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Entry: The Haughty Polloi Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_haughty_polloi#8585 Post contents: <i>It was not them who invented central plumbing, and toilets, which finally defeated the innumerable epidemics that afflicted pre-modern man.</i> Modern sanitation systems may be effective in preventing rampant disease, but it does so at a great price to the environment and water supply. More eco-friendly and yet also health-preserving systems are possible, and would be more welcome in an agrarian society. See, for example, <i>The Toilet Papers</i> by Sim Van der Ryn. Sent at: 2008 07 24