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Dave
 
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dh@. wrote:
> On 14 Jan 2006 05:50:01 -0800, wrote:
>
> >We do not eat meat for the same reason cited by you. We eat eggs from
> >cage free chickens

>
> More on the chicken thing. Since most broiler chickens have decent
> but short lives,


Unlikely.

> eating chicken most often contributes to decent lives for
> chickens, along with the associated cds.


What does the term "food conversion ratio" mean to you dhld?

> Eating meat substitutes like the
> following:
>
> Worthington Meatless Chicken, Turkey, Ham, Vegetarian Hot Dogs
> and Prosage Patties
>
> Lightlife Chicken Nuggets and Chicken Patties
>
> Boca Meatless Chick'n and Breakfast Patties
>
> Quorn Meat-Free Patties, Nuggets and Cutlets
>
> Morningstar Farms Garden Veggie Patties, Chick Patties,
> Chik'n Nuggets, Corn Dogs
>
> contributes to cds associated with raising chickens, plus those
> associated with the veggies in the products, plus it contributes
> to the battery method of raising hens


Presumably the poster you are replying to would not eat the
products on those grounds.

> since those products all
> contain egg whites. Those "veg*n" products come out on the
> less ethical side of real chicken, imo.