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Default The First Thanksgiving - by Rynn Berry

****wit David Harrison - *Goo* - kept his fourteen year string of
futility alive with:

> On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:45:01 -0800 (PST), "Mr.Smartypants"
> > wrote:
>
>> On Nov 29, 3:16 pm, Goo wrote:
>>> dh pointed out:
>>>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:18:56 -0800, Goo wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:02:30 -0500, dh pointed out:
>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:38:01 -0800, Goo wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/22/2012 12:57 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
>>>>>>>> The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
>>>
>>>>>>>> [ Subject: The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
>>>>>>>> [ From:
>>>>>>>> [ Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004
>>>
>>>>>>>> The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
>>>
>>>>>>>> By Rynn Berry
>>>
>>>>>>>> http://all-creatures.org/articles/tgveg-rb.html
>>>
>>>>>>>> [Ed.] "But it's tradition," is the cry when vegetarians
>>>>>>>> wonder why killing an animal should make Thanksgiving
>>>>>>>> special. Vegetarian historian Rynn Berry begs to differ.
>>>
>>>>>>>> The story of the Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving -- and
>>>>>>>> turkey's place in it -- has been shown to be largely a
>>>>>>>> myth.
>>>
>>>>>>> No, it hasn't.
>>>
>>>>>> Whether or no, millions of turkeys today experience life
>>>
>>> Meaningless. Their "getting to experience life" has no moral meaning,
>>> and therefore it deserves and gets no consideration from rational people.

>>
>>
>> You must have considered it in order to decide it doesn't get
>> consideration which defines you as irrational, Gooby.

>
> It's another classic


It's another instance of me pointing out the obvious, logical and
*necessary* truth, *Goo*.