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Donald Shepherd
 
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tubeguy wrote:

> "The Office" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>In article >,
>>www.factoryfarming.com says...
>>
>>>Agenda for a New America
>>>Part One
>>>The Politics of Vegetarianism
>>>By Vasu Murti
>>>Chapter 12 - Historical Comparisons
>>>
>>>According to Howard Lyman, former Senior lobbyist for the National
>>>Farmers Union, "Family farmers are victims of public policy that gives
>>>preference to feeding animals over feeding people. This has encouraged
>>>the cheap grain policy of this nation and has made the beef cartel the
>>>biggest hog at the trough."

>>
>>Hey, if you don't want to eat meat,
>>that's fine. More for me. But this
>>kind of argument smacks of the same
>>thing the stoners use to legitimize
>>hemp production, when what they really
>>want to do is get ****ed up. Fine.
>>I don't have a problem with that,
>>either. You don't want to have to
>>kill and eat something because it
>>makes you feel uncomfortable. I
>>don't have that concern, and you
>>won't persuade me with a tangiential
>>argument like this. Just like all
>>those Bible thumpers who try to prove
>>to me that Jesus was a real person and
>>not just a fictional construct. I
>>don't give a shit. I don't like Jesus's
>>philosophy and I could care less whether
>>he was "real" or not. Just admit it's
>>your personal philosophy and don't try
>>to dress it up with a lot of facts and
>>figures that supposedly justify it.
>>You don't have to justify yourself to
>>me, because there comes a point where
>>the it all boils down to what we
>>individually believe or feel. I don't
>>have a problem with that. Just admit
>>it so we can all get out of church and
>>go home and get a hamburger.

>
>
> Absolutely. Besides, humans were designed to be able to eat just about
> anything. We are at the top of the food chain. Why fly in the face of
> nature's design?
>
>


Because we can?

Don