The Splenda issue would be more frivolous, but if it's the case I think it is, then it's not over taste, but whether or not it's actually made from sugar, which it is.
There are multiple...drooling_ferretFebruary 11 2005, 21:05:49 UTC
There were multiple suits filed, weren't there? I thought the whole slogan was challeneged. I should probably read the actual motions, but I was listening to a lot of interviews with people from both sides, and the focus seemed to be on the taste bit.
The first one is legitimate, and I don't think it's frivilous at all. Especially since the person was following his doctor's orders in the first place.
I love splenda...drooling_ferretFebruary 11 2005, 21:08:55 UTC
I love Splenda, but I don't have any problem with going after a person or corporation for making false claims which allow them to profit at your expense. False advertising ought be cracked down on more. My issue is with the way it's been done.
But what really pisses me off is that no one's proposing caps on damages in corporate lawsuits as part of the big tort reform packages. No, just things like malpractice suits...
Generalities...drooling_ferretFebruary 11 2005, 21:54:39 UTC
They're general cases: point is, 'tort reform', to the present Congress, means putting caps on punitive damage awards in civil cases like the first one, and doesn't address cases like the latter. But cases like the first one are being categorized as "frivolous".
That bothered me, is all.
Some association of US sugar providers or other is suing the makers of Splenda over, essentially, their advertising slogan "made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar". Splenda's been kicking the ass of not only every other sweetener on the market (one obvious intent of the slogan being to refer to the chemical tang of aspertame), but also sugar itself, so the sugar producers are trying to put the brakes on Splenda's runaway success. So, that's the case. I don't know enough about the case to say if it's frivolous or not, but I wanted to point out the disconnect between professed belief and actual policy/action, and I felt these examples did so.
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Splenda makes my throat feel tight.
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But what really pisses me off is that no one's proposing caps on damages in corporate lawsuits as part of the big tort reform packages. No, just things like malpractice suits...
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and why do they care what splenda tastes like?
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That bothered me, is all.
Some association of US sugar providers or other is suing the makers of Splenda over, essentially, their advertising slogan "made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar". Splenda's been kicking the ass of not only every other sweetener on the market (one obvious intent of the slogan being to refer to the chemical tang of aspertame), but also sugar itself, so the sugar producers are trying to put the brakes on Splenda's runaway success. So, that's the case. I don't know enough about the case to say if it's frivolous or not, but I wanted to point out the disconnect between professed belief and actual policy/action, and I felt these examples did so.
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