Risky business
I thought the BDN’s recent poll question, “Should Maine farmers be allowed to sell directly to consumers?” was poorly worded considering farmer Dan Brown’s dispute with the state isn’t about whether he can sell raw milk directly to consumers, but whether he can sell raw milk that hasn’t been certified “safe” to consumers.
There are a dozen or so illnesses that can be attributed to the consumption of raw or unpasteurized milk. Among these illnesses are E. coli, Salmonellosis and C. enteritis. Any farmer who sells raw or unpasteurized milk to the public should be required to have the Maine Department of Agriculture’s approval.
Earle M. Rafuse
Bangor
Railroad thoughts
We hear a lot about economic development and job creation as one of the most important goals for Maine. Infrastructure development and transportation improvements certainly are an inherent element in job creation and economic revival.
It is unfortunate that the rail system in Maine has not been able to maintain its physical assets and continue with a regular level of service. Several years ago the train service to Eastport and its new and thriving cargo port was discontinued. The rail line going Down East is now a scenic trail. This is laudable as a recreational asset but does little for transportation to the region. More and more tractor-trailers are using our roads with loads that could have been sent by rail.
In Penobscot County and particularly in Bangor, the maintenance of the rail system seems to be lacking. We experienced several derailments in 2011 and some were near a major hospital and adjacent to the Penobscot River.
It is unfortunate when state government and the people of Maine have to purchase and upgrade the rail lines to our north just to keep the service going.
E. Jeff Barnes
Bangor
Chiropractic and MaineCare
Regarding the BDN’s Dec. 29 “The Pall of Pain,” I commend you on your comments regarding alternatives to addictive pain medications. Conventional medicine’s monopoly on management of chronic pain has proven costly, largely ineffective and filled with unintended side effects which further elevates the expense.
Bringing the alternatives you mention — chiropractic, massage and acupuncture — into the mainstream would be far more effective and less costly with higher patient satisfaction than prescription meds.
As a doctor of chiropractic, I receive referrals from physicians, family nurse practitioners and physician assistants on a daily basis. These practitioners care greatly about their patients and are motivated to provide the best solution to pain. They have confidence in what I do for their patients and know it’s not expensive.
Yet MaineCare reimburses chiropractors only $19.40 for a complete treatment. Physicians also determine and regulate the number of treatments which helps control the cost. MaineCare patients do not have direct access to chiropractors and need a referral.
Unfortunately, the governor is eliminating one of the solutions to the MaineCare problem with the elimination of chiropractic. This handcuffs the physician’s ability to treat effectively and once again has the unintended side effect of raising the cost.
Dr. Carl Chasse
Fort Kent
Story balances the scales
The day is not yet old and already I’m an emotional wreck. My early morning Facebook review brought me a video of animal abuse at a Butterball turkey facility in North Carolina on Huffington Post, and as the tears ran down my cheeks, I despaired of this example of the utter depravity of our society that allows such actions to exist.
As I look out my window to try to regain some semblance of equilibrium, I watch as a solitary person digs in what little rockweed is left on the shore after the rockweed harvesters were finished with the area, filling his bucket with periwinkles to earn a few dollars. It’s currently 15 degrees and I’m astonished at the resiliency and tenaciousness of mankind.
Then I read BDN’s story “Miles of Hope” by Heather Steeves (Dec 30) and was blown away by the generosity and kindness shown by Jim Gamage, his mom and Liz Twitchell. Faith in the innate goodness of people began to glow again. Thank you for this story — it doesn’t cancel out the horrors that occur on a daily basis, but it does help to lend some balance to the scales of good and evil.
Deborah Aldridge
Pembroke
Deborah Aldridge – Of course there are horrors in this world. We are humans, and humans are inherently wicked. But, that’s a topic for another discussion. Or is it?
If you want a real horror story, just check into the abortion business in this country. The process of killing, dismembering, and removing an unborn child from the mother’s womb is much more disturbing than that which goes on in the meat and poultry industry.
EParsons, you should be out there front and center pushing for wide availability of the “morning after” pill and ready availability of contraceptives to all women of child-bearing age. There are some zealots, convinced that human life begins with conception, that violently oppose any device that would potentially stop a fertilized egg from being implanted in the uterine wall. Even Mississippi voters rejected this radical approach last November.
Here are a couple of things I have no problem with: contraception and abstinence.
