From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In article <env7ii$eom$5(a)blue.rahul.net>,
> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>
>>In article <45A30FA4.3E2E7377(a)hotmail.com>,
>>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Have you see the size of the small print they use for ingredients ?
>>>>
>>>>Yes. People bring magnifying glasses with them so they can read
>>>>the labels.
>>>
>>>Do they ? I've never seen that. It seems to be an odd way to go about
>
> avoiding
>
>>>being poisoned.
>>
>>It is effective though. These days, I need my reading glasses to shop. I
>>can pick out MSG in a product label from 50 paces, I've had so much
>>practice rejecting food with it in it.
>>
>>MSG gives me the worst headache on the planet.
>
>
> I have problems with fake sugar, corn syrup and corn oil. Not
> many things are made with real sugar anymore.

I have problems with real sugar. Thank heavens for alternatives.


From: MassiveProng on
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 04:54:51 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken
Smith) Gave us:

>In article <oop5q296ar51h8rgahllt1jn532fqj8sb0(a)4ax.com>,
>MassiveProng <MasiveProng(a)yourhiney.org> wrote:
>>On Mon, 08 Jan 07 11:34:28 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) Gave
>>us:
>>
>>>No harm if one of them is being tailed by the police who overhear it either.
>>>That's a public street. If they are talking in their home, it's illegal for
>>>the police to do it.
>>
>>
>> It's a public phone service, dumbfuck.
>
>It doesn't start the clock on a patent, does it.
>

You likely do not even know who invented the telephone.

Hint: initials were not AGB. AGB was a thief, and collaborated
with thieves.
From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In article <45A31376.E05845A3(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Trans fats are chemically manufactured.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's not a natural FOOD !
>>>>>
>>>>>Really?
>>>>
>>>>" The initial purpose was to create a cheaper substance to make candles
>
> than
>
>>>>the expensive animal fats in use at the time. Electricity began to
>
> diminish
>
>>>the
>>>
>>>>candle market, and since the product looked like lard, they began selling
>
> it
>
>>>>as a food. "
>>>>
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco
>>>
>>>It doesn't look like lard. It doesn't mix like lard.
>>>It's easier to work with. So what are the ingredients
>>>used to make Crisco?
>>
>>It's vegetable oil ( originally cottonseed ) that's being subjected to a
>
> chemical
>
>>process called hydrogenation.
>
>
> Thank you. So it did come from the fields. My point is that
> your distinction that the only good food comes from the
> fields isn't valid.

Like diamonds are coal.

From: Ken Smith on
In article <1164b$45a3872b$cdd0856d$16796(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
[....]
>> No they can't. Without information input there is no learning.
>
>Another of those abbreviated sentence difficulties
>where what she wrote isn't the complete thought.
>
>We've been discussing access to written knowledge.

I had assumed she was extending the argument to cover all external
knowledge sources.

>
>>> However, each person has
>>>to make the same mistakes.
>
>> If I hit my thumb with a hammer, I quickly recieve the information that it
>> is a bad idea. If there is no feedback from actions, you can't identify
>> mistakes.
>
>Picky picky.
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From: Ken Smith on
In article <d47f7$45a39df4$cdd08551$17354(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
[...]
>Now here's an example of not following the conversation by
>not realizing that I was addressing Ken's failure to continue
>"We've been discussing access to written knowledge." when I
>made my "picky picky" comment. I really don't think it is
>possible to have a reasonable discussion with so much
>misunderstanding going on so consistently. Here I'm not
>only about my posts.

The misunderstandings are, sort of, normal on the usenet. They are a good
reason to try not to get too emotional about the arguments. In most
cases, you can backfill the ideas in a followup post and the readers will
sort it out.


[....]
>But since we're here, the lesson only needs to be learned
>once as a child with a rock or some hard toy.

That is not completely true. The lesson often needs to be reinforced a
few times over the period of a couple of years. You can often see by the
expression on their face that the child has suddenly remembeered by that
action was a bad idea.





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