So Christophe is asked to move the whole thing to another thread, for example "ecology and vegetarianism", in the meantime I will answer you on various points:
Janic wrote:
intensive cultivation induces weakness in plants (like animals in factory farming)
Let's be honest: this has nothing to do with the shortcomings. This is called "the weakening of the species". Let's call a cat a cat please!
This is the story of the chicken and the egg: is weakness the cause or effect? The deficiency is a lack of fixation of a biological element which results in what is called a disease which weakens the species, the filling of this deficiency restores health and the species is no longer weakened.
We do not entirely agree on this, it is not only negative, since famine is still a scourge. She also kills! So it's not that simple ...
Starvation is not a disease in the usual sense of the term, just like a shortage of fuel does not mean that the engine is dead.
Then we would have to prove that using certain products rather than others, is not a benefit for the plant? (Absolutely EVERYTHING is bio-chemical in life)
It would still be necessary to prove that they are beneficial for the plant, not only in the immediate future but also for all the plants to which they would have given life if they had swarmed. However, they are not all used for reproduction, just as industrial farm animals would be incapable of reproducing without danger for the survival of the breed given that they are slaughtered just before dying of diseases.
For bio-chemical: biochemical should not be confused in the sense of the complex natural mechanisms which have been established over the centuries with pure, selective, ultra-purified chemistry which has no correspondence in nature and which the organism, who receives them, must compensate by drawing on its reserves to assimilate it or to seek to get rid of it by the emunctories or by storing them in the fats of the body until they are released by a loss of weight or a period of illness. Thereby aggravating the condition of the patient.
Prove that the fact of filling certain weaknesses, would not allow the plant to develop other qualities that it could not do as much without a product, since part of its energy would be mobilized to defend itself ... We do it however already when "the right conditions are created to cultivate, prepare the ground, cross species, etc.".
As long as this preparation consists of respecting natural processes as closely as possible, the cultivator does less harm (which agrobiologists are trying to do), but which is not the main concern of industrial culture. (deep plowing, excessive chemical fertilizers, plant survival treatments, etc.) no human would resist what the plant undergoes.
So that part of her energy is used to defend herself, it is because she is sick like humans. When you're not sick, you don't need to defend yourself.
It is therefore to be studied, but in the interest of nature and not of the economy (I do not know and I am not for the use of chemistry, but it should not be excluded, I would ask our chemist ... It's just to say that I don't want to be dogmatic in my approach!).
Okay!
Cognitive-behavioral behavior must account for at least half of the health of individuals ... (50%) if not all! So the total abolition of “chemistry” aid in agricultural production must come much further up the hierarchy of priorities !!!
Not agree, it has priority. As long as one did not know (or pretended not to know) the side effects of men's chemistry one could hide behind one's ignorance. Today it is no longer possible, any more than it is possible to ignore the effects of asbestos (it took 100 years to officially recognize it) or those of nuclear power and everything that causes scandal. today by the media. Afterwards, invoking that cognitive behavior (which is also a reality) intervenes for 50% of individuals (not affected by the harmful effects), it makes a nice leg for those who die.
Let's start to stop abusing tobacco and alcohol ... because here too it is "chemistry" that is wreaking havoc ...! And yet ... a very occasional drink drunk among good friends has a lot of virtues, in particular offering comfort, and it acts on morale ... so it's a health benefit!
Where does the abuse begin? No one has so far been able to give the limit. After the notion: "everything is poison, nothing is poison, it is the dose that makes the poison" we moved on to "the dose depends on the individual and his tolerance to the product" Where a glass will not no visible damage in one, it will be catastrophic in the other. On the other hand, culture has confirmed that sharing a drink (why does it have to be alcohol?) Actually has virtues on morale, it's called sociability. After sociologists and other specialists to explain why alcohol has taken such a large place in this sociability. Last point to which no one has given a coherent answer to date: if alcohol is so friendly and acts so much on the morale: why is this socialization prohibited for children?
But what a relationship when it comes to setting "priorities". We cannot simply say:
- I can't afford to eat "organic" so I stop eating ^^
It is the same problem as for renewable energies, if the only criterion envisaged with nuclear was that of the bomb and the supply of energy, a "waste" justifying its development, the disadvantages of which we raise a little late (short -circuiting thereby any other development of energy) it was the same in agriculture. What was the refrain at that time? Yields must be developed to feed growing humanity. Were the goal achieved? No ! It just served to eliminate the maximum of peasants and to regroup immense areas (in the American style) for the sole benefit of a few, eliminating the hedges (sheltering the natural predators of the predators of the plant) exhausting the soils by these intensive crops , poisoning farmers with treatments with or without protections, as well as land and water, etc.
The developing countries are naturally "organic" in the sense of not polluted by our filth; It remains to allow them to self-satisfy rather than pass on to them our poisoned surpluses or make our exported products better than their production costs by means of subsidies. For our affluent societies, it is by demanding more and more healthy products that the governments will back down under the popular pressure on which their situation depends, it is good to fight against nuclear power as you point out yourself.