The morning-after pill is nothing more than self induced abortion.
By the way, human life does begin at conception.
All tissue is living matter. An egg and sperm are living tissue so technically life has already begun before conception. All biological tissue is alive; however everything alive is not a human being. A zygote is alive, but it has only the potential of becoming a human being. This is apparently a very difficult concept for some.
Exactly — human life develops gradually. A naturally viable fetus is a baby, and not until then, but EJ can’t grasp this truth.
The truth is that a fertilized egg is a life, and that life should be protected. Adding labels and time lines in order to justify taking an innocent life is inhumane, selfish, and cruel.
I’m murdering millions of my own cells every day (even more on weekends!): oh the humanity!
All kidding aside, I think a distinction can be made between a liver cell and a zygote. The potential to develop into a distinct human being deserves moral and ethical consideration, although I do not think it trumps the needs of the “host” until potential viability. Unfortunately, neither side feels able to give an inch in this debate, or concede a single point. Sigh.
I agree with this.
During the time when a zygote starts to form into a blastula I believe it has the potential to develop into any kind of tissue . It could be reprogrammed to become liver tissue. But, you are right liver tissue can never develop into a complete human.
The thing is, you’ve acknowledged that they are alive at inception and with no outside influence will become a human being. Unless I can talk to a fetus the moment it actually forms how can I know at what moment life begins? I’m pro-choice but it’s not as black and white as you seem to think. I can say that having experienced an abortion through my wife that one always has thoughts. The “what if’s? start the moment one is aware they are pregnant. How many people do you believe on some level feel as though that they are killing a child when they have an abortion? I bet most. My wife had her’s in 2000. I still think, “What if?”
Don’t look down on others because they disagree. It is LONG SETTLED LAW and it ain’t changing soon so why keep talking about it? The two reasons you would post would be to convince them they’re wrong, (which you won’t do) or insult them. Why bother?
I thought “every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, god gets quite irate!”?
Sperm is reviled by most religions, hence the emphasis on virginity.
Religion certainly complicates sex. Since God gave us hormones one would assume he meant for sex to be enjoyed not controlled, punished, subjected to laws, guilt-ridden and trampled to death by religion. And if there is sex there is a need for limiting pregnancy. Even the bible recognizes this.
God didn’t give us hormones, science did. The men who wrote the Bible knew nothing about conception or hormones. Most religions seek to dominate and control women. In Biblical times right up to the 19th Century women and children were considered to be the property of men, which is why a woman had to be a virgin so her husband could be certain the children were his.
Ahhh, but the writers of the bible knew all about passion and desire. They just didn’t know they were connected to hormones. I wonder if conservative christians cut the Song of Solomon out of their bibles in the interests of chastity, prudery and the suppression of enjoyment?
You are speaking of patriarchal religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. I am a Bokonite, thanks to Kurt Vonnegut, and never forget its first principle: “All religions are a pack of lies, including this one.”
Monty Python?
:-)
But of course!
The morning after pill prevents conception, which is why it is called a contraceptive.
It prevents implantation in the uterus. Conception has most likely already occurred.
Actually it would be far less likely that conception had occurred. The chance of becoming pregnant due to unprotected sex is only 2.5% per time.
Correct, it’s like an IUD.
That’s completely false. Google “Plan B.”
You’re right: I was mistaken. My bad.
So bible thumpers should like Plan B…(except for the sex part)
LOL
Boy, you sure know how to change the subject (Aldridge was writing about the mistreatment of animals) — and get on to one of your own pet subjects (as wrong as you are)!
If human life begins at conception, should we prosecute the in vitro fertilization clinics for intentional homicide when they dispose of fertilized eggs that the couple no longer needs, given the success of an earlier implant?
There are some that believe exactly that.
But more “rational” conservatives, such as EJParsons, step back and say it is the couple’s right to choose to dispose of the fertilized egg. Logically, this would mean that it was the couple’s right to abort a fetus until viability. Hence, the only difference between EJ and the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade is that EJ wants the father to have a say. Patriarchy forever! I think the Supreme Court got it right in Roe: it is the woman’s choice. EJ can have a say the moment he surrenders control of his reproductive organs to a woman he has casually dated.
Abortions are not a “business” they are a legal service. 97% of all abortions are performed sometime during the first 10 weeks. At this stage it is called an embryo and is less than 1 1/2 inches long. There is no “dismembering”.
