EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

[Schneibster]

Not always. Not even usually, among vendors I deal with a lot. You don't have to put up with that shit unless you live in the city and don't have a car.

[Coito ergo sum]

So you're in favor of false advertising?

Really?

Oh, for Pete's sake... Water? Good for dehydration?

[Schneibster]

So basically you're out of arguments and decided to post jokes instead.

OK.

[Svartalf]

There must be a lot of people getting dehydrated in the EU, and then those poor folks are being suckered in by the false claims that their dehydration could be "cured" by drinking water. "Holy crap! I'm dehydrated! Quick! Get me some bottled water! I read their representation that it cures dehydration, and I'm going to rely upon that claim!"

Don't work that way. When a proper European feels thirst, he goes for something with an ABV°

[Coito ergo sum]

So basically you're out of arguments and decided to post jokes instead.

OK.

No, the joke illustrates the argument.

The law should not concern itself with trifles, and even moreso a government bureaucracy should not concern itself with trifles.

I highly doubt that a single person in the EU has purchased a bottle of water under the impression that water is a "cure" for something. I am quite sure that people buy bottles of water to satisfy thirst. If someone is, in fact, dehydrated, I am quite sure there is no likelihood that they will be fooled by bottles of water into thinking it is medicine or medical treatment.

Further, as Seth pointed out, arguably, some forms of dehydration are helped by drinking water. So, whether an assertion made on a bottle of water is true or not would depend on exactly how it is phrased.

[Coito ergo sum]

There must be a lot of people getting dehydrated in the EU, and then those poor folks are being suckered in by the false claims that their dehydration could be "cured" by drinking water. "Holy crap! I'm dehydrated! Quick! Get me some bottled water! I read their representation that it cures dehydration, and I'm going to rely upon that claim!"

Don't work that way. When a proper European feels thirst, he goes for something with an ABV°

I sure hope they have proper warning labels on those bottles....

"Contains Alcohol: May Cause Drunkenness"

"Despite What the Advert Implies, Alcohol Does Make Things Fun."

[Schneibster]

So basically you're out of arguments and decided to post jokes instead.

OK.

No, the joke illustrates the argument.

The law should not concern itself with trifles,

We already did the deregulation thing.

Didn't work out well.

Maybe you didn't notice.

[Coito ergo sum]

So basically you're out of arguments and decided to post jokes instead.

OK.

No, the joke illustrates the argument.

The law should not concern itself with trifles,

We already did the deregulation thing.

Didn't work out well.

Maybe you didn't notice.

We did?

I have to tell you, I definitely didn't notice. The main reason I didn't notice is because it didn't happen.

There were certain areas at certain times that have had certain aspects of certain industries being "deregulated" - like the power industries, the cable television industry, and the airline industry. Most of those have worked out well, for the benefit of consumers and resulted in lower prices and often better service.

With respect to advertising, though, the regulations have done nothing but increase in all sectors of the US economy for the past 50 years. To suggest that we once had a lot of regulations, then "deregulated" (when?), and now we learned our lesson and are "reregulating," is -- well -- not true.

[Schneibster]

So basically you're out of arguments and decided to post jokes instead.

OK.

No, the joke illustrates the argument.

The law should not concern itself with trifles,

We already did the deregulation thing.

Didn't work out well.

Maybe you didn't notice.

We did?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act

[Seth]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act

Minor elimination of a few of the hundreds of thousands if not millions of federal rules and regulations of everything from soup to nuts.

[Coito ergo sum]

So basically you're out of arguments and decided to post jokes instead.

OK.

No, the joke illustrates the argument.

The law should not concern itself with trifles,

We already did the deregulation thing.

Didn't work out well.

Maybe you didn't notice.

We did?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act

Glass Steagall's repeal removed the separation (in the US) that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. However, Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act replaced it, and that Act is huge, and has its own complex compliance requirements. It wasn't "deregulation" it was "different-regulation." http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106pu ... ubl102.htm

What does that have to do with the EU wasting time banning water companies from putting references to dehydration on their bottles?

Moreover, GlassSteagall is one law, and in and of itself constitutes zero evidence of an OVERALL "deregulation" (which never happened).

[Schneibster]

No, the joke illustrates the argument.

The law should not concern itself with trifles,

We already did the deregulation thing.

Didn't work out well.

Maybe you didn't notice.

We did?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act

Glass Steagall's repeal removed the separation (in the US) that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. However, Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act replaced it, and that Act is huge, and has its own complex compliance requirements. It wasn't "deregulation" it was "different-regulation." http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106pu ... ubl102.htm

I have no interest in talking with people who ignore the largest financial crisis since before the Great Depression in order to avoid tainting their argument.

[Seth]

I have no interest in talking with people who ignore the largest financial crisis since before the Great Depression in order to avoid tainting their argument.

See, I told you, the moment that Schneibster is called on his own lies and bullshit he resorts to personal attacks in an attempt to evade responsibility for his own words.

That's why I tend to just call him a liar, which he is.

[Schneibster]

I have no interest in talking with people who ignore the largest financial crisis since before the Great Depression in order to avoid tainting their argument.

See, I told you, the moment that Schneibster is called on his own lies and bullshit

So there was no financial crisis in 2008?

OK.

[Gallstones]

I have no interest in talking with people who ignore the largest financial crisis since before the Great Depression in order to avoid tainting their argument.

Problem solved then.