On 5/31/2010 12:39 AM, WTF wrote:
> On Sun, 30 May 2010 23:50:14 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/30/2010 10:59 PM, Stu wrote:
>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 20:25:53 -0400, "J. Clarke"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/30/2010 5:37 PM, Stu wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:26 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Really interesting article in the NY Times
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/he...me&ref=general
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ".....the industry is working overtly and behind the scenes to fend
>>>>>> off these attacks, using a shifting set of tactics that have defeated
>>>>>> similar efforts for 30 years, records and interviews show. Industry
>>>>>> insiders call the strategy “delay and divert” and say companies have a
>>>>>> powerful incentive to fight back: they crave salt as a low-cost way to
>>>>>> create tastes and textures. Doing without it risks losing customers,
>>>>>> and replacing it with more expensive ingredients risks losing profits.
>>>>>> "
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and that's the bottom line isn't it?.......to heck with public health
>>>>>> and welfare, profits uber alles!!
>>>>>
>>>>> "Cargill and its star chef, Mr. Brown, said they recognized the health
>>>>> concerns and recommended “smarter salting.”
>>>>>
>>>>> As we all know, it's about profits for both Cargill and Mr. Brown.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> “Salt is a pretty amazing compound,” Alton Brown, a Food Network star,
>>>>> gushes in a Cargill video called Salt 101. “So make sure you have
>>>>> plenty of salt in your kitchen at all times."
>>>>>
>>>>> Alton Brown should be ashamed about flogging salt, and the Food
>>>>> Network should look into his association with Cargill.
>>>>> How can you seem to cook healthy, and shill for the salt manufacturer
>>>>> in the same breath?
>>>>
>>>> Do Alton Brown and The Food Network claim to cook _healthy_ or cook
>>>> _tasty_? If you don't like salt don't use it. But it is not your place
>>>> to tell others how to live their lives.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you need to heed your own advice
>>
>> I haven't told you how to live your life, only to leave the rest of us
>> the Hell alone.
>
> There you go doing it again. Most don't give a shit what you like, get
> over yourself.

I haven't stated that I like anything, so how is that relevant?