The process you describe is a very late term abortion. It is rarely preformed. And when it is performed it is because the fetus is severely deformed and /or the mother’s life is in danger if the pregnancy continues. You either don’t know what you are talking about or you are willfully lying.
Limb development is well underway by day 30. Just sayin’ (I’m pro-choice and in cases of bad parents, pro-abortion).
You might want to check that with a embryologically accurate site.
Have a look for yourself:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/science/07limb.html?pagewanted=all
Both limb buds present. Yes, just buds, but limb buds nonetheless. Of course, we’re indistinguishable from a chicken at this stage!
We also still have a dinosaurs tail and fishes gill arches at that stage too. Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny. Absolutely fascinating isn’t it.
I think so.
Yes — except that “ontogeny recapitualtes phylogeny” (a wonderful phrase) has been disproven and discredited. So I wouldn’t use that argument.
Scientifically and and when referring to very specific developmental stages it is not true. However like all cliches there is some truth to it. The proto-tail does appear and develop into the coccyx. The proto-gill arches are there in the human fetus but then become the structures of the trachea and the hyoid arch.
I agree.
……”Abortions are not a business”……..
Oh, I get it. Doctors just do them out of the kindness of their hearts?
There are lots of “businesses” surrounding the abortion industry!
Do you think dentistry is a “business” or a medical service?
Dentistry provides a service that is paid for by the patient. Therefore, it is a business.
As usual, you are wrong.
http://www.lifesite.net/abortiontypes/
EJ: You’ve got to stop listing anti-abortion sites as your reference. They are largely propaganda sites.
There are many more sites, from both sides of the issue, that describe the different abortion procedures. The pro-life sites just to a better job.
Very few humans are inherently wicked. Perhaps you should get some new friends. Most of us are inherently cheerful, positive and good.
This basic misunderstanding of human nature is a major reason why idealistic progressive policies have unintended consequences and eventually fail.
EJ, as ususal, you are wrong. This time it’s your comments about human nature (for starters). Humans have the ability to choose between good and evil, and most of the time we choose good. When I lost my checkbook a while back, someone found it and returned it to my bank, and the bank returned it to me. That’s typical, but it doesn’t get into the newspaper. It’s only news when someone does something completely out of the ordinary, like robbing a bank. The ordinary, everyday good behavior of most people is not considered newsworthy because it is merely what we expect from one another.
If you were right, that it is human nature to be “inherently wicked,” we would have wiped ourselves out long ago.
By the way — you are a Christian, so you should know that the term “original sin” is not found anywhere at all in the Bible. It comes from 300 years after the time of Jesus, from “Saint” Augustine, the guy who prayed, “Lord, give me chastity, but not yet.” He looked at his own failings and self-loathing, and assumed that everyone else was as bad as he was. “Original sin” is just bad theology.
No, I am not wrong. It is what I believe based on my belief in Christ and in the truth of the Bible. We are born into an evil world. The world is Satan’s home, and he runs things through those that have either given in to his ways or have rejected Christ as their Lord and Savior. Many don’t even know that Satan is in charge of their lives.
There is a constant battle between good (God) and evil (Satan) on this earth. At present, as with many times in the past, Satan is winning many of the battles, but will, in the end, lose the war.
Tell the people of China, Iran, Uganda, Somalia, or N. Korea that people are inherently good. Tell the 2 million plus in the Sudan that have been killed, maimed, enslaved, dismembered, or raped that people are inherently good. Tell the Jews that survived the concentration camps during WWII that people are inherently good. Tell the people of Cuba, Haiti, or Venezuela that people are inherently good.
Just because you got your checkbook back means that someone cared enough to return it. I can’t remember the number of wallets, checkbooks, and other pieces of personal property that I’ve returned, or tried to return, to people. I even go as far as leaving notes on cars with dangerously low tires. It’s in my nature to do such things. But that nature isn’t inherent; it comes from having Christ as my Lord and Savior.
Of course, there are good people that are godless. But, I’d would almost bet that somewhere in their upbringing they were witness to or raised by others that did good things.
1) Although you said that people are “inherently wicked,” I did NOT say people are inherently good. I said we have the ability to choose between good and evil, and most of the time we choose good. Most people are good most of the time.
