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How much better off will we be with a lot of FOF repubs ousted when they get replaced by Feinstein dem nanny-staters out to save us from the ills of gambling, smoking and trans-fat?
I don't really think smoking and trans fats are in the same category as gambling. There is no real debate regarding the dangers of either... they are bad for us, ALL OF US, period. Gambling addiction affects a very small minority.
Protecting us when we are highly unlikely to need protection is much different than protecting us from clear danger that we may or may not be aware of the presence of, or predatory corporations who are clearly marketing to children with a product that essentially buys you an early grave, nothing else.
I see no reason that we can't hold companies to standards, like food must be reasonably healthy (ie you cant cook it with trace amounts of cyanide, bleach, laundry soap, trans fats, metal shavings etc.), and products need to be marketed responsibly (ie products that offer zero upside and are known to cause multiple serious and life threatening health problems should not be marketed as "cool for kids to try"!)
If you really feel strongly that you should be able to eat trans fats, you are being silly and qualify as talk radio host with a warped sense of what personal freedom means. Oh and try the hydrochloric cupcakes... they melt your mouth!
Last edited by ubercuber; 08-18-2008 at 06:04 AM.
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