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Soon, hot peppers may be regulated.

Yahoo news. Here's your grain of salt to take it with.
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Edit: And in Australia.
 
You know, it's easy to laugh at how ridiculous things can be made to be. But don't forget that we live in the country where someone actually won a lawsuit from being careless and spilling hot coffee on themselves after purchasing it at a fast food drive-in window. 
 
If you actually read the article, you'll notice that pepper spray is already a "prohibited weapon" in Australia (along with much of Europe.)
 
I think saying they'll "ban" hot peppers is a long paranoid reach.  They already can't keep up with the rest of the "illegal nature."
 
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also, I remember reading on this a few months ago, they were considering "banning" or "regulating" peppers in the UK as cosmetic products and were basically laughed out of the room after the scientific report.  In all honesty, comparing peppers to hot coffee is a little ridiculous because capsaicin doesn't actually burn you.
 
http://ijt.sagepub.com/content/26/1_suppl/3
 
ikeepfish said:
If you actually read the article, you'll notice that pepper spray is already a "prohibited weapon" in Australia (along with much of Europe.)
 
I think saying they'll "ban" hot peppers is a long paranoid reach.  They already can't keep up with the rest of the "illegal nature."
 
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also, I remember reading on this a few months ago, they were considering "banning" or "regulating" peppers in the UK as cosmetic products and were basically laughed out of the room after the scientific report.  In all honesty, comparing peppers to hot coffee is a little ridiculous because capsaicin doesn't actually burn you.
 
http://ijt.sagepub.com/content/26/1_suppl/3
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wait til it happens a few times in California or New Jersey.
 
ikeepfish said:
 In all honesty, comparing peppers to hot coffee is a little ridiculous because capsaicin doesn't actually burn you.
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It's not the objects being compared, it's the attitude. Think about it - EVERY object in your house can potentially cause harm in one manner or another. Just yesterday I grabbed a knife off the counter and it slipped out of my hand. Fortunately, I was able to move fast enough that it didn't land on my bare foot. But if it did land on my foot, would that be grounds for seeking out the maker of that knife and suing them? Ever get a paper cut? Should you seek out the seller of the paper and sue them? How many people have worn scarves by folding them in half, wrapping them around their necks, and then slipping the loose end through the loop end - doesn't that put the wearer at risk for being strangled by their scarf if the loose end should get stuck in something and pulled? But if that happened, would it be the fault of the scarf manufacturer or the seller of the scarf, or would it be the fault of the person who decided to wear it in an unsafe manner? I have a cousin who was attacked by a man one day. In fighting him off, she managed to kick him in a knee hard enough that he went down and couldn't get back up - from the feel of the impact, she is pretty sure she broke his knee. As she ran away, the man screamed after her "you b*tch!" He initiated the attack, yet he effectively blamed her for his injury, instead of realizing his intended victim had a right to defend herself and that meant he could get injured in the process of his attack??? If he had refrained from attacking her in the first place, he would have avoided knee injury altogether.
 
There is a growing prevalence in this country of people not taking responsibility for their own behavior. More and more people look to blame someone or something other than themselves. I guarantee you that if someone broke into my house and the only thing available to defend myself with was a superhot pod, I'd split that baby open and make sure my assailant got an eyeful. Though it's not lasting pain, it is pain to the receiver, nonetheless. It's really not that far of a leap to see where (most likely) some over-protective parent of a kid who decided to ingest a superhot decided to sue and make a public spectacle of things enough to get chile peppers regulated.
 
Why would anyone want to use pepper as a cosmetic?
You have to keep in mind that the US doesn't regulate nearly as much as Europe does, and because capsaicin is not functionally dangerous barring allergic reactions and heart conditions I don't see much coming from it.
 
     This I do agree with you Geeme.You almost are afraid to let neighbor kids play or even walk through your yard for fear of them falling and hurting themselves.
That was the most expensive cup of coffee ever.It opened Pandoras Box.
     My kid was in a fender bender 2 years ago,nobody was hurt,the cars were able to be driven away.In march of this year she received a letter from his lawyer suing her for 394,000$.The breakdown was 94,0000$ for medical and 300,000$ for pain and suffering.His lawyer did his homework and found out what her max protection was on the policy,and went for that amount.This was the first time we heard from this guy since the accident.My poor kid thought her life was over with that amount hanging over her head.Our insurance company has lawyers too and are tacking this guy to task.We have not heard anything so we assume thats a good thing.
 
Geeme is absolutely correct. Remember.... every warning label on every household product is there either because a) someone stupid actually tried the act that elicited the warning, or b) the room full of lawyers thought of every possible stupid thing someone could try with a product that could get them sued.
 
