Does demanding to know what is in what you eat and drink mean you are scared? Does avoiding things that are known to be bad for you make you a chicken? Does avoiding iffy things until some actual testing can be done make you undaring?
Is it possible that the most blissful person is not the ignorant one?
When the ignorantly blissful person runs across the mine field and loses a leg is he still blissful?
It seems that the one person with NO reason to be afraid is the person well armed with information on how to avoid the potential pitfalls of life. The guy who knows where all of the mines are can easily navigate the minefield - right?
I would say that the people who are armed with necessary information are the ones that can be the most at ease - the most empowered of people. Where the disconnect seems to come for those looking at the people with the information is when they choose to share it with those they know and those they love.
Labels then tagged on those that share their information include "Health Nut" , "Tree Hugger", "Anti Job Knucklehead", "Liberal" , etc. I am well aware of these because I have used all of them and more.
When people first began warning us about the deforestation in the Amazon rain forests they were tree huggers. We joked about spotted owls tasting just like chicken. The polar ice melt was an overreaction by more of those environmentalists.
You have every right to choose NOT to listen to someone who chooses to share their information and you also can feel free to label them as whatever you need to to maintain your own sense of personal security. Understand, though, that they are not the frightened ones. They are the ones with the map to the minefield.
More soon.....
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