California Leads the Way

[59funkman]

Pretty please... post this at flamewarriors.net!!!  I thought the 30's and 40's were a big enough lesson about fascism and "government knows whats best for you".  I say truth in labeling is good enough, give me the numbers, i'll decide for myself.

So if a company started selling donuts with, say, arsenic in them, you'd be cool with that?

[slipknot]

So if a company started selling donuts with, say, arsenic in them, you'd be cool with that?

People should be free to choose, even if that choice is one of which poison to take... No matter how you spin it, robbing them of the ability to decide is an act of governmental control.

Tax the restaurants that use it, raise the prices of the food to offset the rise in cost of healthcare, but don't make the decision for the people...A couple steps down the line you'll be making posts about how great it is that CA finally illegalized cars that can go over 65 MPH.

Then again, finding new and exciting shortcuts to free thought is what the 'greatest state' seems to be all about these days, so carry on.

[Hornet33]

Kind of a leap there isn't it? Arsenic will kill you immediately and is a known poison, trans fat wont and isn't. I'll even be willing to prove that. You take a tablespoon of arsenic and drink it and I'll drink a tablespoon of trans fat. Any takers on who will and wont be going to the hospital?

Thanks for playing and try again some other time when you have something a little less extreme to use as a basis of comparision.

[Bones]

So if a company started selling donuts with, say, arsenic in them, you'd be cool with that?

Sure, as long as they posted the ingredients.  In minute amounts, arsenic has medicinal properties and will not kill you.

By the way, since when did trans fat kill anyone as fast as a good dosage of arsenic?

Anyone can make some wild comparisons too, but it does not validate the position.  Quite the opposite.  It only affirms the desperation some have to be taken care of.

[Carrel]

Fixed for you.

Hey, I believe in Gov't mandated exercise programs for State and Federal workers too. As long as my tax money is spent on their health care I have a reasonable expectation they keep themselves healthy....And come to think of it that should apply to welfare recipients too. When they come to the welfare office to pick up their checks make them get on a treadmill for 20 minutes.

We've already established this precedent with seat belt and helmet laws- the Gov't. has the right to legislate your better health. See, us Liberals are kinder and gentler than the Conservatives- whereas they are Big Brother, and they're watching you, us Libs are Big Mamma, and it's for your own good.

[slipknot]

See, us Liberals are kinder and gentler than the Conservatives- whereas they are Big Brother, and they're watching you, us Libs are Big Mamma, and it's for your own good.

I'm still waiting for big drunk daddy to come home, beat big brother into submission, then toss Mamma back into the kitchen where her fat socialist rear end belongs.

[Carrel]

I'm still waiting for big drunk daddy to come home, beat big brother into submission, then toss Mamma back into the kitchen where her fat socialist rear end belongs.

Big Drunk Daddy is in prison...he won't be released until 2024.

[slipknot]

Big Drunk Daddy is in prison...he won't be released until 2024.

Therein lies California's problem... Nothing but post-menopausal women and testosterone overloaded teens running the whole show!

Damn that 3 strike rule!

[AKIron]

So if a company started selling donuts with, say, arsenic in them, you'd be cool with that?

Cigarettes have arsenic. Are you advocating the ban of cigarettes?

[Shuffler]

lol Kalifornia leads no one.

[Bones]

Cigarettes have arsenic. Are you advocating the ban of cigarettes?

You do realize how loaded that question is?  It's like dangling a flame in front of a moth.

Frightening how many people actually want to be under control of a government.

[Kaw1000]

Wait till Kalifornia starts on alcohol. Alcohol kill lots of people in alot of different ways.
 Its coming be ready to get those stills fired up!!

[Bones]

They will not ban smoking or alcoholic consumption as there are too many of their politicians who enjoy those things.

I would venture to say far more people have died from smoking and/or drinking than have every died from trans fat.  But that's OK.  Hypocrisy seems to be a staple of those who begs for government control of their lives.  Maybe they should ban that first?

Quite funny watching them try to defend it though.

[FrodeMk3]

Wait till Kalifornia starts on alcohol. Alcohol kill lots of people in alot of different ways.
 Its coming be ready to get those stills fired up!!

They already know prohibition won't work. It didn't in the '30's, and it won't now.

[indy007]

They already know prohibition won't work. It didn't in the '30's, and it won't now.

 

People actually believe the War on Drugs works. I think we've proved ourselves capable of repeating the same mistakes over & over again a few hundred times by now.