[James C. Bennett]

Sugar is is sugar in what ever form.

No, it's not.

You can take sucrose (cane sugar) and dissolve it in water and get a solution of glucose and fructose.

You mix the equivalent quantity of HFCS in water and get the same solution, again - but - you cannot convert the HFCS solution to crystalline sugar as easily as you can, cane sugar. There is a difference, right here. We're only now finding out the hazards of overconsumption of fructose, including its promotion of fatty liver disease.

[Yosemitest]

49.8 Percent of the population of the U.S. disagrees.
Just ask all of the Diabetics.

[RedMonqey]

You can take sucrose (cane sugar) and dissolve it in water and get a solution of glucose and fructose.

Since HFCS is basically approximately 55% fructose and 42% glucose I fail to see that as an rational argument against the use of HFCS as is the ability of turning it back into crystalline sugar.

After my gut has digested HFCS I have no desire to "reuse" it.

A better argument is that it fails to give the body an feeling of satiety and thus people continue to eat more.

Having said that I am not a fan of HFCS on economic grounds (it's tariffs are a sop to the sugar and corn lobby )as well as personal.

After the fiasco of "New Coke" Coca Cola executives, in their infinite wisdom(rolls eyes), changed their formula from sugar to HFCS, making it a bit sweeter than I like.

If I want sweet I'd drink a F#$$%%ing Pepsi. Dammit!!!

[Mase]

You can take sucrose (cane sugar) and dissolve it in water and get a solution of glucose and fructose.

How are you going to take a disaccharide and convert it into a monosaccharide in an aqueous solution? Will you be adding sucrase (enzyme) to that solution? Will sucrase break the bond between glucose and fructose in water? I don't think so. Mixing sucrose with water doesn't break the glycosidic bonds connecting the two monosacchrides, glucose and fructose. Your statement is flawed from the start.

you cannot convert the HFCS solution to crystalline sugar

Why would you want to convert HFCS into sucrose when you can simply purchase sucrose instead?