Natalia wrote: > A continuously abused rape victim cannot be cured by foods and > cleansing. You are a dreamer to think otherwise.
Another strawman. I said that dietary improvements in society can reduce violence, not that existing victims of violence can forget their past experiences "by foods and cleansing". > Aggression is a problem that is thousands of years old, not just > a recent epidemic. The soil wasn't always as poor as 10% of that of > organic/biological earth, Malnutrition is not only a matter of soil quality. Throughout history, human diet has been mostly deficient in many important nutrients, because the range of available food items was usually quite limited. With industrialization, the diversity of available items increased, but unfortunately, food processing and "refinements" (white sugar and white flour) was introduced, which deprived food of essential nutrients. Also, pollution with neurotoxins such as mercury and lead increased strongly. Alcohol and tobacco consumption further worsened things. So you see, it could still be true that your domestic violence was influenced by these factors. > and recent increased violence has more to do with > social, especially educational/economic/environmental issues. Television > condoning violence, sexual promiscuity and aggression, callousness, and > immediate gratification (for foods, computers, market stocks), take a close > second place. Of course, this has to be addressed too. But the modern epidemics of autism, ADD and hyperactivity can hardly be blamed on TV movies -- they are mainly due to modern dietary and toxic factors (e.g. mercury from vaccines and high-copper amalgams, junk food). It seems that you want to replace Prozac and Ritalin with painting and talking (and perhaps marijuana), but that just won't work. > Tell me, since you are reluctant to reveal the source(s) of all this > knowledge, do you apart from your military experiences, have any direct > experience with domestic violence? Personally I am blessed with wonderful parents who would have never dreamed of beating me, nor each other. But I do know people who have experienced domestic violence from perpetrators who had bad diets and/or used drugs. (E.g. my father was beaten by his divorced mother (who was a smoker) -- so much for your claim that domestic violence is passed on from generation to generation.) > Have you ever gotten to know any > survivors? Oh, I just remembered, you claim to have "known" some cynical pot > smokers. Have you gotten to know thousands of "addicts"? It would be pretty unscientific to rely only on anecdotal cases anyway, so it's not really important how many cases I personally know. My conclusions are drawn mainly from reading scientific literature on these topics. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
