"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> Indirect answer: Which of your NON-organic produce do you imagine
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> NOT
>> >> >> fertilized with animal manure? Give me a list.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > It is not an indirect answer because there was no question. You
>> >> > suggested
>> >> > that one can mitigate most of the risk by buying organic ginger.
>> >>
>> >> Actually, no. I said no such thing.
>> >
>> > You are correct. It was Steve Pope who said that. When I asked a
>> > question
>> > about ginger being considered organic if it was fertilized with human
>> > excrement you said that it was an indirect answer.
>> >
>> > It was not an indirect answer. It was a question.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Before we continue, would you like to amend your sentence above so it
>> >> says
>> >> "...is that it is sometimes fertilized with improperly..."??? The
>> >> other
>> >> option is for you to appear silly and uninformed.
>> >>
>> >> Choose, please. Fix, or appear silly.
>> >
>> >
>> > I will leave it, so you can look silly.
>>
>> Then, you appear to be claiming that ALL organic produce is fertilized
>> with
>> improperly treated manure, and that is an absurd thing to say.
>
>
> I do? I never used the word "all". I asked "Would organic ginger not
> include that which is fertilized with human or other excrement?" which,
> BTW, is a question, not an indirect answer.
>
> The fact is that in some parts of the world, particularly Asia, they have
> been known to use human shit for fertilizer, and some organic farmers use
> improperly composted animal manure, and that can be very dangerous.


You said:

"One of
the problems with organic produce is that it is fertilized with improperly
composted manure .... or human excrement, which makes it a lot more
dangerous than some chemically fertilized produce."

Looks like an all-inclusive claim to me.