URGENT: NutraSweet(tm) Destroys Usenet!!!!

[Speaker-to-Minerals]

In article <3vmkrp$6cq at lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, tdib at umich.edu (Thomas K. Dibenedetto) writes:
=John M. Vogel (jvogel at crl.com) wrote:
=: Chris McMahon (libcm at curly.cc.emory.edu) wrote:
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=: :    Some humans experience neurological problems with reasonably small 
=: : doses of aspartame. I personally get a headache if I drink a lot of diet 
=: : Coke. It passed FDA muster because side effects are not widespread and 
=: : not *usually* severe. 
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=: And excessive caffeine will usually cause headaches; can't attribute that 
=: to aspartame.
=
=and hitting yourself on the head with a hammer will also cause headaches,
=not attributable to aspartame....what does that prove john?

His point, though you were apparently too stupid to understand it, is that diet
Coke contains caffeine as well as aspartame.  Last I heard, drinking a diet
Coke didn't require your hitting yourself on the head with a hammer; it DOES
(unless you've opted for the caffeine-free diet coke, in which case I'd expect,
since you're specifying brand name, that you specify that as well) require
ingesting caffeine.
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I  try  very  hard  to say exactly what I mean.  I'd appreciate it if you'd
bear that in mind and not try to "interpret"  my  posts  to  fit  your  own
preconceived notions if I'm posting in a serious thread.  Remember:  If you
throw a strawman into a heated debate, flames are likely to be the result.