Health warnings on alcoholic beverages

[Mish]

Look at it from the opposite point of view. Are you prepared to say:

Cigarette packs need no warnings, people should know they are bad for you. No warning on any packaging (hazardous or not) if someone is stupid they deserve what's coming to them. No labels on food, who cares how much fat it has, you wanna be health conscience? Eat an apple, fatty! No warning signs on electric booths, cliffs, road traffic hazards, shoot on sight areas, people should know those things or die if they are "stupid".

[IndiReloaded]

I think we should just move all that stuff into a box store chain called "The Evil Store". Porn, cigs, booze, sex toys... all of it.

It will be bigger than Mall-Wort and it will attracte all the Mormon and JoHos in once place like moths to a bonfire. If we are lucky, they will start to fight and kill each other and do Darwin's work for us.

[Doc Durian]

Well obviously some substances are more dangerous than others. You can say that water can kill you just as well as a cyanide pill, but it doesn't mean that both are identical. One will kill instantly, the other may kill you if you have suicidal tendencies to drown yourself. Alcohol causes all kinds of damage to people that majority is not even aware of. There are pregnant women out there who aren't even aware of the kind of damage alcohol may be doing to their baby. They should be informed. This just happens to be one of the most direct methods to do it. It's just a message, if you don't like it, don't read it.

40 plus years of messages in the printed media, radio, television, and more so, the very public social disgust of a pregnant woman drinking more than a glass or two (tops) of wine isn't enough?

We need legislation pertaining to alcohol aside from the proof of the bottle and how many standard drinks are in said bottle?

Why stop there? Why not legislate mandatory electronically chipped and lithium ion battery powered bottle neck pourers which measure the drinkers weight, overall health, and gender and only dispenses the appropriate amount of standard drinks as legislated by fockwitted parlimentarians and carefully selected utopian minded health care "professionals". Why even stop there? Why not develop a translucent ABS plastic bottle which is shock, tank, and flame thrower proof so as to not be tampered with should an unpregnant woman or man want to consume more than what's been approved to them?

Of course, we'd need to all be micro chipped for this to really be a soon-ish prospect. You know.. the whole ease of implementation thingy

I'm going to tell you this once and only once, Mishyana. Despite your obvious leanings, environmental lack of upbringing, I reckon that you're a person who could learn to stand on your own two feet and take life as a free man, as it should be taken.

With your head held proud, strong, and defiant of unwarranted interventions by others.

If I was religious, I'd pray for you.

As I'm not, I'll be hopeful on your behalf.

[Mish]

40 plus years of messages in the printed media, radio, television, and more so, the very public social disgust of a pregnant woman drinking more than a glass or two (tops) of wine isn't enough?

Printed media, radio and television give conflicting messages and are not necessarily professionally qualified to give a medical advice. There are also people who don't read printed media, don't listen to the radio and don't watch television. Having a message at the source of the problem will be a step in the right direction.

Why stop there? It shouldn't be stopped there. But if you are looking for a reason why then 15,000 people a year dead due to alcohol related reasons in UK alone should be enough of a reason for a simple message on a bottle. Though for people like you who care only about money and don't care about the lives of other people, alcohol misuse is costing tax payers £25bn a year should be sufficient.

[Doc Durian]

Printed media, radio and television give conflicting messages and are not necessarily professionally qualified to give a medical advice. There are also people who don't read printed media, don't listen to the radio and don't watch television. Having a message at the source of the problem will be a step in the right direction.

I think that if the few and sparse hermits you've named don't want the message from your sociological crusade, it's not your place to push it further. They've already rejected you and your ilk.

Why stop there? It shouldn't be stopped there. But if you are looking for a reason why then 15,000 people a year dead due to alcohol related reasons in UK alone should be enough of a reason for a simple message on a bottle.

15,000 who don't give a shit about what you or others think and should be left alone to live with their personal decisions.

Though for people like you who care only about money and don't care about the lives of other people,

I care about self determination and the civil liberties of mankind upheld as long as they don't interfere with the self determinations and civil liberties of others. Money is irrelevant.

Silly child, how difficult it must be for you to even comprehend the most basic truths I speak. You haven't a clue. You're essentially behaving like a blind boy who feels competent debating on the hues of the rainbow.

alcohol misuse is costing tax payers £25bn a year should be sufficient.

