh, I don't have a problem with the measuring and giving diet tips to people who have weight related ailments.

[Odin]

Eh, I don't have a problem with the measuring and giving diet tips to people who have weight related ailments.

How about the steering them toward re-education bit?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

How about the steering them toward re-education bit?

That's just scare mongering by the newspaper. They probably hand them a sheet of diet information and tell them to read it.

The monetary penalties are a different matter...I guess it would depend on how severe they were.

[Odin]

That's just scare mongering by the newspaper. They probably hand them a sheet of diet information and tell them to read it.

The monetary penalties are a different matter...I guess it would depend on how severe they were.

Well okay, there isnt a direct quote but the Times story cites "Under a national law" (in reference to the the reeducation bit). I'll concede on it, there isnt a direct quote from a Japanese official or a law that has that language so you are most likely correct.

The money thing is troubling as well, but reeducation used in reference to a national law raised my brow.

[Lemur]

I just want to know what Devastatin' Dave was doing reading the NY Times. After all, I hear they hate freedom ...

[Devastatin Dave]

I just want to know what Devastatin' Dave was doing reading the NY Times. After all, I hear they hate freedom ...

I was surfing porn and typed in something not entirely appropriate for recording on this forum.

[Viking]

Eh, I don't have a problem with the measuring and giving diet tips to people who have weight related ailments.

the government will impose financial penalties on companies and local governments that fail to meet specific targets.

Hum Dee Dum

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The monetary penalties are a different matter...I guess it would depend on how severe they were.

Hum Dee Dum

[Viking]

Even if the payment should be symbolic, it's still nasty. If you're a few centimeters to thick, it's none of the goverment's buisness.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Local companies and governments will relay costs onto the consumer and taxpayer, respectively.