On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:00:20 GMT, "rick" > wrote:

>No one says vegetarianism doesn't "DO"
>anything.

A good way to think about it is that if vegans could do what
they try to do, they would be "doing" for animals what dead
people do. Nothing.

>The point is that it is not the magic, automatic
>paridise for animals that you like to delude yourself about.

Which animals could vegetarians think they're providing
anything for?