"Raw milk" woo ditwits are trying to get the courts to let them die...

[Archae]

Pasterization was invented for a damn good reason, too many people caught terrible diseases from "raw milk."

The raw milk advocates brag about how their milk is "better" than pasteurized milk, but they never can back up their claims.

Sounds like the "vaccines cause autism" advocates, doesn't it?

Raw milk supporters petitioning Supreme Court

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Supporters of unpasteurized milk are petitioning the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether a person has a constitutional right to purchase and consume raw milk.

Food rights activist Gayle Loiselle, of Dousman, says the plaintiffs believe people have a right to choose what they consume and where it comes from, and that dairy farmers who sell unpasteurized milk have a right to sell directly to consumers.

The petitions are the result of a state appeals court ruling against Mark and Petra Zinniker, dairy farmers in Walworth County, and Grassway Organics Farm Store in New Holstein.

The Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1reWjAv ) says another petition was filed this summer in a case involving dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger of Loganville.

State law generally prohibits the sale of unpasteurized milk to the public because it may carry bacteria that can cause food-borne illnesses.

http://www.wbay.com/story/26722463/raw-milk-supporters-petitioning-supreme-court

[trotsky]

1. If it was just them dying I'd say go for it.

But they are putting innocent kids at risk too.

[AlbertCat]

2. Pasterization was invented for a damn good reason

I know....


Do these dumb bunnies ever consider WHY things become law in the 1st place?

It's like Roe vs Wade ..... can anti-choice people not ask themselves WHY abortion became legal? There's a reason, y'know.

Can there possibly be a reason why all children were vaccinated in public schools? (I remember those sugar cubes) What could it be?

I wonder why drinking water has to be tested....hmmmm Why would the government require such a thing????

[Downwinder]

3. At a time when

people wipe down their grocery carts to kill bacteria, others want to preserve the bacteria in the food they eat.

[progressoid]

4. I've never understood the opposition to pasteurization.

So the milk gets cooked a little bit first. So what.

[Archae]

5. It boils down to this.

"Raw milk" sellers don't have to put in pasteurization equipment, and I've seen how raw milk is like most other brands of "organic" milk, as much as 2-3 times the price of normal dairy milk.

$$$.

[zappaman]

12. Bingo!

[Orrex]

6. Swill Milk

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018677201

Great stuff!

[Archae]

7. Oh yuck!

I was reading about the "baby milk" sold in China, that was diluted and then altered with something white.

I wonder how many babies died from that shit!

[Reter]

8. Both sides have problems

One side is nuts and the other side are quasi dictators. The middle ground? Legalize it all.

[drm604]

9. And allow it to be fed to children?

Legalizing it all isn't a "middle ground", it's an abandonment of public health regulations.

[Reter]

10. Yes, legalize it

Put a warning label on it, but if someone wants it, sell it to them.

[Archae]

11. Every year people DIE from unpasteurized milk.

And most of them are little kids, including babies.

I'll bet you are for banning GMO foods also.

[Reter]

13. No, I'm not for banning any foods

In fact, I'm not a fan of banning many things at all.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

15. Whaddya think of Ron Paul?

Cuz he's also not a fan of banning things.

[Reter]

16. So now I'm a Paul-bot because I prefer freedom over bans?

Sorry, but I have always had a libertarian side, and I'm not ashamed of it. Paul is too out there, and is a right-leaning libertarian. I am also for government programs, and he is not.

[LeftishBrit]

14. Really idiotic...

I knew someone who had become seriously ill when younger through drinking raw milk and getting brucellosis. She spent months in hospital, and was never quite the same again. This used to happen quite a lot in many parts of the world, because of lack of knowledge and poor regulation of agriculture; but why would anyone WANT to risk their own and their children's health in that way?!