Congress Explores Bills to Restrict Fast Food Law Suits

[Diff-chan]

I suppose I should also note that I don't really condone Congress getting involved in this crap, in case that isn't clear. The bottom line is, big business and the government aren't necessarily going to look out for you (the consumer), so you have to do that for yourself. If you're unwilling to do that, well, there's this thing called natural selection...

Exactly. You have to look out for yourself. This includes not pinning the blame on McDonalds when you become obese from eating there 5 times a week for years. And not suing tobacco companies when you develop lung cancer when everybody knows that smoking cigarettes gives you cancer.

[Frogacuda]

No, KFC doesn't. Fried chicken most certainly is Atkins friendly. The only problem with it would be the breading, which isn't so hard to alter. KFC is perfectly fine.

It's still pretty deceptive to call it healthy. Generally those kinds of ads are careful to say things like "in moderation" or "as part of a balanced diet" but the KFC ads really don't and they're deceptive, in my opinion. It makes it sound like you can eat KFC every night and get thin.

I think companies shouldn't be obligated to tell you common sense things, but they shouldn't be feeding you BS pseudo-science to the contrary either.

[CynicalSphere]

No, but KFC does, with their whole "Atkins freindly fried chicken diet" ads, which I really think are pushing the line into irresponsible territory. I can only imagine that'd be worse if they were officially legally unaccountable.

I think companies shouldn't be obligated to tell you common sense things, but they shouldn't be feeding you BS pseudo-science to the contrary either.

Assuming KFC is really okay with the Atkins diet (I wouldn't know, since I've never researched that and Atkins seems terrible for the human body anyway), then they are technically being honest.

All they said was that it was part of the Atkins diet and could help you lose weight. I don't remember them saying it was necessarily good for you. After all, most of the studies concerning the Atkins diet itself is that it works in making you lose weight, but it wasn't necessarily the healthiest diet in the world to be on.

[Captain Vegetable]

It's still pretty deceptive to call it healthy. Generally those kinds of ads are careful to say things like "in moderation" or "as part of a balanced diet" but the KFC ads really don't and they're deceptive, in my opinion. It makes it sound like you can eat KFC every night and get thin.

New Flash: You can.

I think companies shouldn't be obligated to tell you common sense things, but they shouldn't be feeding you BS pseudo-science to the contrary either.

Check the tenants of the Atkins diet.

[Frogacuda]

I think the KFC ads toed the line, not neccessarily crossed it. They bother me. That's all.

The reason tobacco companies are in such shit now is because they ran all these ads back in the 50s that flat out claimed there were no health risks to smoking cigarettes, which, coupled with the addictive nature of cigarettes, made for some serious fall out. But people who started smoking in the last 20 years have no basis to sue, and they're generally not the ones winning any suits.

I think the distinction needs to be made. Truth in advertising is important.

[CynicalSphere]

New Flash: You can.

Check the tenants of the Atkins diet.

This is true. You can technically lose weight by eating cream-filled tube steak every night, but that will absolutely play hell on your digestive, urinary, and excretory systems.

Not that the Atkins diet is necessarily about this, but people have royally screwed themselves up by going on this diet and not being careful about it (like not seeing a DOCTOR first, or not following it correctly). Going on Atkins is just about as risky as eating fast food...

[Frogacuda]

This is true. You can technically lose weight by eating cream-filled tube steak every night, but that will absolutely play hell on your digestive, urinary, and excretory systems.

Not that the Atkins diet is necessarily about this, but people have royally screwed themselves up by going on this diet and not being careful about it (like not seeing a DOCTOR first, or not following it correctly). Going on Atkins is just about as risky as eating fast food...

Exactly. Atkins stresses moderation like all diets.

[Captain Vegetable]

This is true. You can technically lose weight by eating cream-filled tube steak every night, but that will absolutely play hell on your digestive, urinary, and excretory systems.

Not that the Atkins diet is necessarily about this, but people have royally screwed themselves up by going on this diet and not being careful about it (like not seeing a DOCTOR first, or not following it correctly). Going on Atkins is just about as risky as eating fast food...

Actually, I'd say it's more risky.

You see, not unlike the KFC ads, I never said it was healthy. Just that it was true.

[Fe 26]

This is true. You can technically lose weight by eating cream-filled tube steak every night, but that will absolutely play hell on your digestive, urinary, and excretory systems.

Hmm a diet baised on eating cream filled tube steak you say? What a great way to help others lose weight.

[lithium]

Exactly. Atkins stresses moderation like all diets.

I don't see how that can be the case. The amount of carbs one eats on an Atkins diet suggests anything but moderation. Any diet that leads to gout (and the Atkins diet has a high occurance of this), can't possibly be moderate.