Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jun 21, 2008 16:03
On Jun 21, 3:40 pm, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:> Bugs! Mmmmm. Good
> Takes some real philosophy to imbibe :
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Insects can feed the world. Cows and pigs are the S.U.V.’s; bugs are
the bicycles.
...fear of insects is a social aversion. It’s not rational. People in
other societies were introduced to bugs at an early age. It’s just not
the way we grew up.” Which is true, but most of us associate insects
with disease. Mosquitoes cause encephalitis; deer ticks bring bull’s-
eyes and Lyme disease; and we regard cockroaches as unclean.
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