"Tech_Fiddle" > wrote in message
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> Isn't it accurate to say that people turn veg*an for two reasons: (1)
> for health reasons;
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Some do, and some just don't like meat, just like some don't like carrots...



and (2) for philosophical/ecological reasons.
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No. It's a pretense. At least for those here on usenet trying to brag
about their so-called acheivements.

The
> first is a good start; the second is more nobel.
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Why? It is far too easy to show that eating only certain veggies can come
at a much higher cost in animals death and suffering and much more
environmental damage. Why do you take a leap of faith that just by eating
veggies categorically means you cause less of the above? Religion? Seems
that veganism is just that. It's all based on faith, and smoke and
mirrors. All you really have is a simple rule for simple minds, 'eat no
meat.'



So if people
> complain about the foods they miss, isn't it accurate to say they're
> still in the (1) area? If they had a deep concern about animals and
> the planet, their tastes would become informed by their philosophy.
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If they really had this 'deep concern about animals and the planet' they
wouldn't be here on usenet to begin with. Your diet has no more of an
impact on animals than the rest of your selfish, modern, convenience
oriented lifestyle, killer.


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> T.F.
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> Vegetarian Bookstore - http://www.geocities.com/conniesunday/veg.html
> Animal Rights Law - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalRightsLaw
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Animals have *NO* rights. You prove that you *know* that with each and
every inane post you make to usenet. Besides, maintaining websites causes
even more animal death and suffering and more environmental damage. ou
really don't see the hy[pocrisy and the irony of all this, do you?



> Animal Rights Arts - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalRightsArts
> Vegetarian Musicians -
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VegetarianMusicians
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Yeah man, crank up them amps and kill a few more thousnads of animals and
destroy a few more yards of the earth!!! Encore, encore!!


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