On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:30:25 GMT, Alan Connor > wrote:
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> On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:33:10 GMT, Alan Connor > wrote:
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>> Mark Preston wrote:
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>> There isn't anything wrong with humanely killing animals that have had
>> a decent life and eating them in ORDINARY TIMES.
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>> These are not ORDINARY TIMES.
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>> The world is radically over-populated and has been seriously harmed by
>> industry. Fresh water and arable land become more scarce every year.
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>> Eating animal products is many, many times more environmentally destructive
>> than eating plant products, all other things being equal and in most cases.
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>> Just to grow the plants to feed the animals needed to provide the average
>> American with their food, it takes about 3 and 1/2 acres of land. The same
>> amount of calories and protein can be produced on 1/10 acre of plants and
>> consumed directly.
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>> The freshwater requirements for the animal product consumer are staggeringly
>> higher than those of a plant product consumer, and fresh water shortages
>> are becoming more widespread and persistent every year.
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>> AC
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> I only respond to intelligent posts.
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> AC
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Okay. We've established that this group harbors a bunch of animal product
addicts with the requisite big mouths and understandably guilty consciences.

Is there anyone here capable of carrying on an intelligent conversation
on the subject?

Not that it matters. Most of the people who will read my article don't post
on the group and many of them just read from the Archives.

www.madcowboy.com

www.earthsave.org



AC