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In the discussion thread: Alcohol packaging should carry graphic health warnings, urge doctors (in UK) [View all]

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 06:08 PM

KurtNYC (12,055 posts)

5. It may sound good but addiction doesn't work this way

You can't reason your way out of addiction.

Even worse, many alcohol ads already appeal to the death wish that alcoholics have. There are references and pictures of death right on the bottles. They use the opposite of subliminal messaging -- superliminals. Bacardi has a bat in their logo, Kahlua features an image of Mayan tombs (beautiful death) and some tequila has a dead worm in the bottle.

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Alcohol packaging should carry graphic health warnings, urge doctors (in UK) [View all]	alp227	Jul 2012	OP
Candy's dandy, but liquor is quicker	eallen	Jul 2012	#1
I think that alcoholic beverages should carry health warnings	siligut	Jul 2012	#2
Maybe they should also suggest a much healthier alternative	99th_Monkey	Jul 2012	#10
Right!	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#11
I definitely agree	loyalsister	Jul 2012	#18
What about the many studies that have shown moderate alcohol use is healthy	former9thward	Jul 2012	#19
I specifically stated "excessive" alcohol	siligut	Jul 2012	#21
And then you would have to define "moderate" and "excessive".	former9thward	Jul 2012	#36
Basically you've made my point for the need for more education	siligut	Jul 2012	#37
Many studies have shown pregnant women can drink reasonably.	former9thward	Jul 2012	#38
I think the malnutrition that can occur with excessive alcohol consumption is a huge factor in FASD	siligut	Jul 2012	#39
Beer is good for you	Lasher	Jul 2012	#3
And more	sakabatou	Jul 2012	#4
It may sound good but addiction doesn't work this way	KurtNYC	Jul 2012	#5
tequila has a dead worm in the bottle?	LACarMan	Jul 2012	#8
Worm in the bottle is a very old tradition, just google tequila and I'm sure you'll find it,or wiki.	xtraxritical	Jul 2012	#12
I was being snarky.	LACarMan	Jul 2012	#20
Some mescals	muriel_volestrangler	Jul 2012	#17
actual not tequila but mezcal which is similar	KurtNYC	Jul 2012	#23
It's about time	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#6
Hey I like the green stuff too but tax the shit out of my Trois Pistole? Fuck No!	CBGLuthier	Jul 2012	#7
you know that stuff in your avatar is not exactly harmless either?	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#31
But, but .. I thought 1-2 glasses of red wine was fine	99th_Monkey	Jul 2012	#9
I moderation, wine is healthy.	RC	Jul 2012	#13
So to be fair	99th_Monkey	Jul 2012	#26
Why stop at booze? Put warnings on packaging for ice cream, cookies, and pizza!	Throd	Jul 2012	#14
As long as they are educated choices	siligut	Jul 2012	#15
Oh bullshit.	Throd	Jul 2012	#16
And cars, jetskys, snowmobiles, deltaplanes	Amonester	Jul 2012	#22
There is definetly a prohibitionist tendency in the UK	T_i_B	Jul 2012	#27
The Pub Crawl is an historic tradition. They'll tear down Big Ben before they get rid of getting	MADem	Jul 2012	#32
More education is definitely needed	Sanity Claws	Jul 2012	#24
friend who's a world traveler says Britain is the worst place for falling down drunks in the world	wordpix	Jul 2012	#25
I have spent a LOT of time in the UK and its not THAT bad	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#29
a bar for doctors and nurses in the hospitals? Hope they're not drinking on the job	wordpix	Jul 2012	#34
it's more of an after work thing - but throughout Europe and the UK having a drink or two at lunch	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#35
I wouldn't go for graphic warnings but at least a sentence stating possible health risks...	steve2470	Jul 2012	#28
one by one we are finding things that people shouldn't be doing that must be curtailed whether its	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#30
But don't you dare hold those Committee Planning Meetings at the Olive Garden! nt	MADem	Jul 2012	#33
Should work about as well as all those pics of aborted fetuses does on abortion rates.	Sirveri	Jul 2012	#40
Can we do the same thing for unhealthy foods?	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#41

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