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Did a safety warning ever stop someone from smoking?
1 posted on 02/15/2015 3:25:23 AM PST by SMGFan
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“SAFETY WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar contributes to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.”

Seems like we had lessons on that in elementary school in the 1970s.

2 posted on 02/15/2015 3:26:22 AM PST by Tax-chick ("What does it give you, and what does it keep you from getting?")
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Warning: Life will kill you...


3 posted on 02/15/2015 3:26:27 AM PST by EEGator
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i think all politicians should wear big-ass warnings on them.

may lie to your face. may regard you as their personal wallet. may take your freedoms away and expect a thank-you for doing it.

if they are also lawyers, another big warning sign for that, too.


4 posted on 02/15/2015 3:27:33 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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We should put warning labels on liberals.


5 posted on 02/15/2015 3:29:20 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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“Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz has introduced the “Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Safety Warning Act”

He should change it to Dimowitz. As in dim bulb.


6 posted on 02/15/2015 3:30:00 AM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense!)
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How come faggots don’t have warning signs tattooed to their buttocks and by their junk warning other faggots that this activity can lead to AIDS and ultimately death?


7 posted on 02/15/2015 3:33:13 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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“Did a safety warning ever stop someone from smoking?”

A comedian named Bill Hicks used to do a bit on that, back when they started doing different kinds of warning labels on cigarettes.

“You know how every cigarette pack has a different surgeon general’s warning on it?. Mine say, “Smoking may cause low birth weight.” Hey, screw it! I found my brand. Just don’t get the ones that say lung cancer, you know? Shop around, find a disease you can live with. ‘What are you smoking, Dave?’ ‘Throat Polyps. Want one?’ ‘No thanks, I’ll stick with my Yellow Fingernails.’

:-)


8 posted on 02/15/2015 3:36:50 AM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense!)
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Anyone who doesn’t know by now can’t read anyway.


9 posted on 02/15/2015 3:40:30 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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How about Warnings on Politicians?


10 posted on 02/15/2015 3:44:57 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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Whenever a Democrat wants more regulations, especially with respect to some product, substance or service, the universal axiom that you can depend on is that there is MONEY involved there somewhere.

My guess is the legislation, rule, regulation - whatever will be worded that ‘something’ used as a sweetener will be exempt. Don’t know what that is right now, maybe wrong - it could just be taxes or extortion of sugar producers and bottlers for ‘campaign donations’ or just outright payola.

The one thing you can count on is that it is about money and power.


11 posted on 02/15/2015 3:50:27 AM PST by Gaffer
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“Warning: Being a single mother may lead to eligibility for multiple government handouts.”


12 posted on 02/15/2015 3:53:33 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Dumb. All the same, the crap government pushed on citizens for years has contributed greatly to the problem with obesity. Government run schools that are so incompetent they can budget resources for decent PE is another culprit. The food pyramid is a high-carb scam and cholesterol studies are a proven fraud. How many years was margarine push on us before we proved it was closer to a metabolic poison than anything edible?

The government brought us to this precipice on health and healthcare. If we are going to right our direction as a nation, it won’t involve taking direction from socialist scum.


13 posted on 02/15/2015 4:17:31 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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...it comes down to self-control...no matter what the regulations are - people are going to do what they are going to do and suffer the consequences...until they make the individual choice to learn why they are obese - then no law or warning label is going to change that - just wasted money and time...if parents don't want a Hunny Boo Boo...then don't feed them crap and ignore parent standards of discipline...simple logic here...not more govt is what is needed...

14 posted on 02/15/2015 4:21:03 AM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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Soft drinks aren’t sweetened with sugar. It’s HFCS, and no politician will say that it is bad because HFCS is in EVERYTHING and it has a strong lobby.


21 posted on 02/15/2015 5:15:42 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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We need cigarette - like warnings on election ballots. Some of these politicians are cancers to society.


22 posted on 02/15/2015 5:31:04 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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I’m all for it! We need to put these warnings on everything that might possibly be harmful in some greenie or some bureaucrat’s mind. When they are ubiquitous they will totally cease to have any efficacy at all. They will just be part of the decoration of the packaging.


23 posted on 02/15/2015 5:48:02 AM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
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Liberals want to regulate my cola.

KEEP YER GRUBBY HANDS OFF MUH SODA!!!


26 posted on 02/15/2015 5:54:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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“Warning: Electing Liberals will result in bigger government and less freedom. Please use common sense when voting.”


27 posted on 02/15/2015 6:07:51 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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SAFETY WARNING: Voting for democRATs with added socialism contributes to poverty, laziness, and societal decay.

Fixed it,


31 posted on 02/15/2015 6:59:49 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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We need one in voting booths:

“Warning: Electing Liberals will result in exceptional stupidity. . . “


32 posted on 02/15/2015 7:00:25 AM PST by Salgak (Peace through Superior Firepower. . . .)
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