WHY VEGANISM?
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:56:31 +0000, Derek > wrote:
>On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:49:48 -0800, dh@. wrote:
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>>On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:22:12 +0000, Nemo (heh heh heh) > wrote:
>>>On 10/01/2012 23:13, dh@. wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:31:27 +0000, Nemo (heh heh heh) > wrote:
>>>>> On 08/01/2012 20:32, Dutch wrote:
>>>>>> > (heh heh heh) wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why Veganism?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For compassion,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There's my reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you considered the collateral impact of those vegan alternatives? For
>>>>>> example leather is a by-product of the meat industry,
>>>>>
>>>>> No it is not a by-product. More animals are slaughtered than would
>>>>> otherwise be for their meat for leather.
>>>>
>>>> How do you figure that?
>>>
>>>Leather is a co-product of the meat industry, not a by-product of
>>>it. It's an economically dependent product of meat production made
>>>simultaneously with it to make each affordable to the consumer and
>>>thereby increases the demand for slaughtered animals. A by-product
>>>is something produced incidentally to another product that isn't
>>>economically dependent on it for its production.
>>
>> Leather is.
>
> [Most consumers mistakenly assume that leather is merely
> a by-product of the meat industry, and that buying leather
> clothing does not increase the number of animals slaughtered.
> However, this belief ignores the economic interdependence
> of factory farming and the leather trade. In reality, leather is
> a co-product of the meat industry, generating significant
> profits for both factory farms and the leather trade itself. In
> fact, without the lucrative sale of animal skins for leather,
> factory farms would not even be able to turn a profit by
> selling meat alone.
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