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::HelpJazz, that was a compelling argument, especially with regards to free market forces doing the job anyway. I would certainly agree that that has been the case with Chinese restaurants -- once enough people were aware that the Chinese use MSG ''liberally'' and that it was a bad substance, the Chinese restaurants had no economically sensible choice but to pull the ingredient and plaster NO MSG on their menus and doors. It just seemed from those sources I cited that MSG was present in numerous foods we weren't aware of -- from ramen noodles to potato chips, and under numerous pseudonyms, like hydrolized protein. But if, as you say, these cites are questionable, then I believe I have fallen victim to the liberal scare tactics. However, I thought it was a common truth that MSG was addictive. Maybe the liberals were just scaring the public by inflating the ubiquitous presence of MSG across food products? Do you know? -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 01:22, 24 November 2008 (EST)

::HelpJazz, that was a compelling argument, especially with regards to free market forces doing the job anyway. I would certainly agree that that has been the case with Chinese restaurants -- once enough people were aware that the Chinese use MSG ''liberally'' and that it was a bad substance, the Chinese restaurants had no economically sensible choice but to pull the ingredient and plaster NO MSG on their menus and doors. It just seemed from those sources I cited that MSG was present in numerous foods we weren't aware of -- from ramen noodles to potato chips, and under numerous pseudonyms, like hydrolized protein. But if, as you say, these cites are questionable, then I believe I have fallen victim to the liberal scare tactics. However, I thought it was a common truth that MSG was addictive. Maybe the liberals were just scaring the public by inflating the ubiquitous presence of MSG across food products? Do you know? -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 01:22, 24 November 2008 (EST)

::Wow, as I'm looking deeper and deeper into this issue, I'm finding very little concrete evidence characterizing the addictive nature of MSG and more and more liberals<ref>http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/05/13/msg_causes_most_obesity_but_congress_grants_immunity_to_food_producers.htm</ref> who are using the hype around MSG and aspartane and everything else to blindly accuse Bush of collusion with the food industry. This is nonsense. I appear to have been very wrong about this issue. The article needs a MAJOR rewrite. Thanks, HelpJazz, for your dogged persistence on this topic :-) We wouldn't want CP to have the wrong stance! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 01:33, 24 November 2008 (EST)

::Wow, as I'm looking deeper and deeper into this issue, I'm finding very little concrete evidence characterizing the addictive nature of MSG and more and more liberals<ref>http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/05/13/msg_causes_most_obesity_but_congress_grants_immunity_to_food_producers.htm</ref> who are using the hype around MSG and aspartane and everything else to blindly accuse Bush of collusion with the food industry. This is nonsense. I appear to have been very wrong about this issue. The article needs a MAJOR rewrite. Thanks, HelpJazz, for your dogged persistence on this topic :-) We wouldn't want CP to have the wrong stance! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 01:33, 24 November 2008 (EST)