Unpopular opinions

[Farseer]

That's okay, so long as it's not out of an illusory fear of germs

No, the germ family and I are quite good friends really!! I do have to say though, redchild, that I will never again be able to cook red meat without thinking of you and, living on a cattle station, that means I'll most likely think of you, oh, six days out of every seven!

I do have to come back to our other "meat" discussion one day re guilt when slaughtering...like a million other replies I must make when I can actually make some time to think!

Oh, another food related thing I don't like is fat-phobia. That pat of butter in the frying pan isn't going to kill you-- the stressing out that there is butter in the pan is going to kill you!

I agree with this as well as Nuytsia's dislike of low fat products, and will add sugar-free to the list. I am sure most people would be mortified at the levels of rubbish that I ingest...if it doesn't have sugar, full cream milk , salt or butter in/on it, it's not worth intaking (though not always all four at the same time!). I can't imagine going through life without those little extras...

One thing that seems to be sweeping our nation that I absolutely detest at the moment is the testing of our students. While testing has been around forever, and serves a purpose at times, it has reached ridiculous heights within the last couple of years. Forget the testing, do the TEACHING, and the test results will then take care of themselves!!! I am weary of children being taught a skill just for the purpose of passing a test rather than to gain full mastery over the concept, and a letter or number defining a person while all other skills and contributions are swept aside makes me crazy. Yes, it's great to be provided with a snap-shot or overview but does a test result, like an award have to define a person?? (I love this little rant guy...and can only pop him in if I have a rant! )