Congress rules pizza is a vegetable

[Flick James]

Well, the difference lies in that in one case, it is an attempt to protect a child from a situation that is at least arguably, if not likely, abusive, and in the other case, we have an institutional commitment to poisoning our children with chemical-filled cheap processed food. That's a pretty vivid difference. The only factor they both share is that a government agency is involved.

Anyway, we are nit-picking here. I'm glad you recognize a fundamental agreement and your responses are measured, so I've got no problem.

As for your question "Who decides where the line is?" Well, the idea is that the line is drawn by the people, and that the government is responding to that will. I doubt either of us is naive enough to believe this happens frequently, but it does happen more than we care to acknowledge.

I'm glad we agree that this is a gross misuse of government power. I will take that as a win.