South Korea's government is supposedly modeled after our own and ours is supposed to be a representative republic in which the people express their wishes and the representatives (government) obey and follow suit.

So, with that in mind, how do we twist the fact that people peacefully assembling and expressing their will to force change on a government to become the "government dictating to them what they can have for dinner?" It would appear to me to be an instance of the people saying "we don't want it" and the government either obeying or disobeying. In this case it seems the S. Korean government does not want to do the will of the people. (now none of this addresses the rational of the people and whether they have a good case or not)

I now have to go to a function, when I'd rather stay here and address the U.S. Government and its actions. So, I'll just have to save that for later.

Really?!

At the point in time that you can buy organic food, how is big gov't or industries telling them what's for dinner.

"To some degree, those consumers and protesters in the streets of South Korea are sending the same message: They want big government to protect powerful industries telling them what's for dinner."

Today, I tried to explain to a colleague that the "government" has no right to tell my cousins that they're not allowed to come to Canada to attend my wedding. I went about it along the lines you're discussing above, but of course he's so immersed in the statist world that he can't even grasp this kind of logic. He said it sounded like the THC-induced mumblings of a pothead.

Sigh.

The interesting question is: what line of argument is the best to take to convince the unreflective ordinary person that there is a contradiction. (Remember that for non-nerds analysing arguments is about as interesting as filling in a tax return, and that expressing an opinion about public policy is more about making a display of tribal loyalty.)

As far as I could tell from your comment, there are some type of 'religious people' telling other people what to do. Oh, great (/sarcasm)

If there are Koreans that don't want US Beef, tell them not to buy it, or if they can not hanle it mentally, too bad.

Ideas have consequenses. No US Beef, adios KIA, Hundai.

"Some consumers are turning away from large-scale agriculture, buying organic products and even dealing directly with local farms"

Seems to indicate that people don't *need* government prodding; they're perfectly capable of acting in their own self-interest.