Nobody’s Fault But Mine
The title of a great Led Zep song and a piece of advice that the Invercargill man – who is issuing death threats to Coca Cola workers for “poisoning his wife” – should take to heart.
The man claims his wife was poisoned by Coca Cola and this is possibly true – but only because she was drinking 10 litres a day and eating no food. I have no idea of the cause of her death but malnutrition would be my first thought.
The MacDoctor does not like laying blame based on the scanty information provided by newspapers but in this case it seems pretty clear that responsibility lies clearly at the doorstep of the husband. He must have realised that his wife’s behaviour was highly abnormal. How could he not? And he was in a position to get his wife some help and chose not to.
While this man might be attempting to put blame on Coca Cola’s intensive marketing and “addictive” product, the reality is that millions of New Zealanders enjoy the drink and do not develop bizarre addictive behaviours. The MacDoctor agrees it is nutritional trash but calling it “poison” is unjustified.
I am sad for this man’s loss, but he needs to come to terms with his own grief and guilt.
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Jun 5 11 7:24 pm
Perhaps he was referring to the aspartame content? Coke was just the choice of drink…
Jun 5 11 11:12 pm
I would have probably been a good idea not to drink 10 litres a day, if you are sensitive to aspartame…
Jun 6 11 12:29 am
Coke doesn’t contain Aspartame, only diet coke and coke zero
Jun 6 11 9:48 am
However bad for you Coca Cola may be, it’s probably the only beverage which has built up such an extensive amount of folklore concerning alternative uses. Can you think of any other drink which can also free up rusty hinges, clean toilets, remove grease spots from clothing, and act as a spermicide? (I think the latter claim is rather dubious).
Jun 6 11 11:32 am
The latter would certainly come into my “Not recommended” category.
Jun 6 11 8:39 pm
Heck, you restrict your diet to pretty much any single food and you’re going to die.
I heard about a fellow who died because he only ate meat pies. His last act was to write a note to his landlady to get him more pies…
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