On 07/07/2008 06:22 PM, chipdouglas3 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Recently, I've been hearing again and again about Bill C-51 in Canada
> indirectly related to Codex Alimentarius I'm sure. Even in the U.S.
> the same threat (although not the same Bill as in Canada) is looming
> large. Someone on another board posted the below YouTube links. While
> these doesn't represent the last word in this discussion but probably
> just a point of view from someone directly affected by those impending
> stricter guidelines and regulations, I still find them to be
> interesting and forced me to ponder over this recurrent issue that's
> Codex Alimentarius. Reason why I'm posting this here is, many if not
> all members of this forum are on dietary supplements, and hope to be
> able to keep taking them in the future. What's more Paul and Kitty so
> far as I can see from my limited time to keep tabs on forum posting,
> are advocate of people's liberty to choose to use dietary supplements
> of their choice from their own research.

We certainly are advocates of such individual liberty, and, moreover,
the liberty to ingest, or by other means introduce, *anything* into
one's own body, without any restrictions whatsoever on that choice.
Note that this does not mean that we advocate all such ingestions or
introductions. Rather, we are very selective about which substances
that we would introduce to our bodies and also about which we suggest
to others that they too might benefit from such introduction.

> Basically, I wonder : are these scaremongers, or is this the bare
> truth ?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7awAo6CA5i4&feature=related
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrF9KjlGsc
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2D4-noTiCg&feature=related
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhApQ3QkG0Q
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvX5lmzfVVc&feature=related
>

Since we do not have any form of high-speed Internet at our current
location (in rural Ontaio until November), we cannot examine any of
these YouTube videos. Therefore, I will make only the general
comment that I do not think any concern about legislation related to
Codex Alimentarius should be classified as "scare mongering" since the
end result of fully adopting it and regulating accordingly would be so
very harmful to the health and life extension potential of everyone in
the country of adoption.

With respect to the chances of such legislation passing and becoming
fully effective, I can only express my opinion based on my knowledge
of Canadians and USers. In Canada, I think that it is likely that such
legislation will be passed and come into full effect. In the US, I
think that it might get passed but that there would be such an outrage
from so many people that it would either get rescinded or not ever be
fully implemented. OTOH, it might be implemented in stages over time
as the outrage subsides, just as have some highly negative and
restrictive FDA practices been implemented.

--Paul

[Although not directly related to Codex Alimentarius, there have been
actions by the US FTC (Federal Trade Commission) that are related to
the ability of individuals to obtain information and make purchases
of, in this most recent instance, herbal preparations. For those who
are not already aware of it, the recent article at mises.org,
"Consumer Protection or Legal Extortion?" is a good read.
http://mises.org/story/3035 **Kitty]