OH, I see now. "People like me who only care about money and don't care about the lives of other people"

Nice one, knackerbags.

[Mish]

15,000 who don't give a shit about what you or others think and should be left alone to live with their personal decisions.

15,000 people who didn't want to die and who could still be alive

I care about self determination and the civil liberties of mankind upheld as long as they don't interfere with the self determinations and civil liberties of others. Money is irrelevant.

I have a very hard time believing that. You give a much clearer impression of someone who doesn't want to spend any money in taxes on anything regardless of what detriments it will have on people from all walks of life. Someone who will create any type of incoherence to make sure the wallet is safe.

[Doc Durian]

15,000 people who didn't want to die and who could still be alive

That was their decision to make, not yours.. Karl Marx

I have a very hard time believing that. You give a much clearer impression of someone who doesn't want to spend any money in taxes on anything regardless of what detriments it will have on people from all walks of life. Someone who will create any type of incoherence to make sure the wallet is safe.

And you are the type who simply accuses another of being only interested in money matters despite no matters of money having been discussed aside from your own "alcohol misuse is costing tax payers £25bn a year should be sufficient".

Truth is, you're ill equipped to be debating any matter of heightened philosophy as it's a foreign country in a manner of speaking that very few Australians have ever been capable of backpacking to and spouting about later without leaving a noticeable shit stain on their collars.

But it's not your fault and I don't fault you...

You were born in the unluckiest of countries.

[Illusional]

people have too much time on their hands... the government that is...

bottom line is that when it comes to people as a whole, they already know that too much of anything is an addiction and it will cause problems. if they want to heed that warning or not is another story. why should we really give a f*ck if other people aren't going to take care of their own bodies??

raverboy

[vashti]

people have too much time on their hands... the government that is...

bottom line is that when it comes to people as a whole, they already know that too much of anything is an addiction and it will cause problems. if they want to heed that warning or not is another story. why should we really give a f*ck if other people aren't going to take care of their own bodies??

the only reason I care is because I have to take care of them in the hospital, and sorry, but the truth is that they are gross, very needy, and prone to violence. And trust me when I say they wouldn't care about a warning on the bottle.

[IndiReloaded]

Alcohol makes so many people just plain mean. It would be better if we banned alcohol and legalized pot. Does anybody know anyone who has done pot and become a mean evil bastard (who wasn't already)? Actually, it tends to mellow even those sort out.

I'm no hippie, but one can't ignore the facts. Given a choice of drugs (if they were both legal), I'd eat Space Cake over drinking alcohol. Its a kinder drug, no hangover, makes you mellow.

But, its not regulated (here anyway), so I'm not going to rely on some unknown whack-job dropout chemist making something I'd put in my body.

[Illusional]

the only reason I care is because I have to take care of them in the hospital, and sorry, but the truth is that they are gross, very needy, and prone to violence. And trust me when I say they wouldn't care about a warning on the bottle.

haha i know that i can be a violent person when i'm drunk. and i wouldn't care if there was a warning on the bottle or not, i would still get my buzz.

raverboy

[Doc Durian]

Indi, you said "Banned" in our last post.

I can't be pleasant to elitists no matter how tender my heart may feel, so either you or I must move on, or I'll rip you to logical argumental threads and crap in your skull for good measure.

[vashti]

haha i know that i can be a violent person when i'm drunk. and i wouldn't care if there was a warning on the bottle or not, i would still get my buzz.

raverboy

I wasn't referring to violence while they are drunk (although I guess they can be that way too), but rather when they detox and are in severe pain due to alcoholic cirrhosis or pancreatitis and DTs.

[Raze]

People need to be adventurous I think. Experimentation is the best way to learn I think. lol.

[IndiReloaded]

Indi, you said "Banned" in our last post.

I can't be pleasant to elitists no matter how tender my heart may feel, so either you or I must move on, or I'll rip you to logical argumental threads and crap in your skull for good measure.

LOL, Doc I am susceptible to reason. I like to hear people's ideas. What I don't respect are folks who claim they have a better way, or simply outright complain, but have no ability to actually explain the system whereby things are made better.

Crap away. It won't affect me, but I suspect it might alleviate some of your more anal tendencies. State clearly what part(s) of my posts you have difficulty with. Just be sure you state why, and how your way of doing things leads to improvement.