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Originally Posted by lawrenceyang
i understand that they died/were hospitalized because they drank several, but isnt whats making them drink three or four all the caffeine and sugar in the first one ? checking for legal age ? please, im sure every place that sells them does it the problems is that every fucking person knows a 21 year old that will get them these drinks so there is absolutely no problem in obtaining them even if they get stricter on checking ids. and i dont think that theres a lack of understanding of alcohol in the us compared to the rest of the world, but the culture of drinking is much different here than in the rest of the world but thats a topic for another time.
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They died/were hospitalized because they didnt read the letters on the can that say 23.5 Oz, 12% alcohol. Just like cigarettes, a more extreme warning label would work fine! And it was only a COUPLE OF KIDS!
MORE THAN THAN 20 TIMES THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF FUCKING PEANUT ALLERGIES, so lets ban all peanuts/allergy producing products to keep people safe while we are at it.
And yes. The caffeine in the first one makes you not feel the effects until later, at which point you might have already consumed more. So when it hits you, you might already by drunk.
But my point is, this is
personal responsibility. I can legally buy some cheap ass vodka and 5 hour energy drinks and mix them and have a combination 10times more dangerous than a 4 loko....so is the government gonna ban them too???
I think Sarah Palin is the scarlet whore of Revelations. I voted for Obama. I still can't understand why the fuck Americans - some of the most privileged, spoiled, and pampered persons in the
entire world -are so fixated with owning assault rifles and "defending der freedoms from evil commies/the king of england/zombies!".(eventhough I like guns)
But I still oppose banning these products just because someone, somewhere, abused it and was harmed as a result.