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Article #28786Re: Is it right to eat animals?
From: Simon Harding
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:12
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:12
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Simon Harding 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? > Why do I have to try much harder to eat a balanced diet if I don't eat > meat? > Why is my gut not long enough to properly digest a purely vegetarian diet? > If plant's scream, how terrified is the last carrot in a field when it > is harvested? Is that fair? > > All in fun you understand.. 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. > > 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??? Imagine having to develop a special food chain for vegetarians. Would that mean that the non veggies were effectively farming the veggies? Could we eat them too?
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