Pediatricians Call For Hot Dog To Be Redesigned
Robert Paul Reyes
February 25, 2010
"Nutritionists have long warned of the perils of hot dogs: fat, sodium and preservatives to name a few.
"Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics wants foods like hot dogs to come with a warning label - not because of their nutritional risks but because they pose a choking hazard to babies and children.
Better yet, the academy would like to see foods such as hot dogs 'redesigned' so their size, shape and texture make them less likely to lodge in a youngster's throat." Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Another example of Big Brother engaged in the futile quest of making life hazard free. About a hundred children die each year from choking on a hot dog, so freakin' what? I bet a hundred kids die every year from sticking their fingers into electrical outlets, is the government going to mandate that all outlets be protected by a locked wire cage?
Of course hot dogs pose a choking hazard to babies, just about everything poses a chocking risk to babies. Only an idiot would hand over a weiner to a baby.
Only an anal-retentive bureaucrat would suggest that a hot dog be redesigned. Should the beloved hot dog be redesigned to be as flat as a pancake to minimize the risk of chocking? Stop the insanity!
Kids consider hot dogs a fun food to eat, in large part because of its shape. The frankfurter is an American culinary classic, and only a bureaucrat or a communist would dare suggest that it should be redesigned.
Fight terrorism and communism, and give your child an old fashioned hot dog!
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"Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics wants foods like hot dogs to come with a warning label - not because of their nutritional risks but because they pose a choking hazard to babies and children.
Better yet, the academy would like to see foods such as hot dogs 'redesigned' so their size, shape and texture make them less likely to lodge in a youngster's throat." Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Another example of Big Brother engaged in the futile quest of making life hazard free. About a hundred children die each year from choking on a hot dog, so freakin' what? I bet a hundred kids die every year from sticking their fingers into electrical outlets, is the government going to mandate that all outlets be protected by a locked wire cage?
Of course hot dogs pose a choking hazard to babies, just about everything poses a chocking risk to babies. Only an idiot would hand over a weiner to a baby.
Only an anal-retentive bureaucrat would suggest that a hot dog be redesigned. Should the beloved hot dog be redesigned to be as flat as a pancake to minimize the risk of chocking? Stop the insanity!
Kids consider hot dogs a fun food to eat, in large part because of its shape. The frankfurter is an American culinary classic, and only a bureaucrat or a communist would dare suggest that it should be redesigned.
Fight terrorism and communism, and give your child an old fashioned hot dog!
Follow Robert Paul Reyes on Twitter: http://twitter.com/robertpaulreyes
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