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Default Attn: Woopert - "glen" claims to be "cruelty free" (was The'vegan' shuffle)

On 3/6/2012 7:18 AM, Rupert wrote:
> On Mar 6, 3:07 pm, > wrote:
>> On 06/03/2012 13:54, Rupert wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 6, 1:55 pm, > wrote:
>>>> On 06/03/2012 08:57, Rupert wrote:

>>
>>>>> On Mar 6, 5:08 am, George > wrote:
>>>>>> Woopert, "glen" here is a "vegan" who claims his diet doesn't kill *any*
>>>>>> animals. What do you have to say to him, Woopert?

>>
>>>>> He is incorrect.

>>
>>>> I have never denied that animals die during crop production. What I
>>>> deny is George's baseless claim that all the food I eat is /contaminated/
>>>> with it.

>>
>>> Well, suffering and death have to take place to produce your food, as
>>> long as you acknowledge that that's fine.

>>
>> It may be the case that some animals die but I don't believe
>> they /have/ to die. I live on a farm and since my father's stroke
>> about two years ago my sister and her husband keep a relatively
>> small part of it going without killing animals to produce vegetables
>> and fruits all year round. If they can do it so can others. I'm not
>> interested in keeping it going. I just want to get rid of it.

>
> It's not very realistic to think that food that you buy at the
> supermarket would have been produced without causing suffering and
> death.


And of course, the majority of the food he eats was commercially produced.