The article is about some moron claiming to put cyanide and rat poison in baby food, and the comments shift to artificial sweeteners like aspartame (used in Equal, NutraSweet, and Canderel). *sarcasm* Yeah, that Rumsfeld sure is evil, cuz' aspartame breaks down to aspartic acid, which is poison! Wait... Lunch meat also has aspartic acid... so does veggies like asparagus.
Aspartame's dangerous effects are greatly exaggerated. Stop being afraid of everything... I could probably argue that natural sugar is more harmful to the average American. Actually, on that note, try to explain how Aspartame ISN'T less harmful than natural sugar, which has a much larger caloric content, more greatly contributing to obesity, which is the #1 killer in the US.
Regardless, the side conversation has nothing to do with the malicious hoax on youtube. The last thing we need is more people spreading fear... If found guilty I hope he gets serious time, not because locking the guy up is necessarily the correct punishment to the crime, but to discourage others from doing similar hoaxes.