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Neither do I (see much difference between shrimp and crickets), and
shrimp gross me out too. But if you like shrimp, or crickets,
you're welcome to eat them, of your own free will. A little over
1/4 of the people in the world eat bugs right now, and they're
welcome to keep doing so if they choose.<br>
<br>
What I'm objecting to is the apparent public relations campaign to
attempt to convince people to eat bugs, not for their own good, not
for the good of hungry people elsewhere, but for the good of the
Oligarchy. <br>
<br>
If you consider bugs to be Dirt, as Muslims and Jews consider pork
to be Dirt, then you shouldn't be obligated to eat them. It's about
the right to not have your existing cultural ways (not to mention
your puke-reflex) overridden for someone else's financial gain.<br>
<br>
As far as the Oligarchy is concerned, you are a machine that makes
money for them. No different to a piece of equipment in a factory,
or a tractor in a field. And as far as the Oligarchy is concerned,
paying you one cent more per hour than it takes to keep you
alive-enough to come in to work every day, is as wasteful as a
poorly-tuned engine that guzzles fuel. <br>
<br>
So along comes a cheaper source of fuel: of course they'll want to
put that in their machines.<br>
<br>
And along comes a cheaper source of protein: of course they'll want
to put that in their humans.<br>
<br>
And they'll do what it takes to convince you to _like it_, including
imposing it by the coercive force of economics. How often do you
hear people say "I can't afford to eat XYZ (organically produced
food)"...? See how that works? It's already happening all around
us: <br>
<br>
Milk that's produced with RBST, meat that's saturated with
antibiotics to fatten it up faster (and leads to drug-resistant
bacteria), factory farmed in unsanitary conditions (we never had
mass e-coli outbreaks when I was a kid), gene-spliced vegetables
that thrive on pesticides, even soda that's not sweetened with sugar
but with HFCS that causes obesity. All of that crap is cheaper, and
that's why it's on the menu for the working masses. <br>
<br>
Bugs come next. Mark my words. Unless we get cheap veggie-meat
first. Or unless we straight-up revolt against the Oligarchy. <br>
<br>
-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-05-16-Thu 8:32 AM, Steve Berl
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAB4gGnfKvs=17a1r+yP-q=bE0618ihGfy8tnCdr0ShQhc5cavQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Personally I don't see that much difference between
eating a shrimp and eating a cricket.
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<div>Steve<span></span><br>
<br>
On Thursday, May 16, 2013, Romy Ilano wrote:<br>
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Investors in veggie meat are not altruistic angels anymore.
It's drawing plenty of main stream interest<br>
<br>
---<br>
<br>
Romy Ilano<br>
Founder of Snowyla<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.snowyla.com"
target="_blank">http://www.snowyla.com</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="javascript:;"
onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'romy@snowyla.com')">romy@snowyla.com</a><br>
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On May 15, 2013, at 17:31, GtwoG PublicOhOne <<a
moz-do-not-send="true">g2g-public01@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> For the second day in a row, the BBC runs an article
promoting the<br>
> virtues of eating bugs, this time on their Travel blog:<br>
><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130513-is-crawly-cuisine-the-future"
target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130513-is-crawly-cuisine-the-future</a><br>
><br>
> Pictured is a handful of moth larvae grubs found in
Australia: plump<br>
> translucent white squirmy things that look like hairless
caterpillars or<br>
> overgrown maggots. The caption says that they are
"...said to have a<br>
> crispy skin with a yellow 'eggy' centre when roasted."<br>
><br>
> Mmm-mmm-good, right?<br>
><br>
> The article goes on to say, "According to the UN report,
'consumer<br>
> disgust' remains a large barrier in many Western
countries – but for<br>
> some two billion people across the world, eating insects
is really no<br>
> big deal."<br>
><br>
> Unsaid: five billion people in the world right now don't
eat bugs.<br>
> Though, the Beeb does get credit for mentioning "consumer
disgust," also<br>
> known as the vomit-reflex, even if only as a "barrier,"
with the<br>
> implication that it's something to be overcome, like the
desire for<br>
> freedom & privacy.<br>
><br>
> As I mentioned yesterday, there are plenty of other
solutions to feeding<br>
> a world that's overpopulated by a factor of two and
overconsuming beyond<br>
> any sustainable limit. One of them is veggie-meat:
vegetable matter<br>
> that's cooked up to be almost identical to the meat we
already eat.<br>
><br>
> For this we turn to another regular source of Dystopian
News, namely<br>
> Wired magazine. Yes, "real geeks don't read Wired," but
Wired is<br>
> actually a good place to keep your finger on the pulse of
the corporate<br>
> oligarchy and the promoters of the computer-as-God
religion.<br>
> Occasionally they run something that's actually good
news, such as the<br>
> following:<br>
><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/future-meat/"
target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/future-meat/</a><br>
><br>
> Beyond Meat is a new company that produces veggie-meat
that's a drop-in<br>
> replacement for chicken in many recipes. They share the
market with<br>
> other companies such as Tofurkey and Boca Burgers. At
present most of<br>
> these products are found in the Vegan aisle in
supermarkets, but the<br>
> goal of these companies is to put them right next to the
meat products<br>
> in the meat section.<br>
><br>
> Veggie-meat tastes good and has great potential to
stretch the world's<br>
> food supply. Unlike the moth grubs pictured in the Beeb
article, it's<br>
> something you'd choose to eat and enjoy eating.<br>
><br>
> So far the oligarchy is ignoring veggie-meat. Funding for
veggie-meat<br>
> companies typically comes from "angel investors" who
consider themselves<br>
> rebels and often have altruistic motives alongside the
profit motive.<br>
><br>
> The oligarchy's mission, should you choose to acquiesce,
is to make you<br>
> submit. Eating bugs is not about preventing hunger, it's
about cultural<br>
> shock & awe: getting you to do something that grosses
you out and makes<br>
> you want to throw up, the easier to get you to submit to
other<br>
> depredations over time.<br>
><br>
> But as Beyond Meat shows, you don't have to submit, as
long as you're<br>
> willing to think for yourself, and exercise your own free
will.<br>
><br>
> -G.<br>
><br>
><br>
> =====<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 13-05-14-Tue 12:07 AM, GtwoG PublicOhOne wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> YOs-<br>
>><br>
>> The oligarchy has its own vision of the World of
Tomorrow, and the world<br>
>> they're preparing for us to live in whether we like
it or not. I'll be<br>
>> writing occasional pieces about items in the news, to
point out what's<br>
>> behind the chirpy spin. This is the first of many.
Fasten your seat<br>
>> belts and keep a barf bag handy.<br>
>><br>
>> -G.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Let Them Eat Bugs.<br>
>><br>
>> The United Nations today released a report that
touted the benefits of<br>
>> eating insects as a solution to world hunger.<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22508439"
target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22508439</a><br>
>><br>
>> Hint: it's not really about hunger, it's about making
you sub</blockquote>
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