I sit here and wonder why my paradigm is so different from some others. i then realize, the majority of my beef is a deal where I meet the end customer face to face. I look them in the eye and dearly want them back. Integrity and trust are paramount in my daily dealings. It is very real to me, not at all abstract....

So I want my customer to trust me. I know it has to be earned and well-guarded....

So comments like, "There's no proof of any danger for beef under 24 months," ring hollow for me. Why??? Well, if it turns out not to be true, I have to look someone in the eye and say, "Well, that was wrong." So what else have I said that is wrong???????

I can'tr even imagine how I'd feel if a friend that bought Beef was to come down with a disease from something i raise. look back at my old post, Pull The Scab. I still stand by it.

Can't label me as a pascker hater either. I sell on the grid and do well. I also in a way am a packer, but more of a toll processor. That means I rent that facilities and labor, although somewhat abstractly.....

I find it best when discussing issues to try to see why a person feels a certain way. Why does Japan feel strongly??? They feel they have found folded Prions in an animal younger than 24 months. This whole BSE deal is fairly new and very subject to popular views as to what is sound science changing......ie, Prime Minister of a country eating a juicy burger and claiming no problems here....

PPRM