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Re: Stella Liebeck "How many people expect to receive 3rd degree burns from a spilled cup of coffee? "
No where on the Mcdonalds cups does it currently say "IF YOU SPILL THIS ON YOU YOU WILL RECEIVE 3RD DEGREE BURNS SO STRIP IMMEDIATLY!!!" They still just say CAUTION, HOT! Or something to the effect of "Hey dufuss, it's coffee, it's hot, don't spill it on you" Which of course is common sense WHICH proves my point, that common sense is gone. Perhaps Mcdonalds decided not to lower the temp of the coffee because they mistakenly thought that ALL adults took responsibility for thier own actions. The only way that will happen is when we start forcing people to. Heres an example; Want people to stop having accidents behind the wheel while talking on the cell-phone? Dont make laws that punish people for it. Simply take away the airbags and anti lock brakes, and replace them with a 4 inch steel spike in the center of the steering wheel. Trust me, the sounds of screeching tires crunching metal would be replaced by the clicking of seatbelts everywhere.
Keep the coffee hot, the fast food fatty, the broadcast and DSL "addictive" and dear god PLEASE keep dodge ball in schools. Natural selection will take care of the rest. | | |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
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Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | said by copperdoctor:
No where on the Mcdonalds cups does it currently say "IF YOU SPILL THIS ON YOU YOU WILL RECEIVE 3RD DEGREE BURNS SO STRIP IMMEDIATLY!!!" They still just say CAUTION, HOT! Or something to the effect of "Hey dufuss, it's coffee, it's hot, don't spill it on you"
That would partly be because McDonald's lowered the holding temp of their coffee from 205 degree down to 185 degree in response to the lawsuit so that a similar incident (or rather a similar lawsuit) would not occur again.
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