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Default The 'vegan' shuffle

On 3/10/2012 7:18 AM, George Plimpton wrote:
> On 3/10/2012 6:44 AM, Rupert wrote:
>> On 10 Mrz., 15:00, George > wrote:
>>> On 3/10/2012 1:40 AM, Rupert wrote:
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>>>> On Mar 5, 4:42 pm, George > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's an insincere and time-wasting question.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> So you appear to believe.
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>>>>>>>>>>> Because it is.
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>>>>>>>>>> You reckon?
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>>>>>>>>> Guaranteed.
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>>>>>>>> How do you know?
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>>>>>>> I have lots of experience with your insincerity and time-wasting
>>>>>>> efforts.
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>>>>>> I don't believe that I have any way of knowing how the number of
>>>>>> premature deaths caused per calorically equivalent serving of tofu
>>>>>> compares with that for grass-fed beef or wild-caught fish.
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>>>>> You know, intuitively and based on plausibility, that raising the
>>>>> vegetable crops you would have to substitute in order to get
>>>>> equivalent
>>>>> nutrition causes multiple CDs, and that 100% grass-fed beef or
>>>>> wild-caught fish causes none.
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>>>> No. I don't know that
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>>> You do know it.

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>> You referred to Steven Davis' estimates of the death toll associated
>> with crop production as "reliable" when discussing the matter with
>> Glen, yes? That estimate was 15 collateral deaths per hectare, yes?
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>> And do you wish to quarrel with Gaverick Matheny's assertion that "In
>> one year, 1,000 kilograms of protein can be produced on as few as 1.0
>> hectares planted with soy and corn"? And that 20 kilograms of protein
>> per year is recommended for adults?

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> Everyone who eats some part - *any* part - of the produce coming from a
> 15 CDs hectare "owns" all 15 CDs. So, if a person eats some corn and
> some soy, he "owns" 30 CDs right there.
>
> Want to keep going?


I forgot to add...it is obvious that smug cocksucker Matheny is figuring
there is a pro rata share of CDs for which one incurs responsibility,
but that's false.