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Old July 19th 03, 01:22 PM
Elizabeth Reid
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"Roger Schlafly" wrote in message ...
"Elizabeth Reid" wrote
At some level I agree with what I'm charitably going to assume
is your underlying premise, that at some point dangers are
small enough that it's not 'worth' mounting a big
societal effort to eradicate them. ...


The warnings become meaningless if every product has scary
warnings. Even toothpaste now has warnings on it.


Why 'even' toothpaste? Toothpaste having a warning on
it doesn't seem all that strange, it's a quasi-medical
substance even though most people don't think of it that
way. Most products don't have warnings of any kind.

As long as each warning message isn't just WARNING: THIS
PRODUCT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS, I don't think they necessarily
become meaningless as more products are labeled. If each warning
specifies the conditions for safe use and the conditions
under which the product is dangerous, they're not all the
same. In fact, if more things are labeled, people might
get in the habit of looking for the labels and that
would make them more meaningful rather than less.

Beth
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Old July 20th 03, 12:21 AM
PF Riley
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:48:38 GMT, "Roger Schlafly"
wrote:

The danger is exaggerated. How many kids die every year from hot
dogs? Most toddlers can chew hot dogs just fine. Mine loved hot
dogs, and never had a problem.


Here we go again. I honestly think you try to be stupid just to
antagonize people. There is no way you'd even pass a high school
geometry course let alone get an advanced degree in mathematics if you
lack logic thinking skills the way you demonstrate.

Read this again and think carefully about it:

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics, one
U.S. child dies from choking on food every five days and more than
10,000 children are taken to hospital emergency rooms for food choking
injuries every year.

Bruce Silverglade, director of legal affairs for the Center for Science
in the Public Interest, a nonprofit group that campaigns on food issues,
said parents were often surprised to learn that a single kernel of
popcorn can choke a child.

"They can eat it 10 times and it's kind of like Russian roulette," he
said. "Popcorn is particularly dangerous because it can swell up in the
throat."


Do you know what "Russian roulette" is? Do you know how absurd it is
when I tell parents about popcorn and they say, "Oh, he eats it all
the time... he's been fine." SO WHAT? It only takes once, you idiot.

PF
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Old July 22nd 03, 10:50 PM
JG
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"Mark Probert" wrote in message
. net...

http://www.thetzsite.com/pages/episodes/089.html


That's what gave me the idea. :-D Big fan of "The Twilight Zone" (and
later "[Rod Serling's] Night Gallery") Also of "The Outer Limits." I
still remember my mom being appalled that I'd watch that stuff. Beat
the heck outta the "Who Wants to Marry My Millionaire (or Maybe Not)
ex-Mother-in-Law After She Eats a Gazillion Bugs in the Amazon and..."
shows on TV today, if you ask me!


 




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