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Did you ever think that

jollyroger — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:30:20 +0000

In reply to Oh, sure, blame the pirates,

Did you ever think that pirates have feelings too? No, I didn't think so.

It's not just a constant holiday, an endless round of plunder and rapine--there's plenty of boat maintenance and barnacle scraping to do, and all the beard-braiding can wear your fingers bare.

Oh, sure, blame the pirates,

jollyroger — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:27:00 +0000

In reply to Next thing I know, you're

Oh, sure, blame the pirates, it's always the pirates' fault.

Next thing I know, you're

Verified Atheist — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:46:24 +0000

In reply to P.S. Ever notice how since

Next thing I know, you're going to be suggesting a link between pirates and global warming:

You invite the

jollyroger — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:48:45 +0000

In reply to GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY

You invite the counterfactual--think how long we'd live if we went all Atkins on ourselves...(avoiding, of course, the unfortunate slip on the icy sidewalk,,,)

Avoid cereal grains. If you

jollyroger — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:41:41 +0000

In reply to On the evils of wheat

Avoid cereal grains.

If you cannot hunt it or gather it, don't eat it.

Hand??

Qumulonimbus — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:40:40 +0000

In reply to I was wondering whose hand

Hand??

I was wondering whose hand

acanuck — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:09:57 +0000

In reply to I'm beginning to suspect that

I was wondering whose hand that was. Be gentle.

He claims that his results

Donal — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:16:24 +0000

In reply to Look, the doctor has chosen

He claims that his results support his assertions. If someone knows he's wrong, I'm all ears.

I'm beginning to suspect that

Verified Atheist — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:47:10 +0000

In reply to You make a very interesting

I'm beginning to suspect that acanuck is my sock-puppet… or I am his.

Look, the doctor has chosen

acanuck — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:31:00 +0000

In reply to So we've moved on from the

Look, the doctor has chosen to paint with a very broad brush; allow me to respond in kind. Yes, he doesn't state that there's residual sodium azide in the flour at your supermarket. But he does seem to be saying that the hybridization of wheat is somehow different -- worse -- than what other foods have undergone. Has he bitten into a tomato recently? Now, there's an example of hybridization gone bad.

In passing, I'm one of those people who thinks direct genetic modification of crops should be approached with extreme caution. But I'm less focused on the process than on the intent, especially if your ultimate goal is to monopolize the world market for a particular food by making traditional farming techniques illegal. That's a bigger threat to world nutrition and health than hybridized wheat.