SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #2962

[Mordonna22 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/7/2001 2:10:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:

<< 
 Just casually looking at the chemical formulas without a clear idea of the
 process, it looks like mustard gas is a cocktail of diphosgene and sulfuric
 acid. >>
There is a polemic making the rounds on the internet about how evil Canola 
Oil is because it is made with genetically altered Rape.  They claim that 
Rape was the original basis for Mustard Gas, and that it causes all sorts of 
respiratory problems, and besides it is genetically altered and that is a Bad 
Thing (tm). And anything called Rape has to be bad.
 At first I tried talking reason and logic to the relative who sent it to me, 
then I gave up.  If she wants to try avoiding Canola Oil on this basis, it 
should keep her too busy to bother me with such garbage.

Mordonna