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Old 03-12-2018, 10:53 AM   #3829
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
It really is remarkable how the extraction and refining of oil is vilified, instead of its consumption. It's like blaming farmers for obesity.

But attaching the moral approbation to consumption would mean asking people to look in the mirror. Can't have that.
Wouldn’t that be the purpose of having the warning labels though? To target consumers? Whether it ends up working or not is a whole other debate, but much like the warnings on cigarette packages, warnings at gas stations or in cars etc, would be an attempt at shifting the onus to the user.
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