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Benfez
 
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Default No need for farm animals.

Strooth Jahnu, I know they brainwash folks at Krishna concentration camps,
but they've really done a number on you.
Did you forget about all the peace and love, my sweet lord and all that
garbage. Go back to your books instead of spouting your hate and
intollerance.

"Jahnu" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 20:09:43 GMT, Jonathan Ball
> > wrote:
>
> >Jahnu wrote:

>
> >> Constitution? You forget I am from Europe. I couldn't care less about
> >> your constitution.

> >
> >Irrelevant, and truly a stupid, ****witted dodge. The
> >point is that stupid irrational "vegans" want to
> >overthrow the legitimate, lawful, constitutional
> >governments wherever they are, in order to impose their
> >benighted values on others.

>
> Not me. I just hate atheist meat-heads.
>
> >> Anyone who supports the mass slaughter of animals in the modern
> >> consumer culture must be completely devoid of any empathy towards
> >> other living entities.

> >
> >False. Repeating it, and using more words to do so,
> >will not make it true. Your claim is false.

>
> According to who?
>
> >No, you are not stating facts. You are venting your
> >spleen; nothing more.

>
> I am merely stating facts, that's all. And they don't become less
> facts by you denying it.
>
> >Yes, it is. It is a rational observation of you and
> >your social milieu.

>
> hahaha, says someone who grew up in a Mickey Mouse culture and elected
> a retard for president.
>
> Once again, just to hammer home the point:
>
>
>
> HOW TO WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH A MEAT EATER
>
> The New York Times, Tuesday, June 20, 1989
>
>
>
> The Hunger Argument
>
> Number of people worldwide who will die of starvation this year: 60
> million.
>
> Number of people who could be adequately fed with the grain saved if
> Americans reduced their intake of meat by 10 perc.: 60 million
>
> Human beings in America: 243 million
>
> Number of people who could be fed with grain and soybeans now eaten by
> U.S. livestock: 1.3 billion
>
> Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by people: 20
>
> Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80
>
> Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95
>
> Percentage of protein waste by cycling grain through livestock: 99
>
> How frequently a child starves to death: every 2 seconds
>
> Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an ac 20.OOO
>
> Pounds of beef produced on an ac 165
>
> Percentage of U.S. farmland devoted to beef production: 56
>
> Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce a pound of beef: 16
>
>
>
> The Environmental Argument
>
> Cause of global warming: greenhouse effect
>
> Primary cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from
> fossil fuels.
>
> Fossil fuels needed to produce a meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free
> diet: 50 times more
>
> Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date: 75
>
> Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising:
> 85
>
> Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce
> meat-centered diet: 260 million
>
> Amount of meat U.S. imports annually from Costa Rica, El Salvador,
> Guatemala, Honduras and Panama: 200 million pounds
>
> Average per capita meat consumption in Costa Rica, El Salvador,
> Guatemala, Honduras and Panama: less than eaten by average U.S.
> housecat.
>
> Area of tropical rainforest consumed in every 1/4 pound hamburger: 55
> sq.ft.
>
> Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical
> rainforests for meat grazing and other uses: 1.000 per year
>
>
>
> The Cancer Argument
>
> Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat 4 times a week
> vs. less than once a week: 4 times
>
> For women who eat eggs daily vs. less than once a week: 3 times
>
> Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or
> more times a week vs. less than once a week: 3 times
>
> Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who eat meat daily vs.
> sparingly or not at all: 3.6 times
>
>
>
> The Natural Resources Argument
>
> Use of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the U.S.:
> livestock portion.
>
> Amount of water used in production of the average steer: sufficient to
> float a destroyer.
>
> Gallons to produce a pound of wheat: 25
>
> Gallons to produce a pound of meat: 2.500
>
> Cost of common hamburger if water used by meat industry was not
> subsidized by the U.S. taxpayer: 35 dollars a pound
>
> Current cost of pound of protein from beefsteak, if water was no
> longer subsidized: 89 dollars
>
> Years the world's known oil reserves would last if every human ate a
> meat-centered diet: 13
>
> Years they would last if human beings no longer ate meat: 260
>
> Barrels of oil imported into U.S. daily: 6.8 million
>
> Percentage of fossil fuel returned as food energy by most efficient
> factory farming of meat: 34.5
>
> Percentage returned from least efficient plant food: 32.8
>
> Percentage of raw materials consumed by U.S. to produce present
> meat-centered diet: 33
>
>
>
> The Cholesterol Argument
>
> Number of U.S. medical schools: 125
>
> Number requiring a course in nutrition: 30
>
> Nutrition training received by average U.S. physician during four
> years in medical school: 25 hours
>
> Most common cause of death in U.S.: heart attack
>
> How frequently a heart attack kills in U.S.: every 45 seconds
>
> Average U.S. man's risk of death from heart attack: 50 perc.
>
> Risk for average U.S. man who avoids the meat-centered diet: 15 perc.
>
> Meat industry claims you should not be concerned about your blood
> cholesterol if it is: normal
>
> Your risk of dying of a disease caused by clogged arteries if your
> blood cholesterol is ?normal?: over 50 perc.
>
>
>
> The Antibiotic Argument
>
> Percentage of U.S. antibiotics fed to livestock: 55
>
> Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in
> 1960: 13
>
> Percentage resistant in 1988: 91
>
> Response of European Economic Community to routine feeding of
> antibiotics to livestock: ban
>
> Response of U.S. meat and pharmaceutical industries to routine feeding
> of antibiotics to livestock: full and complete support
>
>
> The Pesticide Argument
>
> Percentage of pesticide residues in the U.S. diet supplied by grains:
> 1
>
> Percentage of pesticide residues in the U.S. diet supplied by fruits:
> 4
>
> Percentage of pesticide residues in the U.S. diet suppl. by dairy
> products: 23
>
> Percentage of pesticide residues in the U.S. diet supplied by meat: 55
>
> Pesticide contamination of breast milk from meat-eating mothers vs.
> non meat-eating: 35 times higher
>
> What USDA tells us: meat is inspected
>
> Percentage of slaughtered animals inspected for residues of toxin
> chemicals including dioxin and DDT: less than 0.00004
>
>
>
> The Ethical Argument
>
> Number of animals killed for meat per hour in U.S.: 500.000
>
> Occupation with highest turnover rate in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker
>
> Occupation with highest rate of on-the-job injury in
> U.S:slaughterhouse worker
>
> Cost to render animal unconscious with captive bolt pistol before
> slaughter.: 1 cent
>
> Reason given by meat industry for non using that pistol: too expensive
>
>
>
> The Survival Argument
>
> Athlete to win Ironman Triathlon more than twice: Dave Scott (6 time
> winner) Food choices of Dave Scott: Vegetarian
>
> Largest meat eater than ever lived: Tyrannosaurus Rex
>
> Last sighting of Tyrannosaurus Rex: 100.000.000 B.C.
>
>
> Famous pop stars - vegetarians:
> -------------------------------
> Candice Bergen, David Bowie, Paul Mc Cartney, Darryl Hannah, Janet
> Jackson, k.d.lang, Sting
>
> 'I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.'
> --William Shakespeare "Twelfth Night," Act I, Scene 3
>
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