On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Rupert >
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>On Oct 10, 9:56*pm, dh@. wrote:
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>> >On Oct 10, 4:28*pm, "The Undead Edward M. Kennedy" > wrote:
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>> >> > >> Check this out Its great
>> >> > >>http://youtu.be/1LIyVBWaE_A
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>> >> > > It's shit. It's unpalatable shit.
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>> >> > > Why are "vegans" continually trying to make stuff look like and taste like meat? *Extremely* suspicious.
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>> >> > It's mostly for people who like meat but are trying to eat "healthy".
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>> >> > > No one likes "vegan" food - no one.
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>> >> > Some actually do, the problem is none of them are healthy.
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>> >> This isn't true. Just about everyone enjoys some food which is
>> >> suitable for vegans. And a significant majority of those people are
>> >> healthy. Furthermore a significant majority of those who consume an
>> >> exclusively vegan diet are quite healthy. The American Dietetic
>> >> Association has endorsed the position that appropriately-planned vegan
>> >> diets are nutritionally adequate at all stages of life, and carry many
>> >> significant health benefits.
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>> >> I was talking about vegans. *While technically you and the ADD are
>> >> correct, it's like claiming unicorn farts are part of your diet. *Show
>> >> me the vegan who can appropriate plan a diet at all stages of life,
>> >> and I'll show you a unicorn because people need meat and dairy.
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>> >I know plenty of vegans who have well-planned diets and are perfectly
>> >healthy, and at least two doctors have told me that it is a very good
>> >thing that I am vegan.
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>> * * Why would a doctor tell you it's good you're a vegan?
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>Presumably because they believed it to be the case.
Being a vegan isn't only about your health.
>> >It is just as easy to sensibly plan a vegan
>> >diet as an omnivorous one. Your opinions about vegans are just not
>> >especially well-informed; you don't really know what you're talking
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>> * * You don't contribute to any decent lives for livestock, but only to the
>> deaths of wildlife. Hopefully he knows that much at least.
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>I have taken steps to reduce my contribution to the amount of
>suffering that takes place. I don't see any good reason to think that
>the strategy I've chosen is a poor one.
You could contribute to decent lives for livestock, and probably to less
suffering at the same time.