2006's Bill of Wrongs

Jamie continued the never ending flow of year-end recap stories, this one is the Bill of Wrongs which lists the 10 most outrageous civil liberties violations of the year, according to Slate. Several of these aren't news to Slashdot readers, but it's still worth a read.

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Re:What about bans?

[jomama717]

The trans-fat ban will actually serve to make food taste better and as a kicker lowers the risk of coronary heart disease, albeit potentially making food a tad more expensive.

The public area smoking bans have obvious health benefits for bar room staff and patrons alike, and also mean that if I spend 30 minutes in a bar my jacket, shirt, pants and hair don't reek of cigarette smoke until I wash them.

Compare the impact on our civil liberties from these bans (we can still smoke, just not in a room with other people, and why would you want to eat trans-fats??) with the infractions listed in TFA while considering the comparative risk of dying by heart disease and dying by terrorist attack.