Sorry, folks, I’m still not responding to mesholim.
I thought this would be over after I showed that it is “certified” and that their website doesn’t reference a two tier system, but if you must, I will respond.
If I understand correctly, your point is that if the hashgacha offers “certification” and “approval”, it is possible that one is being machmir if one eats only the “certified” stuff, since it seems more verified.
My initial strong response to this was based on the fact that golders did not simply refer to it as a chumrah, but instead stated that “meaning that they have the level nichnas veyoitzei required by shulchan oruch”–thereby implying that the approved list was against halacha. Without getting into why you are wrong on halacha, it is obviously libelous to say that the LBD is approving things contrary to halacha.
My reply to your argument of chumrah, being advocated by Shoe Sales, is that since the same hashgacha holds of both methods, and presumably relies on its approved lists when certifying foods that have components on the approved list, as is also commonly done in the US, there is no chumrah since there is no way of knowing that the certified stuff does not contain approved stuff.
SS responded to that by claiming that they would not use any of the “complicated” approved stuff. Since the discussion had become speculation then, I didn’t reply. Especially since replying would have required a technical understanding of blood pressure medication (since I presumably would need to respond to the moshol from within it) which I do not have.
Now tell me: Didn’t I present the arguments far better than any moshol could?
This is similar to a King who had a son who had sinned against him, but the son did not understand why. So the King called in his son, and he explained to him how his feelings were hurt when the son did such and such, and how it is inappropriate to hurt your father the King’s feelings. The son understood, and refrained from sinning again.