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On 5/17/2013 10:18 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article om>,
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>> Sitara wrote about Mark Bittman:
>>
>>> He has a really good column today. And yes, it is food related for
>>> those of you who complain.
>>>
>>> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...bad-enough/?hp

>>
>> Bittman seems to be using a very odd definition of the word "evil". He
>> admits that Monsanto puts corporate profits above the environment and above
>> human life. That *is* evil. The fact that Monsanto has to date abstained
>> from gunning down hordes of orphans doesn't mean they're not evil.
>>
>> Bob

>
> I don't think his definition of the word is odd. "... called Monsanto
> ³evil² (hard to argue with that one, as long as you equate it with
> ³immoral² as opposed to a supernatural negative force), ...."
>



Yep. It depends on your definition of evil and he did make the distinction.

gloria p