How do you fear something currently not possible?

[Christians4LessGvt]

Why don't you try some of the dishes?

Honestly Ami I just don't wanna get sick.
I have an extremely sensitive stomach
I get sick a lot when I travel
I was deathly ill in Jamaica!

[Amianthus]

Why would I assume that italics imply a quote, especially since you give no attribution to the quote?

http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/2008/06/faq_when_to_use_italics/

Thank you for supplying an opinion piece that says someone thinks italics look better than doing proper quotations. Let's see what an actual style guide says:

"Quotations must be placed in quotation marks or indented as a block quote. All quotations must include a citation, a note or parenthetical citation, referring the reader to the source document. As a matter of form quotations should flow with your text, and may be edited to do so."
Chicago Manual of Style - http://www.docstyles.com/cmscrib.htm#Note6

The same style guide has a section about the use of italics, which is to be used for emphasis:

http://www.docstyles.com/cmscrib.htm#Note4

Please note that the Chicago Manual of Style is pretty much the standard for writing used throughout the US, including book publishers, newspapers, etc. Note proper use of italics for emphasis.

[Amianthus]

So AMI just so I am clear on this....by posting this article are you arguing that the leading US Health
and Medical organizations are wrong by stating that Americans who eat a lot of red meat are
raising their risk for a whole range of health problems? Is that huge bundle of data just a myth?

This article was to refute your claim that no society eats uncooked meat on a normal basis.

And yes, the government over-reacts when it comes to the cooking of meat. Cooking is only necessary if the meat is allowed to become tainted. Tainted meat would indicate a failure of the government's own meat inspection process. The government tells you to cook your meat thoroughly because they don't want you to sue the government when it fails to properly inspect and label your meat. My suggestion is to only buy meat from trusted suppliers. I've actually met my local butcher and spent time in his facility, watching him work; I'm satisfied that he does a good job, exceeding the government standards.

[Amianthus]

You wussie...why didnt you order uncoooked!?

I like the flavor of the seared-on spices on the outside.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Thank you for supplying an opinion piece that says someone thinks italics look better than doing proper quotations.
Let's see what an actual style guide says:

Where does it say it that fancy smancy guide that it's ok to LOL or LMAO or for Dr. Dre to use nigga?

Sometimes I wanna use wanna....it just makes the point better
slang ain't usually in no dictionary either....but it is language....YO!
somebody may call it wrong
but what is wrong one place is right other places

[Amianthus]

- just like it would make your hypothetical lion sick and possibly die.

I doubt it!...Lions are carnivores!

No need to doubt, it's actually been documented. From a government report on deaths of endangered animals in zoos:

"Zoos have also documented the deaths of tigers, cougars and lions from accidentally being fed tainted meat."
http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pressrel/03-56.htm

[Amianthus]

Honestly Ami I just don't wanna get sick.
I have an extremely sensitive stomach
I get sick a lot when I travel
I was deathly ill in Jamaica!

It's a shame that you haven't bothered to train your stomach to eat outside of your comfort zone. This is one of the reasons why Americans are generally looked down upon in other countries - we disdain their foods.

Guess you don't eat jerky, then? It's raw, you know.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Cooking is only necessary if the meat is allowed to become tainted. The government tells
you to cook your meat thoroughly because they don't want you to sue the government
when it fails to properly inspect and label your meat.

Why would anyone sue the gvt?
I thought people didn't get "sick and die" from raw/undercooked meat?

[Amianthus]

Where does it say it that fancy smancy guide that it's ok to LOL or LMAO or for Dr. Dre to use nigga?

Sometimes I wanna use wanna....it just makes the point better
slang ain't usually in no dictionary either....but it is language....YO!
somebody may call it wrong
but what is wrong one place is right other places

Style guides do not cover spelling or use of slang terms. However, any good dictionary will include most slang terms, including all of the ones you just used. The Chicago Manual of Style recommends that you do not over-use slang terms, but it does not say that you shouldn't use them.

And, BTW, LOL and LMAO are abbreviations, not slang.

[Amianthus]

Why would anyone sue the gvt?
I thought people didn't get "sick and die" from raw/undercooked meat?

They "get sick and die" from eating tainted meat, as I said. Eliminating tainted meat from the meat supply is the job of the USDA. If meat is tainted, it's a failure of a government agency. Cooking tainted meat will usually render it safe to eat, thereby covering up the initial government failure. But cooking it also changes or destroys many of the beneficial oils and other compounds as well (Omega-6 and Omega-3 oils, citric acid, etc).

[Amianthus]

actually I`ve heard talk about what humans can kill without guns and the list is very small. zebra is definately not on the list. I speak for all of us- we are a wimpy-ass species. goats can kick our sorry asses.

A video made in the 30s that documents a tribe of pygmies hunting and killing an elephant without modern weapons:

Pygmies in central Africal / Urwaldzwerge in Zentralafrika

[Christians4LessGvt]

It's a shame that you haven't bothered to train your stomach to eat outside of your comfort zone.

It's a shame I dont want to get sick?
Sorry I prefer following the directions and advice of the US gvt food agencies and US medical community.

This is one of the reasons why Americans are generally looked down upon in other countries - we disdain their foods.

I would think the US has more varying ethnic foods than most countries.
But even if that weren't true I dont give a shit if other people look down on Americans.
Booo whooo somebody in Yemen "looks down on me".

Guess you don't eat jerky, then? It's raw, you know.

I dont think most jerky in the US is "raw".
It is dried/smoked with low heat.

And "raw" can mean different things
In this discusssion I see "raw" as meat a lion pulls off a zebra
If that same meat is smoked or cured or frozen to kill bacteria...ect....
I dont see it as being the same and it's not only about tastebuds.

[Christians4LessGvt]

And, BTW, LOL and LMAO are abbreviations, not slang.

BTW I never said they were slang.

[Christians4LessGvt]

A video made in the 30s that documents a tribe of pygmies hunting and killing an elephant without modern weapons:*

I wonder what the world human population would be if humans for their primary food source
actually had to hunt down wild prey animals without modern weapons like say lions or wolves
do on a regular basis. I know obesity wouldn't be the problem it is!

[Amianthus]

Sorry I prefer following the directions and advice of the US gvt food agencies and US medical community.

You'd think if it was so dangerous ("it will make you sick and die") that the government would outlaw it. Yet I still see steak tartare and carpaccio on restaurant menus.

I dont think most jerky in the US is "raw".
It is dried/smoked with low heat.

"The meat must be dried quickly, to limit bacterial growth during the critical period where the meat is not yet dry. To do this, the meat is thinly sliced, or pressed thinly, in the case of ground meat. The strips of meat are dried at low temperatures, to avoid cooking it, or overdrying it to the point where it is brittle."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerky_%28food%29#Preparation

Jerky is uncooked, ie, raw. The drying is done to prevent bacterial growth, ie, tainted meat.