On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:16:41 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:

>"ipse dixit" > wrote in message
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>> "Dutch" > wrote in message
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>> > "ipse dixit" > wrote in message
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>> > > "Benfez" > wrote in message
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>> > > > snip
>> > > > It may help you to understand that a short but high
>> > > > quality life is far superior to no life at all.
>> > > >
>> > > Thanks for that, Benfez.
>> >
>> > For what? Your claim was that "most meatarians" subscribe to this
>notion,
>> > that's now two, out of billions. You're a little short of supporting
>your
>> > claim..
>> >
>> The original claim was that only Harrison believed
>> a short life as a farm animal was better than no life
>> at all.
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>> "There is exactly one person you've ever read in
>> these newsgroups who believes the "animals getting
>> to experience life" crapola, and EVERY omnivore
>> apart from ****wit who has ever addressed the
>> issue with him has told him his "theory" is bullshit."
>> Jonathan Ball 2003-06-25
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>> But that obviously isn't the case.
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>That obviously wasn't the claim. He said "there is exactly one person
>*you've ever read in these newsgroups* who believes the "animals getting to
>experience life" crapola, " He didn't say there was only one person. Since
>the logic of the larder is thousands of years old it stands to reason there
>are a few people floating around who subscribe to the logic.

There are a few people who understand that some farm animals
benefit from farming and that some don't, as it has been for thousands
of years. It's hard to believe that so many of YOU are too stupid to
understand such an obvious fact, but you prove it to be the case
over and over again.