On Fri, 15 May 2009 18:26:09 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 15 May 2009 10:06:29 -0700 (PDT), Christopher Helms
> wrote:
>
>>they always make the Japanese and others look
>>goofy for not allowing American beef to be sold in their countries
>>when in fact they're the ones being prudent and we're the reckless,
>>greedy assholes.
>
>What mystifies me is that we know how it is spread in commercial
>cattle, so why don't we stop the practice?

Because it would cost the cattle men and meat producers money. To say
nothing about what it would cost them if found and publicized.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)