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> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:24:38 -0500
> From: "Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Organicism
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> "Nah.  Many haven't been so quick to embrace modern chemistry in every
> other aspect of our existence."
>
> Father, who are these many who don't embrace the gas combustion engine,
> along with all the plastics used in the vehicles they power, strange fluids
> to stop them from overheating, miracle drugs in times of sickness, miracle
> fabrics to shield us from the cold, all the many products of the industrial
> age.  Are these people not members of some kind of cult.  Can I join them,
> these praticioners of Organicism, and enjoy life of a simpler and kinder age
> when the only fear that consumed  me was where would come my next meal?

First of all, I don't think it's that ridiculous to be more cautious  
of synthetic chemicals when it comes to food than when it comes to  
other parts of our lives.

Second of all, it's not practical to avoid all manner of modern  
chemistry while still being part of society.  It is practical to  
reduce the amount of synthetic chemicals that one ingests along with  
one's food (even if it means ingesting more of the pest fighting  
chemicals that plants make themselves :) )

Alex

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