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"collateral included deaths in organic rice production [faq]"
dh@. wrote:
> On 30 Aug 2006 16:09:53 -0700, "Rupert" > wrote:
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> >
> >dh@. wrote:
> >> On 30 Aug 2006 01:12:03 -0700, "Rupert" > wrote:
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> >> >
> >> >dh@. wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:35:02 +0100, brother > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >dh@. wrote:
> >> >> >> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:13:25 +0100, brother > wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >> >>>> __________________________________________________ __________
> >> >> >>>> From: diderot >
> >> >> >>>> Subject: collateral included deaths in organic rice production [faq]
> >> >> >>>> NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:21:44 EDT
> >> >> >>>> Newsgroups: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,talk.politics.animal s,rec.food.veg
> >> >> >>>> Message-ID: >
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>> This is seven year old uncorroborated hearsay
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> It's first hand observation from a rice farmer.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >It's the intellectual equivalent of using the evidence from somebody you
> >> >> >met at a bar.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >He says he's driven a tractor, thousands of miles. - I can believe that!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Then he says "We have organic as well as conventional farms". Ask
> >> >> >yourself; 'Who is he referring to when he says "we"?'For all I know he
> >> >> >could be referring to the population of Texas.
> >> >>
> >> >> "the facts, data, assumptions and conclusions, while developed
> >> >> on two organic rice farms (900 and 160 acres) and one 'conventional'
> >> >> rice farm of 1340 acres in colorado county, texas" - diderot
> >> >>
> >> >> If you think the "population of Texas" only has two organic rice
> >> >> farms and one conventional rice farm in the whole state, you're
> >> >> incredibly "naive" to say the very least, but for your sake (though
> >> >> none of the readers' sake) let's hope you're being deliberately
> >> >> dishonest about that stupid suggestion.
> >> >>
> >> >> >Do you REALLY think that there are more than 5 amphibians in every
> >> >> >square FOOT of rice?
> >> >>
> >> >> Paste the quote. I believe he was referring to eggs, tadpoles,
> >> >> and adults. There may be thousands of eggs in one square foot,
> >> >> and a hundred tadpoles in another...averaging out to 5 or more in
> >> >> the big picture.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >It's a pretty big assumption that ethical vegetarians have an ethical
> >> >problem with destroying an egg.
> >>
> >> LOL! As we can see by the replys, supposedly "ethical" vegetarians
> >> not only don't have an ethical problem with destroying eggs, tadpoles,
> >> frogs, snakes, lizards, and whatever else gets killed in rice production,
> >> but they are OPPOSED to anyone even pointing out that they are!
> >
> >This is an evasion of the point.
>
> That IS my point!
>
???
> >Ethical vegetarians usually do think there is some sort of presumption
> >against killing sentient animals. You have no reason to think anyone
> >here is opposed to people pointing out that sentient animals are killed
> >in the course of rice production.
>
> So far I have reason to believe that veg*ns are opposed to seeing
> it pointed out. Damn good reason in fact.
>
What reason?
> >Some people here think that Diderot's
> >account of the matter distorts the truth to some extent and are
> >responding accordingly.
> >
> >I was simply pointing out that eggs are not and never have been
> >sentient. If it significantly affects the calculation to take eggs into
> >account, he should make explicit that he's doing so, which he didn't.
>
> Then maybe he was only referring to sentient animals and not
> eggs too.
>
Maybe. That's not what you were speculating before.
> >If you think that the "5 amphibians per square foot" figure can only be
> >justified by counting eggs, then you're basically admitting that the
> >figures are being inflated in a misleading way.
>
> How many are killed then?
I have absolutely no idea.
> How do you know?
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