On 2 Sep 2006 16:58:32 -0700, "Rupert" > wrote:
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>dh@. wrote:
>> On 1 Sep 2006 21:18:40 -0700, "Rupert" > wrote:
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>> >dh@. wrote:
>> >> On 31 Aug 2006 22:51:28 -0700, "Rupert" > wrote:
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>> >> >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:
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>> >> >> >> >> >dh@. wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:13:25 +0100, brother > wrote:
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>> >> >> >> >> >>> 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.
Here is what made me think he was making reference to eggs, though
maybe not in the context we were discussing it's still a significant aspect
of the difference between organic and conventional methods:
"the difference is that the billions of amphibian eggs that were laid when
the 1340 was flooded at the same time and in the same fashion as the 900
didn't make many tadpoles and fewer frogs due to applications of
pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and fungicides." - diderot
>> >> >> >> >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!
>> >> >
>> >> >???
>> >>
>> >> Dishonest veg*ns, claiming dishonestly to be "ethical", lie in public forums
>> >> about the many deaths associated with rice production in a desperate attempt
>> >> to maintain the deception of being ''ethical".
>> >>
>> >
>> >That doesn't address the fact that you were evading my point. Who has
>> >lied? Point out an example of someone lying.
>>
>> "No-one's opposed to anything being pointed out." - you
>>
>
>This is a change of subject - you were talking about lying about deaths
>associated with rice production - and I'm not lying when I say that. It
>happens to be my sincerely held opinion. I'm not lying if I express my
>opinion. If you think I'm mistaken, then argue the point.
"pearl" doesn't mind people believing there are no cds involved with
rice production, but is maniacally opposed to people understanding
that there are a lot of them. Aren't you?
>> >> >> >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?
>> >>
>> >> The opposition you people have presented to seeing it pointed out.
>> >> Duh.
>> >>
>> >
>> >No-one's opposed to anything being pointed out. Some people believe
>> >Diderot's account of the matter distorts the truth, so they respond
>> >accordingly.
>>
>> They don't correct him.
>
>They have taken issue with certain things he said.
No one has even tried to correct him and tell us how many animals
are actually killed in rice production, though recently "pearl" is suggesting
that there aren't even any frogs in rice fields.
>> The only one who even pretended to provide
>> another impression was pearl who didn't object to "Florida's" insane
>> suggestion that there ae no cds, but pasted the Lindburg garbage
>> about the number of cds being no worse than road kill in the same
>> area.
>
>If you disagree with pearl, then argue with her. I see no reason to
>think that pearl is opposed to any point of view being expressed, it
>just that she has her own point of view which she also wants to express.
You pretend to as well, yet you won't tell us how many deaths you
think are involved in rice production. diderot's view if from first hand
experience and certainly seems more than reasonable to me. You
who have never been around it disagree with what he told us from
his own observations, yet you can provide nothing better or even
different for us to take into consideration. What "pearl" wants us
to believe seems completely insane and dishonest, and doesn't
even agree with itself:
"Frogs are as mobile as the next creature. Any there could easily
move on as the fields dry." - "pearl"
"I don't think that 'they' are there!" - "pearl"