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Default The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate

Jette wrote:
> Rudy Canoza wrote:
>> Julie wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:02:13 -0000, "Jill" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Julie wrote:
>>>>> No Jim that's a blatant lie. When was the last time anyone saw
>>>>> livestock grazing on a well managed arable farm?
>>>>>
>>>> So you agree with all artificial inputs to replenish the land?
>>>
>>> No. We have a choice?

>>
>> Organic farming virtually requires animal manure. But if "vegans"
>> suppress animal husbandry, there won't be any manure. Kind of a
>> paradox, eh?

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> And for those who claim to care about the animals, it seems callous to
> want to slaughter all the livestock so that you can turn pasture over to
> growing crops humans can eat.


Well, we're going to slaughter the livestock anyway, so
that's not really an issue. The big thing for
"vegans"/"aras" is that they don't want any *more*
livestock to exist.

"vegans"/"aras" don't really care about animals, and
they admit it. It's really only their own egos they
care about.


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> Or were they planning to just let them just starve to death on the land
> that was left?
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