On Jun 26, 8:27*am, Bill who putters > wrote:
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> *Ricavito > wrote:
> > On Jun 26, 2:50*am, Nick Cramer > wrote:
> > > "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> > > > > Julie. Don't tell anyone, but I was a vegetarian in the late 60's and
> > > > > early
> > > > > 70's.
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> > > > I went mostly vegetarian at about age 12. *We did eat some meat at home,
> > > > but we had meatless Mondays, perhaps in an effort to save money and also
> > > > had meatless meals other times of the week. *I didn't really think about
> > > > it much.
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> > > I became a vegetarian out of compassion for other living creatures. I
> > > stopped after about ten years. Having a steak, charred blood rare,
> > > tomorrow.
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> > This is precisely the problem I have with eating meat, which I have
> > never fully given up. *I like a steak cooked just as you described.
> > If I had to kill an animal to eat, I don't know if I could do it. I
> > can't even fish anymore. *I ran over a small bird that the wind blew
> > into my path a few weeks ago, I saw it turn to face me and square its
> > little birdy shoulders the instant before I hit it and then I burst
> > into tears and had to pull over. *It has gotten so bad that last week
> > I got teary eyed and morose after I drowned an ant's nest -- they were
> > marching out of the flood carrying the larva on their backs -- they
> > want to live too! * I realize this is not a healthy reaction, and
> > maybe a little neurotic, but if I have to feel this way, where do I
> > draw the line? *Stop eating meat? *Stop driving? *Stop gardening?
> > Practically, no. *So I brake for animals and garden without pesticides
> > and put up bird feeders and set out food for stray cats and volunteer
> > at the animal shelter and give money to the Humane Society and try to
> > eat only meat (or eggs, dairy, etc.) from animals that have been
> > treated humanely. *That's hard to do sometimes because either you
> > don't know for sure or it can be so damn expensive. We're fortunate in
> > that we can afford to eat those foods for the most part, but as a
> > consequence we do eat less meat and more vegetables -- can't be a bad
> > thing ;-) * Of course, lately I've noticed tender feelings toward my
> > garden plants.
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> > Gosh, I don't know where that came from, but I feel better now :-)
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> *Gary Snyder said life requires breaking of the body.
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> http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps...nyder/life.htm
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> Bill *S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
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His poetry also makes me cry :-)