On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Peter Aitken wrote:

> "JimLane" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>> Peter Aitken wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> You really don't know the point of organic? There are three:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Not eating insecticides, fungicides, and other chemicals that may
>>>> cause
>>>> problems.

"may cause problems".... no, instead let's eat stuff that will cause
problems! Like ... say... apple rust! Go organic!

Try again. I know you don't know how carcinogenic most natural poisons
are, but let me tell you, there's a reason we use pesticides.

>>>> 2) Letting farmworkers do their job without exposure to poisons.

instead, let's expose them to teratogenic compounds!

I'm not of the era where kids ran behind the DDT truck because it smelled
good...

but, the poisons they use aren't terribly bad. You should see homebrewed
pesticides sometime....

>>>> 3) Reducing the environmental harm done by insecticides, fungicides, and
>>>> fertilizer runoff.

You can do this in better ways than buying organic, honestly. I'd start
by trying not to buy antibacterial everything, as it's a load of bull.


Am I against organic? Not when it's more profitable than pesticides! It
isn't my fault that petrochemistry is more advanced than biological ways
of doing the same thing...

Oh, but wait! anything that is advanced, in biology, isn't organic!
Including that yellow rice, that saves thousands of kids from going
blind...

Lena