Re: Liquid Smoke: ALSO what's the hangup with paper?

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

Thank you for the concise explanation. I suspected it was an Elaine

standard and as Mara pointed out, she had the additional

responsibility of authoring a guide book for us.

Of course since she is no longer with us there is no way to know

whether of not she would have come to accept email as an acceptable

representation. Especially in a day and age when physical documents

are so easily forged by anyone with a computer, scanner and printer.

Elaine cleared some processed foods when she wrote her book, but who's

to say that those formulations haven't changed since then? If I could,

I would eat all organic, all home-made from scratch, all of the time.

This just isn't practical for me and I suspect for most anyone on this

list. Nonetheless, I've been able to achieve remission. I think we are

all flying just a little blind, regardless of how we get our

confirmations.

Caveat emptor.

Stocker

CD 1983

SCD 1/2005

Remission 8/2007

eatingSCD.wordpress.com

> >Please explain to me why email is no good, but paper is golden.

>

> Because if they mis-represent, and there's a

> problem, and you have it on paper, you have them.

> E-mails can be edited, changed, etc. Friend of

> mine had this with their cell phone recently.

> They were sent an email promising a certain

> resolution, and then the company tried to disavow

> it because their representatives wouldn't send something like that out.

>

> Yes, physical letters can be altered, but not as easily.

>

> In addition, in the past, there have been people

> who (ghod knows why) were so anxious to use a

> particular product that they actually forged an

> email saying it was OK -- and it wasn't. (I did

> not witness this myself; it was before my time.)

> I suppose these days you could Photoshop or DTP a

> letterhead if you wanted to lie about getting the go ahead, but....

>

> Now, I may well open a folder, and we can put

> scans of any physical letters we may have on

> products. We can also put files which are emails

> and note that so-and-so received this from XYZ

> company and chooses to use this product, but it does not meet the

standard.

>

> It is your choice as to whether you choose to

> consider an email a correct form of validation

> for a product you personally will use. But

> Elaine's standard was, and remains, a physical

> letter on the company letterhead.

>

>

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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