On 2005-08-17, > wrote:
>
> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>> In article >, Arri London >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Meat from a petri dish?
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/genes/arti...548451,00.html
>>
>> Sounds fascinating. :-)
>> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack
>> Nicholson
>
>
> Solyent Red?
>
> This is just another example of man's silly attempt at (poorly)
> re-inventing natures' wheel.
>
> Look, the good lord (or mother nature, or evolution, or fate, you pick
> your philosophy) placed us on this world of abundance so that we could
> partake in that very abundance and be healthy and hearty doing so. And

Whether or not "fate" permits something to happen has nothing to do with
morality or justice. Fate is not in any way directed by such notions.

> that, as far as the human species go, most definitely includes eating
> meat which involves raising or hunting, butchering and eating animals.
> We all need to simply accept that reality and deal with it.

Those of us who walk on two legs are concerned not only with emulating what
others are doing, but also with questions of morality and justice.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/