I'm trying to convince a class that the word "natural" is too loaded (with many
MUSTS grounded in religiosity - including Emerson and Thoreau) to be helpful. We'd be better off with such thoughts as "good for us," "bad for us," "I like this," "I don't like that." So far, that kind of rationality and preciseness in language is a no-go with my classmates. I'm not giving up yet though.