On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 14:50 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:22:56PM -0600, Gnu-Raiz wrote: > [snip] > > Well, the whole problem boils down to "eat what you want". No problems > with that. The problem arises if what I don't want to eat is masked or > passed as something else. Someone's freedom to worship science and eat > whatever crap scientists make should not imply that my freedom not to > eat it may be diminished.
You'll just have to go back to eating corn and wheat from much smaller, lower-yielding crops. Botanists (those are scientists, right?) bred taller, healthier more high-yielding corn, wheat and soy, starting 140 years ago. > I'm not refusing it for you, I am refusing > someone telling me what to eat. And for sure when crap comes out > labels on it will not warn the dissidents. You should eat whatever you > want. But I also should have the same freedom. However today is near > impossible to find flour that is not fortified, or milk that has no > vitamin D added. All because some crowd of interested parties, > followed by science worshipers decided to make it mandatory. Doesn't > it bother you, that the goverment can decide that you shall not drink > milk without their added D? Not at all. > The only science that has withstood time > is mathematics, the Queen, according to Euler. The other branches, > come and go, their stability being directly proportional to their > mathematical foundation (physics). If you don't think so, just have a > look at whatever politicians or just common people try to push at any > given moment: "scientific data suggests..." is repeated as a mantra, > and taken to be the absolute truth, no matter how many times life has > proven that theories are just that, theories, that will be denied a > few years later, and replaced by new ones, which that time, "for sure, > will be right". No, misinterpretation of science by a stupid media is what does that. > Science is the new religion. A few centuries ago, if you dared > to go against the church, you would end up fried. Now, if you > dare to say that you give a shit about what scientists think, > you You'll be elected to a School Board in Kansas. What planet do you live on? > may not be fried physically, but you may be near crucified in a public > list as this. And I really give a shit about what scientists say. But > I care about them or someone mandating me to eat what I don't want. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. I don't want "fair and balanced". I want all of the facts, with enough context to make sense of it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
