...oh, you meant that rhetorically, didn't you?
BlueJ is one of the best cooks I have ever met. I used to do her ironing in exchange for her cooking dinner and, much as I hate ironing, I absolutely got the sweet end of the deal. In fairness, she has also cooked me dinner because I was poor, hungry, ill, sad, helped her move, because she needed someone to experiment on or just because. So, she's paid her dues and has every right to be a fascist, although she isn't. It is true that when she comes to power she genuinely will ban all reduced-fat products, but at the moment what she is talking about isn't fascism, it's the pursuit of a way of life that's all about people who 'sing songs, spin stories, love, laugh and drink wine'. It's about the understanding that sheer pleasure in life is a virtue as well as a profoundly practical thing. It's about generosity to others and ourselves, the staff of life metaphorically and literally. For her, not surprisingly, reduced-fat food stands metonimically for the opposite.
And I utterly agree, except that, without being in the least 'Skinny Jean' about it, I just like reduced fat milk and cheese better than the full fat version.
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Yes indeed, of course I meant to say what she said :) And as always, Bella, you are much, much too kind..
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