naia_zifu's Journal

Completely Natural?
Jun 30 2009 22:36

It seems weird to me how many people on CC rail against putting any food that's not completely natural into their bodies.  Let's see. . . do these same people only wear clothes made from natural materials, or do they wear synthetics, too?  Driving in a car is unnatural, too, so do they never go anywhere unless they can make it by walking, or do they ride horses?  What about their homes and all the furniture, appliances, entertainment devices (yes, including cell phones and the computers they access CC on!)-- are all those things completely natural?  It just seems really hypocritical to me for people to be all high and mighty, like, "Oh no, I'd never eat anything that's not exactly as it was when it grew up out of the ground, and neither should you!" when they allow the artificial in so many other aspects of life.  I'm sure it would be ideal for us to only consume and surround ourselves with natural things, but that hasn't been the human way of life for centuries now.  I'm sure even the people preaching and whining about all the unnatural things on the shelves in the grocer's wouldn't advocate giving up their cushy modern lives and comforts to go back to a pre-industrial way of life.