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Talk:Food additives and addiction (view source)
Revision as of 03:05, November 24, 2008
, 03:05, November 24, 2008reply to HJ
:::: (EC) The two quotes you mentioned don't say anything about MSG's supposed addictiveness. As for calling MSG a "drug"... I think you are playing a little fast and loose there with the definition. If you want to claim that the FDA can regulate MSG (and they can and do) it falls under the F: food. Drugs are those things that pharmaceutical companies make and they sell you to cure things. You are using scare tactics (let's face it, there is no mainstream science that says MSG is poison, and I haven't even seen *bad* proof that MSG is addictive) to regulate something. That's the same thing liberals do. Does it matter that you are regulating something "bad"? No... and that's the same argument that the liberals use, isn't it? So when I said that "regulation and food scares" are a tactic liberals use, and that you are using the same tactic, I was absolutely correct. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 21:36, 23 November 2008 (EST)
:::: (EC) The two quotes you mentioned don't say anything about MSG's supposed addictiveness. As for calling MSG a "drug"... I think you are playing a little fast and loose there with the definition. If you want to claim that the FDA can regulate MSG (and they can and do) it falls under the F: food. Drugs are those things that pharmaceutical companies make and they sell you to cure things. You are using scare tactics (let's face it, there is no mainstream science that says MSG is poison, and I haven't even seen *bad* proof that MSG is addictive) to regulate something. That's the same thing liberals do. Does it matter that you are regulating something "bad"? No... and that's the same argument that the liberals use, isn't it? So when I said that "regulation and food scares" are a tactic liberals use, and that you are using the same tactic, I was absolutely correct. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 21:36, 23 November 2008 (EST)
::::Perhaps we should create an article on MSG to explain who finds it addictive and who doesn't and why it could be a bad thing if it is (remember caffeine is one of the most addictive substances there is but no one is crying for Starbucks to be regulated) --[[User:WillB|WillB]] 21:34, 23 November 2008 (EST)
::::Perhaps we should create an article on MSG to explain who finds it addictive and who doesn't and why it could be a bad thing if it is (remember caffeine is one of the most addictive substances there is but no one is crying for Starbucks to be regulated) --[[User:WillB|WillB]] 21:34, 23 November 2008 (EST)
HelpJazz, I have added quotes about MSG's addictiveness. I am not using scare tactics and I resent you calling me a liberal (the irony of whose mouth that's coming from). If MSG is so addictive and is behind the obesity epidemic which liberals are so keen to ignore in favor of "world poverty" (see: [[Obesity#World issues on Hunger vs. Obesity|here]]), then scientists and the FDA have a moral responsibility to make Americans aware of its addictive power. Depending on how addictive it is, it may need regulation, like the removal of cocaine from Coca-Cola (or do you consider that a scare tactic too?). Again, I will stress that there is a BIG difference between any sort of regulation of addictive or toxic substances (such as cocaine, the toxic additives China has put in its products, etc) and the liberal desire to regulate unhealthy components of food (like trans fats, sugars, butter). If liberals had free reign we'd all be eating boiled hemp and washing it down with seaweed puree. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:05, 23 November 2008 (EST)