BerettaNut92
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Don't eat them, moron!
CA Suit Seeks to Ban OREOS (multiple threads merged)
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Marko Kloos
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Some people just have nothing better to do than stick their noses into other people's lives.
I wonder whether an Oreo ban would result in the inevitable black market that always follows a prohibition? Will we have Oreo speakeasies, where customers sit hunched over a plate of cookies and a glass of milk? Will people smuggle Oreos by the trunkload past Cali's DOA border posts, only to sell them on the streets of LA and SF for $20 a pack?
I wonder whether an Oreo ban would result in the inevitable black market that always follows a prohibition? Will we have Oreo speakeasies, where customers sit hunched over a plate of cookies and a glass of milk? Will people smuggle Oreos by the trunkload past Cali's DOA border posts, only to sell them on the streets of LA and SF for $20 a pack?
TallPine
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Better buy your "pre-ban" cookies now while you still can.
BerettaNut92
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Maybe they should recolor the black cookie to a less threatening brown wood veneer to keep them legal.
It works with rifles.
It works with rifles.
Elmer Snerd
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Then the antis will just whine that "they are making cosmetic changes to get around the law". "Assault cookies" have no legitimate dining purpose, you know that.
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Can we buy the cookie part and creme stuff as parts and assemble them as long as at least one component is pre-ban?
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From SFGate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/05/14/state1814EDT0162.DTL):
SF lawyer says he's dropping suit against Oreo cookies
RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
(05-14) 15:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --
The move to outlaw Oreo cookies in California crumbled Wednesday when the lawyer who tried to ban the tasty snack foods said he had decided to drop his suit.
San Francisco attorney Stephen Joseph told The Associated Press he would not pursue the action any further, and only wanted to get the word out about the dangers of unlabeled fats contained in the popular black and white cookies.
"We have received thousands of e-mails expressing support for what we have done in advising the public of this problem," Joseph said. "But it's no longer necessary to continue the lawsuit because at the time the lawsuit was filed nobody knew about trans fat. Now everybody knows about trans fat."
He expressed no remorse for using California courts as a publicity tool. Kraft spokesman Michael Mudd, however, saw things differently.
"We really don't believe that the courts are the place to make nutrition policy," Mudd said. "That's best handled by nutrition professionals and regulatory agencies."
Mudd said though the suit was filed May 1 and amended four days later, the company was never served with a copy.
Joseph made national headlines earlier this week after word surfaced he had filed suit in a Marin County Superior Court seeking a ban on Oreo sales in the state.
Joseph argued in his suit that the trans fats that make the filling creamy and the cookie crisp are too dangerous for children to eat. Trans fat is the artificial substance contained in many packaged foods but not listed with other nutritional information.
Mudd said Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods North America Inc., the parent company of Oreo-maker Nabisco, continues to research ways to get trans fat out of Oreos while preserving the flavor.
Kraft received more than 250 e-mails concerning trans fat in the days following news of the suit. Most of those e-mails were in support of the company, Mudd said.
SF lawyer says he's dropping suit against Oreo cookies
RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
(05-14) 15:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --
The move to outlaw Oreo cookies in California crumbled Wednesday when the lawyer who tried to ban the tasty snack foods said he had decided to drop his suit.
San Francisco attorney Stephen Joseph told The Associated Press he would not pursue the action any further, and only wanted to get the word out about the dangers of unlabeled fats contained in the popular black and white cookies.
"We have received thousands of e-mails expressing support for what we have done in advising the public of this problem," Joseph said. "But it's no longer necessary to continue the lawsuit because at the time the lawsuit was filed nobody knew about trans fat. Now everybody knows about trans fat."
He expressed no remorse for using California courts as a publicity tool. Kraft spokesman Michael Mudd, however, saw things differently.
"We really don't believe that the courts are the place to make nutrition policy," Mudd said. "That's best handled by nutrition professionals and regulatory agencies."
Mudd said though the suit was filed May 1 and amended four days later, the company was never served with a copy.
Joseph made national headlines earlier this week after word surfaced he had filed suit in a Marin County Superior Court seeking a ban on Oreo sales in the state.
Joseph argued in his suit that the trans fats that make the filling creamy and the cookie crisp are too dangerous for children to eat. Trans fat is the artificial substance contained in many packaged foods but not listed with other nutritional information.
Mudd said Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods North America Inc., the parent company of Oreo-maker Nabisco, continues to research ways to get trans fat out of Oreos while preserving the flavor.
Kraft received more than 250 e-mails concerning trans fat in the days following news of the suit. Most of those e-mails were in support of the company, Mudd said.
Tamara
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A British-born lawyer living in San Francisco. Boy, does this guy feed the stereotypes or what?
mons meg
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It's not like it could have gone anywhere...I mean one Atkins diet person on the jury would realize it's the sugar that will do you in... 
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He dropped the suit???
And here I was thinking about "Oreo-running". You know to show my dissent and to provide Oreos...oh well...
And here I was thinking about "Oreo-running". You know to show my dissent and to provide Oreos...oh well...
WyldOne
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Um, am I the only one who stumbled over this part?
Lawsuit as attention-getter device. Well, clearly it works, but it's still disgusting. IF someone did something wrong, then wouldn't that person STILL be wrong even after people knew about it?
You know, the reason for most of these law suits is desperate attorneys looking for deep pockets to sue. They really don't want to go against the company, its more of blackmail. These lowlife attorneys are hoping the deep pockets will settle out of court rather than waste a ton of money fighting the suit.
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"Some people should be shot"
general
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I switched to the "Low Fat" Oreos when my doc put me on 80mgs of Zocor. Cholseterol was about 280. Just had mine checked again and it's 182 - w/ triglicerides 245. Now I'm drinking too much Coke and getting too much sugars and starches.
I'm not sure if I can go on - or even if it's worth it to "live" anymore without my goodies.
It's just like the gun thing - take away one thing then work on another.... bit by bit you'll have nothing left.
Ack. Oreo crumbs. on the keyboard.
I'm dyin'....
second......
hand.........
oreo..........
crumbs......
I'm not sure if I can go on - or even if it's worth it to "live" anymore without my goodies.
It's just like the gun thing - take away one thing then work on another.... bit by bit you'll have nothing left.
Ack. Oreo crumbs. on the keyboard.
I'm dyin'....
second......
hand.........
oreo..........
crumbs......
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