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The First Thanksgiving - by Rynn Berry
On Dec 3, 3:29*pm, dh@. wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:45:01 -0800 (PST), "Mr.Smartypants"
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> >On Nov 29, 3:16 pm, Goo wrote:
> >> dh pointed out:
> >> > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:18:56 -0800, Goo wrote:
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> >> >> On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:02:30 -0500, dh pointed out:
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> >> >>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:38:01 -0800, Goo wrote:
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> >> >>>> On 11/22/2012 12:57 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> >> >>>>> The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
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> >> >>>>> [ Subject: The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
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> >> >>>>> The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
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> >> >>>>> By Rynn Berry
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> >> >>>>>http://all-creatures.org/articles/tgveg-rb.html
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> >> >>>>> [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.
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> >> >>>>> The story of the Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving -- and
> >> >>>>> turkey's place in it -- has been shown to be largely a
> >> >>>>> myth.
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> >> >>>> No, it hasn't.
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> >> >>> Whether or no, millions of turkeys today experience life
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> >> Meaningless. Their "getting to experience life" has no moral meaning,
> >> and therefore it deserves and gets no consideration from rational people.
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> >You must have considered it in order to decide it doesn't get
> >consideration which defines you as irrational, Gooby.
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> * * It's another classic Goobal self-outstupidification by Goo having no idea
> how he wants people to think he thinks he disagrees with himself:
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> "I give the lives of animals that exist *LOTS*
> of consideration. *I also give the not-yet-begun lives
> of animals that are "in the pipeline", so to speak, a
> lot of consideration" - Goo
and by his own definition he said he's irrational. Poor stupid Goo.
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