i use exageratted examples when I'm making fun of people's stupid positions. It's a form of sarcasm. Sometimes I also can't think of a better example and I think it shows the same thing, like in this case, "ZOMG IF THEY DONT REMOVE THIS STUFF WE CAN GET SICK" which is exactly the same thing.
E. Coli in food makes us sick so they removed it. Transfat in food makes us sick so they removed it. The only difference is that transfat has long term effects whereas E. Coli is immediate. I find only assholes would find a semantical issue with that, as they both effect the health. I mean we don't put asbestos in buildings because they cause long term effects eithers. i think people who ignore the long term effects of things are kind of like children in a way, especially if they follow it by saying something like "SO WHAT I WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT FOR LIKE FIFTY YEARS OR SOMETHING" or "DUDE THATS NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO ME AND ANYBODY IT DOES HAPPEN TO DESERVES IT".
There's tons of examples it's just hard to find one that's exactly the same as banning transfats in new york city that jerkfaces on the internet would find acceptable. I know there's plenty of points that could be made I just can't think up the history of items that have been banned from foods and waters for dishealth purposes.
Emu thought up a good one and somebody said it was a bad example because water goes to everyone and they don't have a choice. lol
also the point I was trying to make with cyanide wasn't that it's the same thing but the other aspect of this situation in which people think doing the opposite of what the government tells them to do makes them "Free" and "Rebelious" and is showing that they still have liberty. Kind of like jumping off a bridge if nobody else is or something I guess. In context my exaggeration always makes sense.
also explain to me how banning transfats in food for health purposes is any different than any other health code ever invented and I'll start to think my exaggeration was really out of place and even irrelevant!
ps i wasn't trying to sway anyone's opinion or even educate anyone. except with my honey example at the very begining