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In my research for the website www.keepwhaleswild.org I did a lot of research on the treatment of whales and dolphins by humans and was repeatedly disgusted by what I found. It never ceases to amaze me how horrible that people can treat other sentient creatures and the lengths that some people go to justify horrible behaviour.

We do a swap at work and the only rules are *must be homemade*, must be a little fancier than just plain chocolate chip, and you make a half doz cookies per person that is on the Exchange list.

Maybe we're really lucky, but the cookies are always great and with that much selection, I don't have to bake anything else over the whole holiday.

@ damond : thank you for speaking up for critical thinking skills. More people need to embrace those.

mashed potatoes != riced potatoes

They're quite different.

I'm amused as hell that anyone would find this offensive. I think it's very interesting and thought-provoking!

I'm not sure how these are anymore "wasteful" than any other piece of art in the world..

@lopsotronic: That is a great take on it! I could never understand why "dairy" was a group unto itself when there were other methods of getting your calcium out there. We should put tinned salmon/sardines in that section as well, maybe.

Uh, I don't think I'd recommend to anyone to use a petroleum-based product on food. And just because people have injested it in the past doesn't really mean that it's "safe". Many makeup companies are looking at alternatives to petroleum-based ingredients in their products due to the fact that many of them are contributing causes to breast cancer.

Well great, if my kid wanted to be a Wagnerian character for Halloween, but what if they wanted to be a real Viking?

Unfortunately grains now aren't nearly the same as grains 20,000 years ago. And there are an assortment of types of paleolithic diets out there that involve much more sane eating patterns than the caveman style one listed.