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In article <geoffmDtzy2t.HK9@netcom.com>, Geoff Miller writes:

> 	o  I also object to the fact that it's _de rigeur_ these days
> 	   to claim some sort of dietary problem that prevents one
> 	   from eating this, that, or the other sort of food.  It's
> 	   analogous to the way people will claim to be "allergic"
> 	   to tobacco smoke when they simply dislike its odor, since
> 	   they assume they'll be taken more seriously that way.  How

I can't speak for everybody, but tobacco smoke makes me physically ill. 
Even pipe smoke, which can actually smell pleasent, makes me ill.  In the
old days, people like me would just have to accept that, in a social
setting, they are going to feel ill much of the time.  I prefer the
current arrangement.

> 	   else to explain that I encountered virtually _no_ picky
> 	   eaters between late childhood and the last few years, and
> 	   now all of a sudden Americans have devolved into a nation
> 	   of veritable Morris the Cats?  It's hip to be weak, that's
> 	   what it is.  Everybody wants to feign some sort of 
> 	   "sensitivity" 'cause it's all the rage.  Think of it as
> 	   the mainstream equivalent of body piercings.  Sure, some
> 	   people have legitimate physical disorders, and with them
> 	   I have no bone to pick.  But I strongly suspect that such
> 	   people are a tiny minority of those who claim to have 
> 	   dietary defects.

People are or are trying to take better care of themselves.  That includes
paying more attention to what they eat.  It is true that more only a small
minority have serious dietary defects but many, many more react badly to
certain foods.  It may not kill them but becoming even moderately ill is
not fun.  People no longer tollerate food that makes them ill.  This is a
bad thing?

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