2) Yes, some nations are ruled by dictators, but that does not mean that the people in a dictatorship are “inherently wicked,” or that average family members in, say, North Korea, treat one another badly most of the time — or that they are typically cruel to their neighbors. The people of North Korea live in a bad system, with bad leaders, but that doesn’t make the average North Korean an evil person. They make choices every day, just as we do. Most of the time most of the people around the world choose to be good to one another. If they didn’t, we would all be dead already.
3) You say, ” The world is Satan’s home, and he runs things …”
I assume you believe in an omnipotent God. So, assuming that God is all-powerful, and is the Creator of all things, God not only created Satan, but Satan has no power at all unless God gives Satan that power. God can stop Satan’s activities at any time God chooses. If God is all-powerful, God is ultimately in charge — Remember President Truman’s sign on his desk, “The buck stops here.” The buck stops on God’s desk.
So you are saying that Satan rules this world. If that is true, Satan can only do that if God allows it. And if God allows it God must approve of it. God is ultimately in charge.
So (by your own logic) that makes Satan God’s general, or at least God’s lieutenant.
4) You say that the good things you do come from having Christ as your Lord and Savior. I’m glad you are good to your neighbor.
Yet how does that explain the Buddhist in remote Nepal who never heard of Christianity, and yet loves his wife and children and treats them well, and is kind and generous toward his neighbors and everyone he meets? I suggest to you that most Native American Indians were pretty darn nice to one another for many centuries before the Christians came here to enslave and slaughter them and steal their land. In fact, historians generally concur that living conditions were better in (Pagan) North America in 1491 for the average person than they were in (Christian) Europe, where serfdom was the rule.
5) Yours is the conventional wisdom EJ, and you say, “It [humankind’s inherent wickednness] is what I believe based on … the Bible.” But I challenge you to find the term “original sin,” or even “inherent wickedness,” anywhere at all in the Bible. I can save you quite a lot of time, since they aren’t there.
I don’t understand the “original sin” challenge. I didn’t bring that up; you did.
You have a short memory. You brought it up. Go to the top of the page where you said, “We are humans, and humans are inherently wicked.” That’s called the Doctrine of Original Sin. Use your own words and call it the doctrine of inherent wickedness if you prefer. You also said, “The world is Satan’s home, and he runs things …” You brought it up — I’m just refuting your claim.
Genesis is a good place to reference. The Garden of Eden. The forbidden fruit. The serpent. Eve disobeyed first, then Adam. Of course, one has to believe, first.
“No, I am not wrong. It is what I believe ” LOL Your belief makes something true. That is the developmental level of the average 5 year old.
My mother used to wonder at all the different religions and cults, each of which believes they hold the absolute truth, that the others are all wrong and going to Hell.
She said, and I’ve thought of this often, “Well, they can’t all be right, so perhaps none of them are.”
Perhaps none of them are. Perhaps all of them are. Perhaps there is no Hell. Perhaps there is no Heaven. Perhaps there is no God. Perhaps Jesus was nothing more than a smart man. Perhaps….perhaps….perhaps.
Now, consider this: the Scriptures have survived throughout civilization; the Bible is the only Holy Book that has not been proven to be false; nearly every prophesy in the Bible has come true; only the name of Christ is taken in vain, hated, feared, or rejected; and Christians are the most persecuted group on this planet. Must be something to it.
The Bible was written hundreds of years after Christ’s death by men who had carried on the oral story, which was basically the same storyas that of previous “gods,” born in manger, virgin birth, etc.
You’re kidding, aren’t you, when you say “Christians are the most persecuted group on this planet”? Then I have to ask, as is the trend these days, “What planet do you live on?”
It’s so-called “Christians” who are bombing and killing people in Arab – Muslim countries and Muslims are the people we’re supposed to hate today – – – until we steal all their oil asnd destroy their infrastructure so you and I – American taxpayers – can pay to have them rebuilt by big corporations with the idea that we’re “helping” the people.
Then onward to African countries so we can “hate” them, then bomb them until we steal all their natural resources, too.
Most religion is very political. Jesus would be considered in today’s world, a socialist or communist since he believed in being good to one another and sharing. It would be great if so-called “Christians” actually lived by his teachings……….love one another, no killing, share the wealth.
Let’s try to stick to what’s going on in the real world, okay? You can believe whichever of the stories you wish, but, really, let’s not pretend they have anything to do with regular earthly life.
I think any god or goddess worth their salt would not want people to pander – s/he would want people to be lead good, productive, kind lives helping others and being as self-sufficient as they can be.
