Banned?! NOT In America! What it is, and what it does(to you)!

[longBallLima]

We can sit around, cry and wait for the government to do something, or we can educate ourselves.and the children about proper nutrition and healthy living.

Waiting around for someone else to do something, accomplishes very little. That all said, I am not against protest and pressuring the government for change. Plus, I'll admit I knew little about these harmful ingrediants, but here I am learning, and it only furthers my healthy eating habits and knowledge of. Maybe I'll pass on the information to others that show interest.

i completely understand and agree, but i guess the nature of my questioning is: should those ingredients be banned or not? if they are to be banned, who'll do the banning?

[Cdsnuts]

i completely understand and agree, but i guess the nature of my questioning is: should those ingredients be banned or not? if they are to be banned, who'll do the banning?

IMO, they should be banned. There are alot of reasons I believe this, but the number one reason is simply for morality, and the fact that it's just straight chemical poison. People believe that these government agencies are protecting them, when in reality, it's far from the truth. They are supposed to be protecting them, but we all know that you have to follow the money.

That means you have millions upon millions of unsuspecting people who are unknowingly poisoning themselves because they think if it's in what they're eating, it must be okay. That to me, is just not okay at all.

[Grape Ape]

i completely understand and agree, but i guess the nature of my questioning is: should those ingredients be banned or not? if they are to be banned, who'll do the banning?

They for sure should be banned, but It's obvious that only the US government can do it, and it won't be anytime soon.

A nationwide boycott, and some PSA commercials would have to happen for some change without government regulation. That'll never happen though.

[longBallLima]

IMO, they should be banned. There are alot of reasons I believe this, but the number one reason is simply for morality, and the fact that it's just straight chemical poison. People believe that these government agencies are protecting them, when in reality, it's far from the truth. They are supposed to be protecting them, but we all know that you have to follow the money.

That means you have millions upon millions of unsuspecting people who are unknowingly poisoning themselves because they think if it's in what they're eating, it must be okay. That to me, is just not okay at all.

i agree with this. i dont have a problem with govt regulation and i really think it should be more present, done more efficiently and without financial interfering, but it seems the newest american zeitgest is "government, get out of our lives!! unless it's to do something i kinda agree with... but other than that, stop taking away our freedoms!!"

getting such a large portion of the public believing that is a majestic job by the lobbying rats in dc, i tell ya.

They for sure should be banned, but It's obvious that only the US government can do it, and it won't be anytime soon.

A nationwide boycott, and some PSA commercials would have to happen for some change without government regulation. That'll never happen though.

agreed with bold.

[Cdsnuts]

i agree with this. i dont have a problem with govt regulation and i really think it should be more present, done more efficiently and without financial interfering, but it seems the newest american zeitgest is "government, get out of our lives!! unless it's to do something i kinda agree with... but other than that, stop taking away our freedoms!!"

Nothing new about that "zeitgest." At least the first part anyway. Obviously government is necessary. Just not an over regulated hand holding socialist nanny state where you can't shit without someone telling you how many sheets of toilet paper to whipe your ass with. Asking a regulatory agency to simply do it's job would suffice. Keeping untested and un-researched poisons out of our food doesn't seem like asking too much.

[longBallLima]

Nothing new about that "zeitgest." At least the first part anyway. Obviously government is necessary. Just not an over regulated hand holding socialist nanny state where you can't shit without someone telling you how many sheets of toilet paper to whipe your ass with. Asking a regulatory agency to simply do it's job would suffice. Keeping untested and un-researched poisons out of our food doesn't seem like asking too much.

right, i guess i just dont know which big industry here is over regulated, therefore, no idea where the fear of over regulation comes from.

[Cdsnuts]

right, i guess i just dont know which big industry here is over regulated, therefore, no idea where the fear of over regulation comes from.

When mayor Bloomberg in NYC tried to limit the size of soda you can buy because he thought people were too fat (and they are), that's over regulation. It may come from a geniune concern, but it's not the governments place to tell me how much soda I can buy and drink. Just one example.

The fear comes from not wanting to be over regulated.

[longBallLima]

When mayor Bloomberg in NYC tried to limit the size of soda you can buy because he thought people were too fat (and they are), that's over regulation. It may come from a geniune concern, but it's not the governments place to tell me how much soda I can buy and drink. Just one example.

The fear comes from not wanting to be over regulated.

having an obese population causes a series of health concerns, which seems to be the problem with the ingredient list we're discussing here, so what's the difference?