[lit-ideas] Re: Soil and Food

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Mike Geary<atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, this was my reaction as well.  I know Paul enjoys playing the roll of
> curmudgeon to pet liberal scientific themes, but I think he missed the mark
> on this one.

I wrote: Here's an article especially for you, posted without
prejudice either way:

The arguments I see from Andy, John etc. are interesting, but I see
this (the organic food issue) as a similar 'decision' that I see in
many cases for being 'Vegan'. Now, discounting religious purposes, the
reasons that a lot of Vegans SAY that they practice that 'lifestyle'
is because it's healthier. But, the REAL reason is that they were
shocked into becoming a member of the cult by a film of poor little
bunnies being skinned alive, or a slaughterhouse propaganda film etc.
Now, I have no problem with a person's decision to practice
vegatarianism because they don't want to eat anything with fur, or
hooves, or a heartbeat etc. It's the deception that I don't like.

At the same time, if you want to eat 'organic' food to avoid the stuff
that IS in regular food, great, but this is not what this article is
about... and while short, it seems to hint that, while 'organic' food
does NOT contain a lot of stuff that regular food does, it also DOES
contain, just about the same nutritional value. So... I may have
missed Mike's mark, but his is different from mine.

curmudgeons-r-us
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