It is necessary to give "solutions", so that individuals are able to eat and get by while waiting for "better"! And this best can only come by changing the laws, even by going to demonstrate in the street, in supermarkets and in front of parliaments ...
In the meantime, going to “all organic” is necessarily a later step, for a low-income or even middle-income household ...
Going organic is not only eating less polluted, it is first and foremost a global ecological philosophy. Currently many people would like to consume organic on the condition of not paying more than in their usual supermarket. No philosophy, no awareness, no research of why, no reflection on the additional work that this kind of culture represents, it's just the wallet that counts, while it is the waste of unnecessary spending elsewhere.
Yes to stop smoking in public places. (Those who have not chosen to smoke, we have the RIGHT not to be bothered by others .... this is elementary)
But is it to allow the father or mother to smoke at home or in the car with the doors, windows and windows closed to get the little ones used to becoming drug addicts as soon as possible?
No, a thousand times no, to ban alcohol, or whatever it is: because everyone must be able to choose for himself ... (But those who consume must know that there are "social consequences" and accept, it would therefore be necessary to sell the package of cigarettes 100 € of which 95% should be donated to hospitals and for prevention ...) I'm exaggerating, but it is to show the logic of reasoning!
I am against all bans too, I do not understand the logic which would consist in banning certain products considered as toxic and in authorizing others. Hard drugs are less deadly than soft drugs (or supposed to be so because they kill more slowly) so why not legalize them too? But knowing the social consequences has never prevented an alcohol user from driving (even below the authorized threshold) when the risks are present even if they are assumed to be lower depending on the amount ingested, which is why the threshold of some countries is 0. (better awareness or less pressure from the alcohol lobbies?)
Because if someone feels better after consuming anything, it is likely to be beneficial.
Beneficial on the moral level, possible, alcohol makes lose the direction of the realities. Biologically, this is incorrect, alcohol permanently destroys each affected nerve cell. Okay, we have a lot, but they are not renewable and the lack may be felt at the end of life.
If an addiction begins to develop ... it is better not to insist. We know that tobacco and alcohol are dangerous ... but very moderate and controlled consumption is not necessarily bad.
It is called self-justification because on the scientific level, it is undeniable that this point of view can no longer be supported.
The fruits themselves may contain alcohol in natural form ...
Quite exact, the organism produces very different alcohols, but in quantity and in precise quality and according to the needs of the body unlike the absorbed alcohols which do not correspond, neither in quality, nor in quantity, to the organic needs.
In addition we must be very careful with all that is the practices of "banishment" of product / s whatever they are => because we must first start to think of those who consume them!
That is why those who use illegal drugs do not understand why they are being banned too. Are they right or wrong?
Guilt may not be the best way to help others cope.
This is also my opinion. We must distinguish awareness of guilt. Helping to raise awareness is also to provide the means to get out of an inadequate situation? Guilt is sterile.
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For the rest, I do not intend to convert anyone to abandon the consumption of meat products, if it is consumed correctly and moderately (while opening the door to all alternatives without excluding any ...).
Neither have I been trying to convert anyone for a long time, neither in this area nor in others.
But no, that doesn't mean you're completely right Janic !!!
From lived experience, I have learned that you can only convince people who are already convinced on the inside, intervening can just help bring out what is buried (like a source of water… or oil!). So what would be the point of planting a seed in sterile soil? On the other hand when an interest is expressed, I remain ready to share MY experience and possibly some knowledge acquired over time. This is what I call no longer seeking to convert anyone.
Janic wrote:
but everyone places their priorities where their personal sensitivity takes them!
Definitely, I will end up believing that you do not understand! Everyone sets the priorities "he can", is it finally clear ??????????????
It is clear, but power without wanting it is also sterile! A young student, on another site, told me that she could not afford to buy organic, but on the other hand she could buy a computer and the subscription which accompanies it and probably a mobile too, more some fashionable clothes, etc ... but she couldn't!
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As an example (like all my other posts ... I gave just a few tracks): I do not allow myself to say that you are in error! I say that your food bowl suits you and that apparently it is very well suited to the rest of your family !!! And this is the essential, so do not change (or do as you please).
I heard it well, I reacted only because you said that veganism was complicated to manage
... we should demonstrate the opposite?
This is what "I" have been doing for three generations. On the other hand I recognize that it is very specific (like all that is new or different) but to know it you have to roll up your sleeves and get down to work, to realize that ultimately it is not so difficult than that. There are lots of books on the subject and more and more vegetarian sites which guide and support by their advice or experiences those who choose this path. AVF genre or, more specific, more or less vegan sites like Végéweb.
Being concerned and above all speaking by LIVE experience and not purely abstract, I said that this is not the case. On the contrary, it is very easy and does not provide deficiencies from a few very simple elements. By cons I understand very well that it may not interest other people (which I respect) but I can not let pass an inaccurate statement and especially never verified.
... still neither demonstrated nor proven "for everyone".
What is then demonstrated and proven? everyone in question not trying to verify anything, will not prove and demonstrate anything, it's obvious!