E Pluribus Unum

[DeusxMac]

swampy wrote:
The whole idea of "making one out of many" rubs me the wrong way. If we are asked to give up our unique foibles (religion, ethnic traditions, ability to produce etc.) we no longer come out as a pot of stew with identifiable ingredients of peas, carrots, potatoes and meat. You are asking the chefs to puree the parts and dish out mush.

The problem is when the peas want to have nothing to do with the carrots, potatoes and meat, and form an isolated lump that is set on excluding any trace of flavor from the other ingredients because "they're not like us peas".