Shampoo has instructions...
 
Our society is a litigious one.
 
randyp, I am very sorry to hear that is happening to your son.
 
Hmm…. I was in an auto accident when I was six months pregnant with my now-30-year-old daughter - a chick ran a stop sign at just the "perfect" time. I passed out and came to in the ER to the feel of nurses gently picking glass out of my forehead. The car was fixed, my medical expenses were paid for and my daughter was born healthy, all without suing her. But maybe I should look into suing the chick for the pain and suffering I endured while giving birth…. Think 30 years is too long to wait?  ;)
 
So now we should start doing psychological testing before granting anyone a driver's permit to see if they might ever be tempted to run a stop sign? I'm sure there would be significantly more people taking the bus if that happened. There would be - what? - maybe 10 cars on the road in the entire world?
 
HP22BH said:
wait til it happens a few times in California or New Jersey.
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Wouldn't put it past the libs in this state. Hell they put Jerry Brown back in office as Governor when they pulled him out of office years ago for sucking so bad. Morons in this state! :rofl:
randyp said:
     This I do agree with you Geeme.You almost are afraid to let neighbor kids play or even walk through your yard for fear of them falling and hurting themselves.
That was the most expensive cup of coffee ever.It opened Pandoras Box.
     My kid was in a fender bender 2 years ago,nobody was hurt,the cars were able to be driven away.In march of this year she received a letter from his lawyer suing her for 394,000$.The breakdown was 94,0000$ for medical and 300,000$ for pain and suffering.His lawyer did his homework and found out what her max protection was on the policy,and went for that amount.This was the first time we heard from this guy since the accident.My poor kid thought her life was over with that amount hanging over her head.Our insurance company has lawyers too and are tacking this guy to task.We have not heard anything so we assume thats a good thing.
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Someone tried that on me as well but the lawyers at AAA stopped that quick.
 
Proud Marine Dad said:
Wouldn't put it past the libs in this state. Hell they put Jerry Brown back in office as Governor when they pulled him out of office years ago for sucking so bad. Morons in this state! :rofl:

Someone tried that on me as well but the lawyers at AAA stopped that quick.
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There's nothing liberal about banning things.
 
cruzzfish said:
Why would anyone want to use pepper as a cosmetic?
You have to keep in mind that the US doesn't regulate nearly as much as Europe does, and because capsaicin is not functionally dangerous barring allergic reactions and heart conditions I don't see much coming from it.
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No one ever does til the politicians submit the bill. Or find out it was passed in the middle of the night by one party.
 
ikeepfish said:
There's nothing liberal about banning things.
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It is generally  the liberals that start this $h1t though, Or a RHINO.
 
You know, it's easy to laugh at how ridiculous things can be made to be. But don't forget that we live in the country where someone actually won a lawsuit from being careless and spilling hot coffee on themselves after purchasing it at a fast food drive-in window.
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That is actually a very misunderstood case and is pretty interesting to read about. Mcdonalds kept the coffee far hotter than safe because they didn't want people sticking around drinking and getting refills, although they said it was because "people want to save their coffee and drink it at work" even though their own research showed otherwise.
 
They kept the coffee over 40 degrees hotter than what most places do, and home coffee makers. they also tried to say that was the optimal temperature for taste, even though they also said it would burn you if you drank it that hot. The temperature was also so hot it could cause 3rd degree burns in a matter of seconds. They also had OVER 700 instances of people burning themselves, but still kept it that hot and had no intentions of lowering the temp.
 
spysee said:
 
That is actually a very misunderstood case and is pretty interesting to read about. Mcdonalds kept the coffee far hotter than safe because they didn't want people sticking around drinking and getting refills, although they said it was because "people want to save their coffee and drink it at work" even though their own research showed otherwise.
 
They kept the coffee over 40 degrees hotter than what most places do, and home coffee makers. they also tried to say that was the optimal temperature for taste, even though they also said it would burn you if you drank it that hot. The temperature was also so hot it could cause 3rd degree burns in a matter of seconds. They also had OVER 700 instances of people burning themselves, but still kept it that hot and had no intentions of lowering the temp.
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This is true. The rest of you can look up the pictures on Google Images, and the burns where actually quite bad. The medical bill was 10 grand, after all. If it was just an "I spilled coffee, it hurt, and now I think you should pay me" scenario, then it's wrong. But when it's that much hotter than average, and they don't tell you by how much, and you can't even drink the damn thing when you order it, so it burns you in the car, then there's a reason.
 
Edit: There are places that sell hotter coffee, but those are usually eaten in the restaurant. And according to the wiki 160-185 is standard, the one in the suit was 194
 
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