Robyn,

Your entire response to Susan's post was the best statement I've seen of 
the position - better by far than my statements have been - clear, 
eleoquent, and concise.

I, for one, am prepared to drop this line of discussion now.

Thanks,

Eric

Robyn Kozierok wrote:

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> 
> 
> I don't think most of us are here for "fun".  It's great to have a support
> network, but frankly this list isn't the "community of like-minded
> milk-haters" you seem to be looking for.  We all avoid milk (or have family
> members who do so) to some degree for various reasons.  What we have in
> common is the need for practical information about which brands just added
> milk to their recipe, what substitutions can be used, etc.  What we don't
> have in common is our reasons or our philosophies.  It's a mistake to think
> that you can post any anti-milk thing you want here (or anything else for
> that matter) and have it go unchallenged.
> 
> Part of the value of a diverse community such as this is the exposure to
> different points of view. But people should only post things here that they
> are willing to have challeneged, because we have a lot of critical readers
> among us, who won't believe something just because we read it on the
> internet.   When you make a very strong claim, such as that 80% of
> bedwetting cases are caused by dairy allergies, that doesn't make sense to
> many of us, we're going to ask you how you know that.  If all you can offer
> is "I heard someone say that onece" it isn't very convincing.  When you
> offer up websites to back you up that don't make that claim, and barely
> mention the issue at all, that doesn't convince me.  Even if I called them
> up and someone said the same thing to me on the phone, that wouldn't be
> enough unless they could give me some convincing reason why they believe it=
> .
> 
> --Robyn