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"Donald Shepherd" > wrote in message
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> tubeguy wrote:
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> > "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?


Not good enough. Using blinking text in web pages is a good example of
something that can be done but shouldn't be.