tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post4916236602514996003..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: The Dissident, Four Loko, and Figgy PuddingJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5281318781047543382010-11-19T14:39:48.911-08:002010-11-19T14:39:48.911-08:00Um..the Dissident and Figgy Pudding are both amazi...Um..the Dissident and Figgy Pudding are both amazing. Yum ... beer. Oh wait, I am on a politics blog, sorry.Patrick Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-53605008919087918102010-11-19T12:15:39.999-08:002010-11-19T12:15:39.999-08:00@ anon -
"So what's safer behind the whe...@ anon - <br />"So what's safer behind the wheel of a car: a "wide-awake drunk", or one that's seconds away from passing out?"<br /><br />A fairer and more accurate question would be "what's safer? someone that can tell they are too drunk to drive or someone that can't?"<br /><br />So far the studies we have indicate that people who mix high Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688546442746669587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-15738494520820835792010-11-19T11:54:36.773-08:002010-11-19T11:54:36.773-08:00So what's safer behind the wheel of a car: a &...So what's safer behind the wheel of a car: a "wide-awake drunk", or one that's seconds away from passing out?<br /><br />These Four Loko posts reek of "I don't like it, so it might as well be illegal." Beervana, I accuse thee of snobbery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-26311130400551232562010-11-19T11:44:08.215-08:002010-11-19T11:44:08.215-08:00Aaaiiee, the rabbit hole!
Shawn, there's ob...Aaaiiee, the rabbit hole! <br /><br />Shawn, there's obviously a gray area in the middle. When the product blinds people, it's obvious--most everything is in the gray area. <br /><br />Booze is clearly unsafe. It probably fits every definition of unsafe the FDA has to work with. But--and this is what's interesting about the Four Loko story--there's a context. We had two Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-64313204551522167762010-11-19T11:24:59.315-08:002010-11-19T11:24:59.315-08:00Jeff, yet the FDA allows the sale of alcohol. Alc...Jeff, yet the FDA allows the sale of alcohol. Alcohol is FAR from a safe substance. It's probably the most abused, and dangerous, substance in our society. Alcohol makes many many people do very very bad things. Should it be outlawed? I'm sure that if the same "we can't prove that it's safe" regulation was applied to alcohol, there is no WAY that it would be allowedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097878173622170668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-4435215309644806892010-11-19T11:04:30.790-08:002010-11-19T11:04:30.790-08:00At the risk of sending us into a political rabbit ...At the risk of sending us into a political rabbit hole, let me dissent, Jim. The FDA has to have a guilty until proven innocent approach. Otherwise the system would look like this:<br /><br />Product X, laced with dangerous toxin Y, is released to the public, blinding thousands. The FDA swings into action and bans toxin Y, but the blind remain blind.<br /><br />You have probably heard of the Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-62792106925197856452010-11-19T10:17:22.488-08:002010-11-19T10:17:22.488-08:00I find this statement exactly backward to the FDA&...I find this statement exactly backward to the FDA's charter: <br /><br />"After a yearlong review found no conclusive evidence that the drinks were safe..."<br /><br />I mean, food safety isn't an "innocent until proven guilty" proposition, but "not proven safe" and "proven unsafe" are two different things too. Did they prove they were unsafe and byJimhttp://csasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com