I've got to agree with Laura on this one. Aspartame has gotten a lot of play lately. If you are worried about it, go back to sugar. If that makes you fat, put the fork down. If your lungs hurt, quit smoking. If your liver hurts, quit drinking. If you are stoned all of the time... where was I? oh yeah, all things in moderation...
When people complain about something, the government gets involved and regulates it if they can't tax it or make money off of it. I used to be able to drive a motorcycle without a helmet. I got over 50 miles on a gallon of gas. Can't do that any more. Now the roads are clogged up with fat soccer moms and sad excuses for men who drive around in SUV's and minivans that get less than 20 miles on a gallon of gas. "Everyone is assessed through increased taxes or health insurance premiums" doesn't hold water. If we had socialized medical care it might. I pay the long buck for health care and probably won't be able to afford that much longer. Try going to a hospital without insurance and see what kind of care you get. If you get any care at all, they bill you, whether you can afford it or not, not the government. Sorry about the rant. I know this is OT and only posted because of all of the aspartame posts. Andy Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:22:40 EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: CS>policing others' ingestion habits was ... aspartame A consideration. Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/22/02 12:47:33 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > In a perfect world I would agree. The problem is that with the government > and > all the way it is, when people do things that hurt themselves, it is > everyone, > not just them that usually pay. Everyone is assessed through increased > taxes or > health insurance premiums. I don't agree with this logic. That old argument has been used justify the stripping away of many people's rights. The same case could be used against you: "Marshall there are risks involved when you use alternative remedies that have not been approved by the FDA. If it should not work out then the rest of us will have to pay for your recklessness. Therefore, you must stop or risk fines and imprisonment." And if you really believe what you've written, then you should be insisting that McDonald's and Burger King be outlawed immediately. People can ingest whatever they like and they'll get no trouble from me. I will share what I've learned whenever there is an opening to do so, but it is none of my business what people eat or drink or inhale. Laura