Take a good look at this map and click on a few of the countries. Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world. And the vast majority of that persecution is Muslim based.
http://www.persecution.com/public/restrictednations.aspx?clickfrom=bWFpbl9tZW51
Correction: The Old Testament books were written between 1450 BC and 430 BC. The books of the New Testament were written between 45 AD and 90 AD (all within 60 years of His death on the cross).
Deborah Aldridge
If I felt as badly about a facebook posting from some lunatic fringe organization such as HSUS or PETA, I probably wouldn’t watch it.
DR.
CARL,
My solution along with supporting your practice would be to take pain medications off the Maine care list and my comments to those who continual think they need pain meds. is ” Learn To Live With It “.
How much pain should a person half to stand ??
Ms. Aldridge–Animal abuse at a Butterball turkey facility? Give me a break! Would you say the same thing about a Planned Parenthood aborticide facility or other such “legal” torture chamber where babies are sucked out of their mothers’ wombs in pieces? “such depravity allowed by our society?”
Msallyjones–you do not have your facts straight. Suction abortions are performed in the first trimester, and sometimes second, basically, in the facilities mentioned above. Late term abortions are done via a saline solution, waiting for a a day or few days for that to burn the baby, which is then delivered, and in some cases the baby is born alive. Partial- birth abortions( condoned by our present president) has the base of the baby’s head stuck with scissors after its appearance, while the rest of his/her body is in utero. An abortion is never “safe” for the unborn child, who has no say in the matter. Perhaps you work for one of these organizations?
The process you are describing is a late term abortion. It is a major medical operation, always performed in a hospital and never in a clinical setting like Planned Parenthood. It is only performed if the fetus is severely deformed and/or the mother’s life is endangered by continuing the pregnancy. This type of abortion represents only 3% of all abortions and is a medical necessity.
You need to stop watching the cut and spliced propaganda film “The Silent Scream”. The film makers have presented something very dishonest in their continuing attempt to make safe, legal abortion unavailable to women.
Abortion is not about depravity. It is about women making a serious and deliberate decision without interference from the church or the state about if and when to raise a child. The best way to prevent the unplanned pregnancies that lead to abortion is to fund reproductive clinics that provide truthful, reliable sex education and cheap, readily available contraception for women.
I find it interesting that those of you that support abortion completely avoid any mention of the right of the unborn child to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That’s cold-hearted and cruel.
Why in your opinion would a fetus have that right?
The fetus has no legal standing. It has no “rights”. The law does not recognize the fetus as a legal entity. Legally, there is no such person as a fetus. A fetus is not regarded as a separate entity with rights. How many ways do you have to be told that “unborn child” is not a legal term.
You may think it is cold and cruel to terminate a pregnancy but you are not the woman that has to make that decision.
That’s were I agree with you. It is the female that is most affected by the decision. How many men wander off after the child is born?
I have no problems with any other sites but for some reason this site always freezes ands stalls.Everything is current and I downloaded the stupid Chrome. But I have always had problems with this site. Am I alone??
Legal does not necessarily mean right or moral. And how come the father doesn’t have any say or rights when it comes to the unborn child? After all, he contributed to it, too.
EJ, I support the right of any human being, especially a child, to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” I find your phrase, “unborn child” to be oxymoronic, however. By definition, a child is someone who has been born, and is in fact older than a baby. A baby, to be considered a baby, must be naturally viable outside of a mother’s womb.
I disaprove of abortion once the fetus has become a naturally viable baby.
Before that time I am a “libertarian” in the sense that the woman (in consultation with her physician, partner or husband, family, and clergyperson when appropriate) should have the ultimate liberty to control her own body without the interference of big government telling her that she must give birth whether she wants to or not. Of course, abortion should not be taken lightly, nor should it be used casually as a form of birth control.
This may be your particular issue — you changed the subject from the letter on animal cruelty to get to this discussion — but as you know, the Bible has no clear or specific doctrine on abortion.
Just as your “original sin” is not in the Bible, neither is “fetus”.
Only God can create life. And when it comes to human life, He has a plan for every life He creates even before conception. I don’t believe His plan includes abortion.
“He” aborts the unborn each and every day …… spontaneous miscarriage and stillbirths.
“He” also knows how and when each life “He” creates will cease.
And “He” should be left in charge…..not “We”.
