How effective do you think Warnings really are ? Do we need to re evaluate and think out side of the box?

Question

Very effective ?
Some what ? Or not at all ?

" Warnings " like the warning on cigarette packs for example or Climate change ( Global Warming to some ). There were warnings from climatologists about a real possibility of a Hurricane causing devastation in New Orleans - and it happened .

GW Bush was warned that there could be a possible attack on American soil and it happened sooner then he thought obviously.

This is my opinion about Warnings .
Unless an exact date and time is established warnings tend to recede in the human mind if the event does not take place right away or it is not established with a date and time . So the Warning loses impact and the warnings gets pushed further back in our minds .

But this is the real brain teaser >>> because while we push it back further in our minds the issue of the warning is very often taking one step at a time forward , to become an actual event .

And then it is upon us - before we know it ( though we have known it at a distance for a while usually ).

One more question - Can we act effectively when we are Warned about something happening - not knowing when something will actually happen ?

Answer 1

Nutrasweet --- warning consult physician before use -- At least in Canada it says that in very small print on the back of the packet



How many people read it ?



Health Canada advises that pregnant women should not eat tinned tuna due to mercury content -- did you know does anyone else know ---- how many don't ?



People don't read the labels they don't heed or understand the warnings they are given and they never research the base of the warning itself



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Viewer discretion advised --- Why and what should you be wary of exactly ?



They warned you --- legal responsibility has just been transfered to you --- did you understand that portion of the warning -- I warned you and now you are on your own I have no legal responsibility from here on out



TV --- comes with a warning -- because it is building into your subconscious mind a plot line filled with imagined things and outcomes and programs REACTIONS



The subconscious mind can not tell the difference between vividly imagined events and real events it builds a reaction to an even via the entertainment you consumed and if you pay attention people start reacting in the manner they were programed without understanding why --- the more obvious of this is phrases and come back lines or general or specific changes to the language and the meanings of words



But in their twisted mind -- YOU were WARNED and therefore responsible for any consequences that may follow



Informed consent --- yep fine -- their job was not to inform you --- it was their job to pass off the responsibility by warning you of a danger and your job to inform yourself before giving consent - It is then argued that your failure to inform yourself is not their fault nor reasonable for them to be able to do



Nutra Sweet contains Aspertaime introduced to the public by Donald Rumsfield as a food additive -- this former ant poison has over 90 nasty side effects including nausea dizziness headaches and other much more serious ones BUT you were warned and just because you didn't read up on why the warning was there or what exactly you were being warned about is not the responsibility of the manufacturer -- The warning gives them in their twisted mind the right to poison people who are too blind lazy or trusting to research the issues themselves The corporate lawyer will argue that it is not the responsibility of the corporation to inform you --- You must inform yourself before giving consent and it is reasonable for the corporation to assume the consent you gave was informed





Warnings of any kind are not to warn you off of something --- they are to limit the responsibility of the issuer of the warning



Warning cigarettes are addictive Warning mercury is bad for your baby Warning trusting a corporation may kill you

Answer 2

well, it's tricky... because different kinds of warnings need to be treated differenty...



there is no way you can treat all warnings in the same way... from weather, to long-term global issues to a terrorist attack...



to many different groups... and the warnings themselves are even on different levels...



there are MANY warnings that never happen...



the swine flu for example wasn't a bad as they warned... thank goodness... but clearly some warnings are real...



that's the thing... threats come in all shapes, sizes and probabilities...



we just do the best we can...we don't have the time or resources to give full attention to every possible warning out there...

Answer 3

HItler is alive and well in Argentina.

The Moon landings were filmed on a Hollywood sound stage.

JFK is the CEO of a Washington think tank.

That said, Aesop told me all I need to know about warnings with "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf." Too often in reality, the story ends with several false warnings, never reaching the devastation of his tale. For example, I can "warn" you that it will snow on the equator ... and it may, but not in quite a few lifetimes ... which supports your "brain teaser," but it's not like finding a cure for cancer, is it?

Answer 4

I can warn you that purple space aliens will land in your back yard and plant magical beans. You can take action on that warning, and build a steel dome over your property. Did you prevent the alien ship from landing and planting beans? Or, I can warn you about something quite real.



We were warned for years that our foreign policy (since about 1953 in Iran) creates people who hate american. Apparently, people don't like foreign military stormtroopers paroling their streets. Nobody wanted to hear those warnings, and they did the exact opposite. The warning was only effective to those who actually wanted to stop the hatred (the terrorism). The warning was not effective to those who benefit from a $1 trillion annual defense budget.



I think warnings are effective when the person being warned sees the issue as possibility every day. However, some individuals think odd things, like the space alien situation, is 'every day'. So, it all depends on who is being warned and their own belief system.

Answer 5

I suppose I see your point. But what if we cannot establish a specific date?



If we were to follow what you say, no one would have warned George W. Bush or his staff about terrorism, because no one had a specific date to warn about. They would have to wait until they had established a date. And if they did that, the event may happen before they had established a date; or they may find out so close to the date that no time is left to prepare.



Sometimes a warning without a specific date is all we have, and we just have to hope the ones who were warned pay attention and are vigilant about it.

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As far as things like Climate Change, that is just another one of those things you hope people pay attention to and do something about. If they don't, they don't. It is unfortunate that we all have to pay the consequences of the actions of those who choose not to pay attention, but that is life. Our actions affect others, and their actions affect us. And sometimes, things are just out of our control. We have to learn to live with it, and continue to call as much attention as possible in hopes that enough will listen to save the rest.

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As far as things like cigarette and alcohol warnings and such, those things are personal decisions. If they choose to continue, that is their concern. They are the ones who have to pay the consequences; we did our part in making sure they knew the consequences.

Answer 6

Most warnings are outside the box, you just have to read them before you buy the product.

Warnings about the one issuing warnings are the warnings we need to see more widely publicized.

How about a WARNING Label on gas pumps? On your thermostat at home?

Try putting one before and after the "news"?

On campaign ads?

How about a WARNING label on the voting booth?

Answer 7

Warnings are only effective if we heed them, and if they reflect a real danger, or one that is at least perceived as real. Cassandra warned of the destruction of Troy to no avail, no one believed her.

Answer 8

Warning: an asteroid *will* hit the Earth again in the future.

Answer 9

Problem is warnings, in retrospect, are always referred to as "clear warnings".



But how do you sort the "clear warnings" from the multitude of false warnings?

Answer 10

A warning is only effective if it is heeded. The problem is, often nothing follows warnings, so they go ignored.

Answer 11

Not at all. Who needs the government to stamp a pack of cigarettes with a warning to inform them that smoking is not good for them?



who?



the lowest 1% of IQ in America? if even them?

Answer 12

0bama should have come with a warning label on him : "Caution, This Marxist Fool May Cause Severe and Irreversible Damage to Nation"