If anyone quotes the entire first post of this thread in their reply, I will smack them.
Aspartame is baaaaad. I have known this for years and years and have told people of its evil whenever I can.
Why else would McDonalds place Diet Coke Syrup on its 'Hazardous Chemicals List' along with industrial strength bleach and oven cleaners, while leaving all the other syrups on the 'Okay for human consumption' list? (Okay, so they don't really have that second list, but you know what I mean).