goodsamaritan... your writing and debating style DOES come off to others reading it as quite sophomoric and juvenile. The tone of your word choices sound very narcissistic and narrowminded... in both HV's forum and here. Why did you bring your problem to this forum? It comes off as someone who, rather than coming face to face with the person you disagree with, as gossipy and rallying others to your aid. Perhaps you do not INTEND for the words to come off that way, but they do. You are free to believe in the value of eating raw meat. I am free to take what you have written and decide for myself whether or not it would be something I would like to implement into my own life. Please understand that it was not your beliefs in the benefits of eating raw meat that was the issue.... it was your handling of it. You w-e-r-e rude... or at least the tone of your words came off that way to m-a-n-y... not just the few who have written here.