I hate to contribute to this whole disintegrating mess, but Robert Cohen's
last, childish post, lashing out at the members interested in lifestyle
advice and - horrors - recipes, was uncalled for, and required a response. In
the beginning, I thought there was some merit in the idea of a discussion
about the politics and science behind the dairy debate, but Robert Cohen has
turned me off the concept at last.

Robert: when you dismiss the people looking for basic lactose-free food
information as being unimportant and, in your expert technical jargon,
'boring',  you are turning your back on the very people you pretend to be
defending. For the most part, these people already understand the dangers of
milk. They are here seeking ways to organize and alter their lives, and the
lives of their families, to cope with what are often major changes to their
lifestyles. In many cases, these are frightened, confused parents of small
children who need information quickly at a terribly difficult time; or people
who, exhausted and at wit's end from chronic illness, are making a desperate
attempt to reclaim some degree of a normal life.

As you know, this information is not forthcoming in the outside world. These
peoples' desire for advice about food, medical care, and prevention in their
radically altered lives is not a silly recipe swap, but a dead-serious race
to find some answers before they or their children are harmed again.

These people are the front lines of the battle you claim to care deeply
about. By insulting them, you simply reveal how little you actually care
about your cause as opposed to your ego.

This is a chronic problem with the most vehement activists of any
movement/belief group. In the end, their inability to remain professional,
objective, and effective injures the movement they profess to represent.
Their loss of control allows the rest of the world to label all the members
and followers of that group as fanatics and lunatics, and dismiss the
movement as foolish and irresponsible.

Thanks, guys. Chalk one up for the dairy industry.

E Rock