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J.C. Scott wrote:
>>>Nevermind that the meat industry is a multibillion dollar
>>>a year industry,

>>
>>So is the "vegetable industry." So is the "fruit industry." So is the
>>"soy industry." So is the "grain industry." So is the "water
>>industry." What kind of industry are you employed? Guess what. It's probably a
>>multibillion dollar a year industry. You sloppy dunce.

>
> "Beef cattle rank as the most valuable product of the nation's farms,
> accounting for almost one-fourth of total annual farm receipts."
>
> http://www.english.agava.ru/country/usa-econ.htm
>
> Now, if those profits were to get infringed upon by, say,


Just say ANYthing, because you don't want to deal with reality. The
question really is, What does science show? It doesn't show what you
claim. You're relying on studies which show that heavy consumption is
bad and moderate consumption is okay; they don't say anything about zero
consumption being even better than moderation, but that's what you
parrot from blowhard alternative "doctors'" websites.

The funniest part of all is you're basing this on an irrational
objection to profit-making. Other agricultural products are also
profitable, and far more profitable than beef production. Growers and
marketers of other products hire lobbyists, PR people, and scientists to
skew studies; they also have been known to cover up possible risky
things about their own products. There's a lot of information about soy
that shows it may not be the safest or healthiest alternative to meat;
it could cause certain forms of cancer to metastasize and spread faster,
and the phytoestrogens in soy delay or prevent sexual maturation in male
rats in lab studies. Got tits?

You initially said you liked meat. Have you considered the leaner
options available to you, some of which DON'T add to the profitability
of multinational beef producers? What do you have against wild game, for
example? What about grass-fed (NOT grain-finished) beef? What about
catching your own fish?