bob.blog: The Inquisition... What a Show!

May 08, 2009

The Inquisition... What a Show!

May 8, 2009 12:47:28 PM

2 Comments

Ha! There's much truth in this cartoon.

Posted by: Wes Woodell | May 11, 2009 at 11:09 AM

Wow! It's always amazing how succinctly a good cartoon get the point made.

This idea of those who question orthodoxy (both in science as well as religion) being labeled as heretics hits close to home for me right now. I have been battling a series of health problems common to Americans and have come to realize that, nutritionally speaking, my doctors have been trying to kill me for the past 15 years by restricting meats and fats from my diets while heaping on the fruits, vegetables and grains -something the human animal never evolved to embrace healthily.

Yet whenever someone presents the (ample) science that questions the wisdom of making fat and not carbohydrates the source of diabetes, obesity and heart disease, they are roundly and thoroughly denounced by the ostriches running the academia.

So my solution is to say "Screw 'em! Give me meat or give me death!"

Posted by: Chris Beyer | May 12, 2009 at 06:08 AM

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