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Old 05-31-2012, 09:01 PM
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There's no argument there, I agree that it is a lifestyle choice.




That's not exactly what I said but okay, if you want to put it that way. I believe my complaint was directed at the Daily Sun for appealing to our baser instincts. How would you categorize refined sugar, white refined flour, ice cream and butter? Do you think the promotion of those items appeals to our higher instincts?
Your complaint was not only directed at the Daily Sun, but also at the developer with the assertion that "Healthiest Hometown" was perhaps an empty phrase. I don't believe the paper, although owned by the developer, is intended to be a health newsletter. The Sun simply published a recipe of a resident that people have enjoyed. It was not published as part of a recommended dietary regimen.

The ingestion of those items you list is a personal choice, for better or worse, and is not a reflection of higher or baser instincts. It is exactly that categorization that I find objectionable.

Your lifestyle, your choice. My lifestyle, my choice. I have not, and will not, denigrate your dietary choices. Do not denigrate mine or others' as succumbing to "baser" instincts.