>But that is digression, nothing to do with the rules of engagement of
>this group.
>Yet, strong words beseech a strong response! As in when he says "a strong
>herbicide sometimes helps with the weeds)." Tut, tut, that is neither PC,
>nor "green"! Strong herbicides eventually leach into our lakes, streams, and
>assorted waterways. And into our food chain. And lead to gene and behavior
>mutations; don't they?
>That too is outside the purview of this group. Somehow I am not able
>get on track.
Sometimes a strong herbicide may either undergo photodecomposition or
biodegradation before it reaches the target organism (in this case a plant
like a weed). Then it is of no use. What is strong in a test tube in a lab
condition is of no use in field trials. The nature of the chemical is very
important (just like the words). Some weeds also develop either resistance
or tolerance to the strongest weedicides (herbicides). Stronger herbicides
may not reach the internal mileau of the plant hence, no biological activity.
(As sometimes stronger words don't reach tolerant humans.). Sometimes weeds
are so strong by developing a biochemical mechanism to either metabolically
decompose or metabolize those strong herbicides or by developing a physical
barrier (like those who develop thick skin), they don't respond the chemical
attack at all. That is called xenobiotic metabolism and detoxication. Most
of the plants develop a mechanism called "herbicide detoxication" (As some
should take the venom - bitter stuff and digest it with little toxicity).
Sometimes the treated herbicide (toxic chemical) will induce such metabolic
detoxication of such toxic chemicals - this is called biochemical induction
of expression of certain genes (need not necessarily be a mutation) (as some
legitimate stronger words with stronger grounds induce wisdom). Even lakes
and aquatic bodies such as marine ecosystems sometimes develop environmental
detoxication of toxic chemicals. Not all chemicals enter the food chain.
Those which can not be metabolized and acuumulate (based on the chemical
nature of the toxic chemical - such as lipid solubility or protein binding)
only will enter the food chanin and undergo biomagnification or biological
magnification (which means the man is at the top of the pyramid and he
accumulates the maximum amount of the toxic chemical accumulated in the prey
or food - this is called the prey-predator food chain relationship). That is
dangerous with respect to DDT and heavy metals like mercury (which cause
neurological damage in humans via food chain biological magnification) (If
stronger words harm every individual at the bottom level, then the leader
gets hurt - like a revolution induced by stronger words). Do the stronger
herbicides induce genotoxicity? That depends on the type of herbicide used
(like kind of strong words used). Not all herbicides are genotoxic (either
mutagenic or teratogenic or carcinogenic) (I have yet to hear that a strong
word is genotoxic! That is a scientific breakthrough!). One thing is more
important here - how many mutations are beneficial to bring a successful
change such as evolution? 99.99999% of the mutations (also includes lab
experiments) are lethal! Then one can imagine the percentage of beneficial
nature of mutations - As a result of which we are existing today emerging out
as a product of evolution and the high yielding crops and cattle of todays
biotech.. Strong-word mutations are not lethal at least at the intellectual
level. If Gidugu had used mutagenic strong words, if they were lethal, we
would not have seen the current existence of gra'mdhika telugu. What would
have happened if Gidugu mutta'taga'ru used highly genotoxic stronger words -
the entire gra'mdhika bha'sha would have disappeared (may be). Gidugu
mutta'taga'ru was an authority on gra'mdhika bha'sha and he had all the
vya'karaNa's at the finger tips - He could battle Mahamahopadhyaya Tata
Subbarayasastri (our Dr. Prasad Tata's great grandfather) in Parlakimidi and
could successfully convince him that vya'vaharika telugu is the telugu should
be propagated. There come dose-response relationship of a toxic chemical
used as in the case of the herbicide (The concentration of the dose of the
word plays an important role in exerting its toxicity). Eventhough the
chemical is strong by the nature of the structure (as in case of the type of
word used in a givnen context), the dose is critical (how much of the strong
word was used). This is called structure-activity relationship. Sometimes
Gidugu has to be blamed for not using the correct dose of the strong words
(herbicides) while battling for the vya'vaha'rika telugu. Finally herbicides
can not eradicate the seeds of the weeds. Eventhough the mother stock is
eliminated, seed dispersal by entemophily or anemophily brings succession of
newer weed communities into Jampala's lawn. Just like sometimes strong words
may not eliminate old habits (as my sons in spite of my repeated punishments
play the computer games always). As they have developed a thickskin, we have
to develop a cyberskin to these strong words (whatever dose the treatment may
be). Developing a cyberskin to the strong wods is a mutation - a beneficial
mutation and evolution - intellectual evolution. That is toxicokinetics of
strong words in cyberspace just like the toxicokinetics and pharmacokinetics
of toxic herbicides in Dayton, Ohio. That is tru in Washington area too!
---pAlana
2/15/96
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