Recent content by greg

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As I previously said, I'm mildly worried about it all. I truly think much of what is called modern food production, its parts and processes, are all suspect. I'm sure some will be found to be neutral or actually beneficial at some point. But every time I do even a small bit of investigation...

Amusing and tautological for me and my little world: How is margarine made? If you know the full details, you cannot possibly think that it is healthy. Yet many health experts still do. Who in their right mind would eat this stuff if they knew its dirty little secret? Again, thru the efforts...

#151 Nice post. :D I slept on what I wrote last nite and this morning sort of came up with the following: Again, things can't be too complicated nor too [-]worthless[/-] simple either. I suspect that if we had a basic three or four category grading system that could easily be identified...

I thought the trifecta of modern evil was completed with the mention of Bush not communism. Just a short response about accurate food labeling tonite: There are lots of ways we do label things and the way, perhaps, we should label things. First, we could catagorize all food accurately as...

OK, so above is a perfect example of spinning around in nowhereville--Tony Snow style--as best as I can see. You previously stated that 'enlightened self interest' was important to you. I assumed you meant that this is probably important for others to experience also, that good information...

I think you know that I can't give loads of scientific/technical data for support of my position. First, it may not be there. There is a chance that no one has large studies of the effect of small doses of toxic entities. Anyway, I don't have easy access. My food choice philosophy has...

ERD50: In my previous post I was talking about genetically modified foods and potential consequences. Here, I'd like to return and explicate an earlier post because I didn't do a good job. And it appeared like it was an ad hominem attack, which I'm sorry it had the appearance of. You had...

ERD50: OK, here I go again. You responded to Ladelfina and I'll add my two cents worth. I believe genetically engineered crops are still forbidden in Europe. Those folks, the Euro gov't anyway, have decided that all the facts are not in yet, that there is the possibility that such...

OK, I'm back from the basement and ready to go again. But I'll try to be a bit nicer--except when I can't. Like here. It always bothers me when I see perceptual choices like the above, ERD50. You are casting choices into an either-or scenerio and then saying the choice is only one or the...

And I responded in kind with a whack-o over-statement about poodle skirts also. My real response wasn't in the first paragraph but in the second. And I never attacked your poodle skirt comment or saw it as an argument point. I believe I saw your point and demonstrated that understanding by...

samclem: flippant Main Entry: flip·pant Pronunciation: 'fli-p&nt Function: adjective Etymology: probably from 1flip 1 archaic : GLIB, TALKATIVE 2 : lacking proper respect or seriousness It got political for me when I perceived you acting like Bush-leaguer. When Tony Snow...

ERD50: Ditto for you too. No, the above is NOT a logical or rational conclusion. It's an absurdity used to attempt a cheap, manipulative win. A rational, logical, and real world conclusion would be to find out if, for example, the wearing of poodle skirts does cause degenerative or...

Who woulda thunk a thread on milk could go political? So, as momma bear might say, we don't want to run this thread too hot nor let this little node just shrivel up. samclem: I have trouble with a bit of your logic. You said "No, we know exactly what causes all of these things...

ERD50: Raining here today. "the safest, cheapest food . . . in history" I just don't know if that is even close to true. First, we do have loads of food (that comes mostly from the middle of the store) that is just loaded with various preservatives of all sorts--including salts. Many of...