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> Einstein wrote:

> By your very clinical standards then you are agreeing waterboarding is not torture then,
>thanks for clarifying that you support narrow definitions and not common sense.

They weren't asked to provide common sense advice to the public.  They were asked to analyze the validity of a statement and concluded that as-written the statement was false.  Should they have lied?

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" They were asked to analyze the validity of a statement and concluded that as-written the statement was false.  Should they have lied?"

They should have said "Only a fascist would impose criminal penalties on the free market for disagreeing with a panel of bureaucrats as to the meaning of words, and my name ain't Heinrich Himmler. Go pass a legal definition of "dehydration" if you care so much."

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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> Demotivator wrote:

> " They were asked to analyze the validity of a statement and concluded that as-written the statement was false.  Should they have lied?"

They should have said "Only a fascist would impose criminal penalties on the free market for disagreeing with a panel of bureaucrats as to the meaning of words, and my name ain't Heinrich Himmler. Go pass a legal definition of "dehydration" if you care so much."

Godwin's law on a thread about bottled water?  What is this world coming to?

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This test is meant to provide the EU with the means to enact post-facto regulation of the marketplace.

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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> Demotivator wrote:

> This test is meant to provide the EU with the means to enact post-facto regulation of the marketplace.

Really?  Where are you getting that from?  Sounds like a lot of conspiracy theory and not too much conspiracy.

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the panel is not obliged to answer questions in a way that lay people like yourself may be able to grasp better really

when reading these decisions you have to understand and account for the fact that they are delivered within a specific context and on the basis of a specific mandate. You can't read anything more into the decision than the context and aim it was provided for. It is not say an NHS guideline to the public and it is simply wrong and disengenuous to peddle it as if it were that.

> Einstein wrote:

> It is not the question at fault but the answer.

A more appropriate answer:

Water alone cannot stop dehydration, but water is essential in rehydrating the body.


Those scientists got three years pay for their answer. I want half that amount in British Pounds please.

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