Re: Freedom to be stupid
Wes, on host 204.215.200.27
Monday, July 16, 2001, at 09:13:12
Re: Freedom to be stupid posted by gabby on Monday, July 16, 2001, at 00:30:09:
> Alternatively, the buyer could exercise just a little bit of intelligence and purchase the product with English nutrional information. The kind of person who reads nutrition labels has already proven themselves to be more than competent enough to make the former decision. People who don't read nutrion labels don't care anyway. The freedom to choose which product to buy will then have a very strong impact on the seller, as they provide only what people are willing to buy.
No... The whole point of the law requiring nutrition labels would be shot if they were to allow this. They might as well say "Oh, alright, you can lie on your nutrition labels, as long as it's a great hyperbole. That way, intelligent consumers will KNOW that it's a lie and buy the other product. Heck, you don't even need a nutrition label or sufficient packaging, because when consumers see your unsanitary and unlabeled product, surely they won't buy it." You can't market a product under the pretense that people won't be cheated by it because they won't buy it.
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