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Re: Feel Good Foods?! (Moreover Advertising vs Government)
Government intervention to protect children can be justified on a legal/libertarian basis.
On a practical level, boycotts are generally are a double edged sword. While I'd support any action at all for people to "take the power back", they can allow people to think that they've done their bit, as well as slipping as into moralistic analysis of capitalism (e.g. the good capitalists vs the baddies). Plus they're disproportionately useful to the wealthy. People on very low incomes don't necessarily have the luxury of avoiding specific brands, etc - they have to go for those products "on special offer".
On fast-food, people can just exercise a little will power.
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