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Re: Is it right to eat animals?

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From: Jim Webster
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:09
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:13:38 GMT, Simon Harding <srharding@tesco.net>
wrote:

>Jim Webster wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 23:08:39 -0400, "LarryLook" <Larry@noemail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Our lifestyles kill animals, lots of them, meat or not. You're pushing a 
>>>> fallacy.
>>> Sure, but if it where proven that on the average the person who's 30 lbs 
>>> overweight is responsible for 4 times the number of deaths of animals 
>>> (because he eats more), wouldn't it be more ethical to be of ideal body 
>>> weight?
>>>
>>> You seem to be saying it's impossible to live a lifestyle that involves 
>>> killing less (and is thus more ethical) or that it's not a worthy goal.  But 
>>> it is a worthy goal.
>>>
>>> The antivegetarians here 
>> 
>> Don't waste your time with those kooks. There's only three of them,
>> the rest are sock puppets swearing black is white.
>> 
>> You cant help them, move on.
>> 
>> 
>I have some questions... a tad trollish I grant you but..
>
>Why have I got these sharp pointy teeth, kind of like a carnivore?

For chewing your fingernails and keeping them short.

>Why do I have to try much harder to eat a balanced diet if I don't eat meat?

You don't. A good diet is easy.

>Why is my gut not long enough to properly digest a purely vegetarian diet?

It is.

>If plant's scream, how terrified is the last carrot in a field when it 
>is harvested? Is that fair?

Penis.

>All in fun you understand..

Of course.

> as I hate so called vegans who somehow think 
>that no animal was actually injured in the making of their finely 
>stitched leather shoes OR that fish aren't animals OR that eggs aren't 
>baby chickens.

Then they are not vegans.

>Live and let live. I eat meat and I know where it comes from and how it 
>gets to my plate. I even accept that acres of rain forest have to be 
>cleared to grow the soy to feed the beef. I wonder if the same area 
>wouldn't be cleared to grow the soy to feed the veggies???

Veggies use far less resources.
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From: Jim Webster <Jim.Webster@pagebankfarm.com>
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Subject: Re: Is it right to eat animals?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:09:41 +0100
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