[quote]RoadWarrior wrote:
More truth in advertising: 7Up is all 100% Natural! Yeah, except that it still contains High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)which is hardly a natural ingredient. More corporate dis-information for the masses. And you can wash away inches with the Japanese Miracle Bar (of soap)this one the FTC shut down after alot of sales to “stupid” people. Corporations should be free to claim anything they want, as long as they can make lots and lots of money. Hell, they got great beachfront property in Arizona, its just a long walk to the water. Eating Pez will make the pounds drop off and after all Bowflex really is for the serious bodybuilder. No2 is still the best supplement on the market and Heroin is not addictive (the guy on the street corner told me so). We don’t need more lawsuits we need truth in advertising and as long as people blame the user, the seller will always get away with more…[/quote]
Truth in advertising I agree with.
And those examples are a far cry from trans fat content should be disclosed.
IMHO, yes, KFC should disclose, if they haven’t already, that their fat contains trans fats. But no, KFC is not responisible for people believing that deep fried chicken is healthy.
And whose choice is it to use Heroin? NOT THE USERS? Are sellers really advertising that their Heroin is healthy? And should John Doe really be able to attribute his Heroin use, something illegal to boot, to the fault of falsely advertising the product known to be harmful, if the drug dealer says “this will make you feel REALLY good”, thereby implying in the user’s mind that he/she is saying it will improve ones health?
What about television commercials that imply that girls will jump your bones if you use Axe body spray? Should we then be allowed to SUE that big corporation if guys use it and never get laid and subsequently suffer a poor self esteem? Is it the FAULT of the company that a certain segment of the population believes those ads? And if this is false advertising that is misleading such a helpless public, then we really REALLY REALLY need to step up our game as a large number of products falsely advertise in this way day in and day out.
The bowflex commercial shows a 50-year old woman who looks 35. Is this false advertising? It can lead certain consumers to believe that they too will look 15 years younger? What if it doesn’t happen for them, is Bowflex falsely advertising? Should only free weights be allowed to say they produce results? What about people who DO have results from Bowflex? What then?
And 7-up. Should they be sued for not having a written disclaimer on their cans: Warning: Causes cavities? Is that 7-UP’s responsibility to ensure that the public is aware that sugar causes cavities? Is the majority of the public THAT ignorant? And 7-up is obviously a processed product-- do they really need the disclaimer Warning: 7-Up is a highly processed product and should not be confused with health food products. How many disclaimers does society need for everything? Are people truly that senseless?
And again, I don’t watch television or maybe this is before my time, but has Pez really advertised that you can lose weight by eating it?
And if the public is that ignorant, how do they function from day to day, shave without slitting their throat (warning: shavers can cut your skin, even a jugular artery, and cutting your jugular artery can kill you), showering without scalding themselves head to toe (warning: the hot water can severely burn your skin), drive without dying on the way to work (warning: drive defensively), arrive in their office intact (warning: walk carefully up stairs or you could fall and become very seriously injured or die), do their jobs (warning: paper cuts, staples can puncture, stressful situations over time can lead to health problems), GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, etc.?
And if people are that upset about the scourge on society by big companies, why not place that emphasis on known killers, like Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol? Why should a defnitely for sure known killer such as cigarettes even be legal? And why buy any products from big corporations in the first place?
And corporations are not free to claim anything they want, not by any stretch of the imagination. The FDA does regulate the large corporations, based upon hard evidence, studies and the like.
Even the courts acknowledge that people have the responsiblity to use a reasonable measure of common sense.
I, and many many others in society, see nothing wrong with the expectation that people use a reasonable measure of common sense and see themselves as responsible for their own actions, and this mindset would be of great benefit to anyone. These very basic concepts seem to be politically incorrect to some members of society.
