"LordSnooty" > wrote
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:36:02 GMT, Jonathan Ball
> > wrote:

[..]

> >On the other hand, so-called "ethical vegetarianism" is
> >fundamentally hypocritical. The reason is that animals
> >are killed gruesomely and in large numbers in the
> >course of growing, storing and distributing vegetables,
>
> That's because it's a lie. You are deliberately confusing the odd
> accident,

Grain fields are routinely soaked with Roundup to supress weeds. Try
ingesting 1/1000 your bodyweight in Roundup.

> with the deliberate slaughter of animals to produce food.

What's accidental about using Roundup?

> It
> simply doesn't happen in vegetable production, whereas in meat
> production there is no dispute.

There's no dispute that animal populations have been and and are still being
decimated by herbicides and pesicides, these are not accidents.

You're in denial.

-snip->