<dh@.> wrote in message ...
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:56:31 +0000, Derek > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:49:48 -0800, dh@. wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>
> Provide some reason to believe the claim. Go:

Humans have NEVER considered animal hides to be waste. But don't let human
history bother your little bizarro reality.