>Just enjoy your fizzy goodness. There are far worse things in this world that many consume than aspartame.

That logic is broken, but let's not argue about that since I seem to agree with you anyway. I should probably mention that I don't like artificial sweeteners at all - heck, I think even glucose syrup is kind of bad. Sugar and honey are really good, the other stuff is either weird or weirder. I've only become a tiny bit less "childish" in my sugar tastes when my soft drink habits switched towards Schweppes and quinine some time ago.

The thing that bugs me about aspartame is the idea that one can eat yummy stuff without taking any "responsibility". No diet is good without excercise, and few diets are dangerous with it. Some stuff is still bad, but at least one should get full value by enjoying it A LOT on those few occasions.