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I’m not entirely sure what this says about me, but I now very much want to read a book-long exploration of the relationship between dietary preferences and social attitudes, possibly by Steven Levitt.

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Thanks for the clarity, Dan. I am left wondering why a charitable organization is running a vanity press on the side, though. Seems to encourage such confusion, no?

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@Garnet- That’s a fair point. I should clarify that “a variation of print-on-demand” refers to the fact that the book’s run has been funded by the sales, rather than a more traditional method of publishing (say, one in which whoever is putting the book out pays for it out of their operating budget). It’s not a vanity press by any means- they’re not also putting out sweeping historical romances set in 18th century Scotland.

–d

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mygif

Very nicely put Dan. I’m suprised the Daily Hate Mail hasn’t picked up on this yet – I’d love to read their spin on it (and “spin” is most definitely the operative word here).

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Excuse me, Dan, but clearly they have found something better to be outraged over: somebody stole a Eucharist from a Catholic mass and that’s a hate crime.

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if a kid refuses to sit near or play with kids of another race, learned from his dad that it’s okay to call them “pakis”, and refuses to eat food from other cultures, then maybe it’s something to consider
That makes me think of someone… but who?

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At the NCB website the author says “In my book I have tried to unpack racism and expose it for the evil that it is.”

Through a hard-hitting expose of child food preferences?

The media might be treating a bit unfairly, but if she’s saying stuff like this I have to wonder just what kind of self-important crap the book is filled with.

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@ Jon H- I haven’t read the book, but I certainly don’t feel compelled to defend the author from charges of flakiness. Just the other stuff.

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Andrew W. said on July 9th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

Man, that link to the racist thing just keeps crashing my firefox.

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@Andrew W

Same is happening to me.

@Jon H

“Through a hard-hitting expose of child food preferences?

The media might be treating a bit unfairly, but if she’s saying stuff like this I have to wonder just what kind of self-important crap the book is filled with.”

Is the report only about food? From what I’ve gathered online that does not appear to be the case. Your assumption that the book is filled with self-important crap bases off two sentences says more about you than it does the work in question.

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@Andrew W, Onion:

I, also. Not going to try again, even; got too many tabs open that I haven’t read yet.

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Welcome, Dan.

It’s truly amazing how far a lie can travel ere the truth gets its shoes on. It’s good to see someone keeping an eye on the facts while people are erupting in volcanic rage at a ludicrous idea.

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mygif

Honestly, it still seems like you’re defending it a bit too much. The phrase “that may indicate a lack of familiarity with that particular food” doesn’t come close to saying “a kid might genuinely not like it,” and still carries a strong connotation that they don’t like it simply because they haven’t had it.

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ps238principal said on July 12th, 2008 at 3:05 am

I don’t suppose we’ll see any “Your Webcomic is Bad and You Should Feel Bad” material here, Dan? I miss your scathingly entertaining deconstruction of digital comic’ry.

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@Bah- I see what you’re saying, but “doesn’t like it because they haven’t tried it” doesn’t mean anything even close to “doesn’t like it because they’re racist”, which is my point- she doesn’t ever say that all kids who don’t like a particular food are racist, which is what her critics are trying to interpret it as.

@ps238principal- You won’t see it from me, but MGK is the guy who did all of that, and it’s his site, so I’m sure there’s a possibility of something like that popping up.

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