Alan Mikoleit <[log in to unmask]>:
>Here I am now at over 1 year on all raw and it is so easy,fun and natural to
>do. I feel and look the best I ever have. I have a par excellent physique. I
>amazed at all the hate filled comments about extremist,fanatics,idealist or
>whatever term one might choose to make the paradisiacal raw food way seem
>wrong by associating with seemingly negative names. Name calling will not
>change the truth of 100% raw.

Tom:
Your e-mail domain name includes the word "integrity", a quality lacking in
raw foods. This e-mail list has been the scene of various battles with
hate-filled extremists, and Kirt and I have been the target of dishonest,
hateful extremists. Peter just posted an excerpt of some attacks made against
me and Kirt.

Denying the reality of the extremists will not make the world a better
place. Recognizing the negativity of the extremists is the first step
to neutralize them; the first step towards making the world a better
place.

My post yesterday was motivated by false statements made about me by
the moderateor of another e-mail forum, a forum that specializes in
intellectually dishonest, utterly bogus, crank science theories. The
moderator of that forum holds high the banner of science, yet his theories
are crackpot, dishonest,  and he is very hateful (his forum exists only
because he was thrown off multiple other lists for hostile conduct).

My criticism of the extremists is fact-based: they are hostile, intellectually
dishonest, and are actually harming the raw foods community. Their attacks
on me, Kirt, this list - are often dishonest and crackpot. I have also
been the target of threats of violence from extremists (NFL).

So, Alan, I suggest you preach your sermon to the extremists, and see if
you can get them to develop some "integrity" while you're at it!  :-)

Tom Billings