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C. James Strutz wrote:

> Your simple mind has forgotten that the problem is not one restricted to
> veg*ns. In fact, most of the grain and soy produced in this country (USA)
> directly supports the cattle industry. Yeah, go ahead and remind me that the
> ultimate solution is to eat grass-fed beef. The fact remains that grain-fed
> currently dominates the beef market by a large percentage and that's not
> going to change any time soon. In the end, more animal lives can be saved,
> including collateral deaths, if people stopped eating meat. Period.


The "collateral death" argument is severely flawed, but routinely
broken out in true pc fashion by the small minds here on this
newsgroup. One of the more common examples cites the "collateral
deaths" of mice and other small field animals at the hands of giant
oversized farming equipment, in the harvest of soy beans unavoidable in
any event. In any event the numbers cited are rather exorbitant and
hard to believe, leading one to dismiss them out of hand. But the real
flaw in the "collateral death" argument is the fact that less than
1/100 of 1% of all soy produced worldwide is meant for human
consumption, it is grown mostly for livestock.