tubeguy wrote:

> "Donald Shepherd" > wrote in message
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>>tubeguy wrote:
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>>>"The Office" > wrote in message
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>>>>In article >,
>>>>www.factoryfarming.com says...
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>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>
>>>
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>>Because we can?
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>
> Not good enough. Using blinking text in web pages is a good example of
> something that can be done but shouldn't be.
>
>

What's the downside? (to flying in the face of nature's design) Isn't
the freedom to do so part of the design of our nature anyway? Or do you
think we are all preprogrammed robots? Some of us are, but all of us?

Don