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02

Warning: May cause something


Posted by dlovell | 06/02/05

Saw an article the other day on an incredible effort in our state legislature to force food companies to start putting warning labels on certain foods -- not exactly because they're bad for you, but because....they could cause you to choke.
Legislators are saying they want labels on food with particularly high risks of choking. But seriously, can't you choke on just about ANYTHING?
Government has gone entirely too far, and for too long. When our elected officials begin to assume that we can't even eat without being warned about the potential risks of choking, we're in real trouble. Seriously, what's next? "Warning: Do not go in swimming within an hour of eating this product...





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Daniel Lovell, New Media Director for Eagle Newspapers, has won more than two dozen awards for his columns, editorials and investigative journalism. He is actively addicted to the Internet, soda and New York Yankees baseball.

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