Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Supreme Court vs. Laws of Nature

So while wandering the internet looking for instuctions on reconstituting kidney beans for chili, Meio came upon this: "Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit" is a children's song about the flatulence often experienced after eating beans. The song is noteworthy for correctly identifying the bean as a fruit, not a vegetable. Yet beans, along with many other fruits, are regarded as vegetables due to their common usage as such. The decision to classify certain fruits as vegetables was officially resolved in 1893 when the Supreme Court unanimously decided the tomato was a vegetable, at which time Justice Gray also clarified the status of cucumbers, squash, peas and beans as vegetables. The thing that caught our eye in this little tidbit of info is the fact that the Supreme Court can just defy what science has proven, and just randomly reclassify fruits as vegetables. Um, yeah, that does not actually make these items vegetables people, just because some judge declares it so. And why the hell are tax payer's money going to stupid, pointless use of the Supreme Court. Seriously!

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