On Sep 8, 1:05*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:19:03 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
> > On Sep 7, 6:48*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> >> On 9/7/2010 1:10 PM, EJ Willson wrote:
>
> >>> Bert Hyman wrote:
> >>>> The local PBS station has been running "New Scandinavian Cooking"
> >>>> (http://www.scandcook.com/) which I watch more for the scenery than
> >>>> the recipes, but at least one of the presenters (Claus Meyer) waxes
> >>>> euphoric over rapeseed oil.
>
> >>>> Is there a difference between the rapeseed oil he's using and the
> >>>> canola oil I buy in my supermarket? Is this high-test European variety
> >>>> sold in the US? I haven't noticed it where I shop.
>
> >>> As I recall it Canola is merely rapeseed oil. IIRC Canola stands for
> >>> Canadian Oil, Low Acid.
>
> >> I believe you are correct. In 1997 we did an RV caravan trip to Alaska..
> >> While we were still in BC we visited a canola farm and they told us what
> >> you said. *They added that they changed the name because "rapeseed"
> >> didn't sound very commercial.
>
> > Rape is a pretty loaded word. *I had to get in front of the TV, then
> > stop it when a movie we were watching had a rape scene (The Girl With
> > the Dragon Tattoo), because that was something we didn't want our son
> > to see, and he had come into the room. *That movie was a bit too much
> > for an "R" rating. *The woman who got raped got her revenge though
> > (also a bit too much for an "R" rating). *Good movie, but pretty
> > disturbing.
>
> > How come graphic violence combined with non-graphic sexual violence
> > gets a, "R," but graphic affectionate sex gets an X? *It's because
> > folks in America are ****ed up, and stupid. *The sight of genitalia
> > offends more than seeing a person get raped. *The folks on the MPAA
> > committees deserved to get violently raped.
>
> good thing you're keeping you son away from representations of violence.

Not "representations of violence," but representations of sexual
sadism, and representations of males enjoying sex with non-consenting
females.
>
> blake

--Bryan