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Re:Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermark... by user24 on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @02:22PM (#5326696)
> I thought it referred more to the logistics of getting hundreds of producers coordinated and hundreds of thousands of chickens vaccinated in so short a time.

I don't think that interpretation is plausible really. The author mentioned nothing about logistics, scale, time-to-results. I don't see how you can claim that the "amazing" is supposed to refer to something the author didn't mention.

> so short a time

Twelve years?

> no need to assume the writer is one of the "crazies"

Indeed.

> no need to have an OT comment thread

I just made the comment, not the thread. No-one's baying for blood. I'm just saying it's very sloppy and potentially dangerous phrasing.

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Re:Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermark... by minimize_me on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:14PM (#5332720)
Wiping things out full-stop is difficult - look at myxomatosis application in Australia.

"Deadly [to rabbits] disease kills rabbits. It's completely expected, not amazing at all."

And yet, rabbits have regained a significant foothold in Australia, despite myx absolutely decimating the population in the 50s. It's not just about micro-scale effectiveness, it's about effective timing and implementation. Same goes for AIDs meds in Africa, or forest fires.

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Re:Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermark... by nwienert on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:12AM (#5330015)
While it feels ridiculous to have an extended discussion about a mostly irrelevant adjective, I too interpret "amazing" as referring to the logistical effort.

Granted this is probably one of those disagreements that falls under "the issues of least importance cause the greatest divides".

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