----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 7:25 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [Seebergers] Stella Award Candidates
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 07:18:08AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > Above 190F, there is a high risk of scalding. Are you suggesting that > > the government should not be in the business of protecting the public > > at all? > > This is a trivial matter that the government should not be involved > in. A person can easily check the temperature of the coffee without > injuring themselves, they do not need the government. But what if, as in this case, they drop the coffee on themselves in the car before putting it down, getting out their thermometer, and putting it in the coffee? I'm sure you've never ever gone to a drive through at a fast food the first time you've been to a place, right? The injuries in question were severe enough to require plastic surgery to correct. Even assuming she was a conscientious consumer, how was she suppose to know the temperature before she obtained and dropped the coffee? Dan M.
