On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:46:07 GMT, Vioxel wrote:

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:40:59 GMT, wrote:

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:41:05 -0400, "Jennifer" wrote:

I just wanted to say that your recipes are a constant source of new and
exciting eating for my family. Thanks for all your effort...it is
appreciated!
Jennifer

· Vegans contribute to the deaths of animals by their use
of wood and paper products, and roads and all types of
buildings, and by their own diet just as everyone else does.
What vegans try to avoid are products which provide life
(and death) for farm animals, but even then they would have
to avoid the following in order to be successful:

Does the fact that vegans can't be perfect mean that they shouldn't
try to be good?

-Vioxel

No. But people who care about human influence on animals
should keep this part in mind:

From the life and death of a thousand pound grass raised
steer and whatever he happens to kill during his life, people
get over 500 pounds of human consumable meat. From a grass
raised dairy cow people get thousands of servings of dairy
products. Due to the influence of farm machinery, and *icides,
and in the case of rice the flooding and draining of fields,
one serving of soy or rice based product is likely to involve
more animal deaths than hundreds of servings derived from grass
raised cattle. Grass raised cattle products contribute to less
wildlife deaths, better wildlife habitat, and decent lives for
cattle. ·

It depends on how "good" you want to be, and what you
want to be good at.