Don’t talk nonsense. The body is the woman’s and she must have the right to decide when or if she chooses to bear children.
Often men insist their wives do not use birth control so that they can force their wives to bear their children.
This is why safe and effective birth control for women needs to be created and distributed freely to all women who wish to control their own reproductive abilities, rather than have themselves controlled by male preachers or relatives.
Yes, the body is the woman’s. But the woman’s body becomes a host for a different life form when conception occurs. In other words, when a woman is pregnant, her body is no longer hers alone.
If a man insists that his wife doesn’t use birth control, then the woman should insist that there be no sex. Having children should be agreed upon by both participants, both of which, of course, should be married to each other.
By the way, sex outside of marriage is wrong. Nevertheless, it is going to happen, and it is a crap shoot that often ends up with a pregnancy. Knowing this, those participating in the act should be mature enough to accept the consequences of their actions. If they are not mature enough to accept the consequences, then they should keep their clothes on.
4life: you are quite correct: suction abortions can be one of the choices in the first trimester. They are performed in clinical settings. However, early abortion can not be described as tearing body pieces apart. The embryo is one inch to one and a half inches long and looks rather like a large lima bean.
You were not talking about first trimester abortions. The type of abortion you described in your original post is a late term abortion and is done in a hospital setting, by doctors and in cases of genetic or developmental abnormalities of the fetus and/or serious threat to the life of the mother. Abortion is not an easy or happy choice but for the women and families who know they do not have the emotional or financial capacity to give the love and support a child deserves, it may be the best choice. It serves no purpose to induce guilt into an already difficult family decision by describing first trimester abortions as if they were the more violent but medically necessary late term abortions.
Earle M. Rafuse…the consumers understand the risks, involved. There was a case in California involving a company called Rawsome foods owner and a farmer. They were arrested and put in jail on $130,000 bail each, for selling goat milk and cheese to health club members and for improper “egg temperature”. They were arrested by federal FDA agents. One of the issues is the food safety modernization act which places restrictions on local sales to local consumers. The town of Blue Hill passed a “Nullification ordinance” which says the federal law is not applicable. This is not a Federal issue to control local farmers and consumers or even a state issue, it is a consummate violation of states right’s. For over two centuries consumers have been purchasing local goods. Should the milk be pasteurized, most likely, but that is up to the locals. The Federal government and State have now become everyone’s big brother and that is the problem here. This farmer should not be being sued by the commissioner who sold him the cow in the first place.
You are 100% right.
But I suggest the farmer get everyone who buys his milk to sign a waiver absolving him of all liability if anyone gets sick after drinking his milk.
Now that would be an excellent idea.
Problem is that those consumers who supposedly understand the risks will forget all about that when one of them gets sick and they have big medical bills. Even though the fault will probably be their own. Raw milk has a SHORT shelf life and it is extremely important to keep it refrigerated properly at all times. Leave it out on the table during a long breakfast and the bacteria count can explode.
And there will always be an ambulance chasing lawyer ready to take your case. Eliminate the lawyers and the ease of frivolous lawsuits and we could throw out half the laws and regulations in this country.
True now if Blue hill and other towns came up with a requirement for Pasteurization. Then the problem would most likely be eliminated. I guess I would have to understand that process to see if it is cost effective to do for one cow?
When my wife was young they had a cow. Her father had a pasteurizer that went on top of the stove. She says he would not even consider drinking raw milk. She said her father said that even being careful it was just too easy to get some small contamination in the milk. (Cows are dirty animals.)
Let me see if I understand your logic; you understand that raw milk can be easily contaminated with E. coli. You are also aware that many people do not know this, yet you believe that requiring certification or pasteurization is government interfering with the farmer’s rights.
What about the rights of those purchasing milk not to get sick?
Typical liberal. Making up another “right”.
Anyone who buys raw milk should be aware of the increased risk and if they choose to do so and they get sick it is their own problem.
I would have liked Ms. aldridge’s letter if it was just the last paragraph. Whether in jest or seriousness. don’t mention Facebook. SHEEP. You did forget to mention the Kardashians,. however, but the pretentious reference to the Huffington post told me you are now or soon will be when you hear the term, a “Pet parent” I heard the phrase today and I guarantee this woman will be on the wagon.
Apparently there are some dogs out there that, in between licking certain parts of their body, took time to object to the idea of being “Owned” “Planet of the Apes” here we come.