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<dh@.> wrote in message ...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:12:27 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:
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>><dh@.> wrote in message ...
>>> On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 15:06:26 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:
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>>>><dh@.> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:10:15 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:
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>>>>>>Every product derived from the animal shares in the resultant death
>>>>>>toll.
>>>>>>Why would pet food and leather be exempt?
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>>>>> Because it was only raised for food.
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>>>>Then no leather or pet food were produced.
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>>> It was raised for food, and leather and pet food are made from the
>>> waste. It
>>> would still be raised for food regardless of what the waste is used for.

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>>It's not waste, any more than the meat is waste.

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> LOL! You certainly have some amusing ideas. You think sometimes Tbones
> and
> Ribeyes are waste products of the leather industry...LOL...


I said neither is waste. Both form a part of the same pre-production
economic profile. Yes, meat is considered the primary product, but every
part is used and counts.