Post #722869 by TikiTacky on Thu, Jul 17, 2014 6:09 PM

On 2014-07-17 12:24, Sixx wrote:
Edit: BTW, if sugar is removed from "pre-processed foods," I'm sure it won't be long before you can't buy it as an ingredient at all. Good job, you just destroyed the entire food culture this website is based around.
[ Edited by: Sixx 2014-07-17 13:01 ]

That's a slippery slope argument, an example of a logical fallacy. Don't do that. :wink:

Personally, my belief is people should be able to do whatever they want with their own bodies as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. The key there is the not hurting anyone else. In this case, I don't see how drinking rum with sugar in it hurts anyone. But in order for people to be responsible for their actions they need to be informed, and no one lists ingredients for alcohol. And apparently in this case they're not even obeying the laws—although that's another point.

I guess there's nothing technically wrong with putting sugar in rum. Heck, it's way less added sugar per ounce than Coke. I think what bugs me is the feeling that companies constantly degrade their products to sell more, and for some reason this feels like that. I'm tired of products that used to be good turning to shit, and then every other company following in a race to compete. Levi's jeans used to last for many years. Now you'll be lucky of the denim isn't worn through in a year, maybe two. But the cost certainly didn't come down. Now, to find a pair of jeans that isn't disposable crap, you have to spend hundreds of dollars to import them from Europe or Japan.

Sorry, that hit my hot button. Anyway, this has nothing to do with Obama, or liberals, or conspiracies. OK, maybe conspiracies. But keep the damn politics to yourselves!

If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go add sugar to some Bacardi and sell it as aged Rhum Agricole.