<dh@.> wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:08:17 -0700, "Dutch" > wrote:
>
>><dh@.> wrote
>>
>>[..]
>>> People point out facts that "ethical" vegetarians hate and deny,
>>> but they remain facts none the less.
>>
>>Some people (i.e. you) point out "facts" that have no relevance.
>>
>>> It really says a lot about them
>>> that "ethical" vegetarians appear to be the only people who are
>>> opposed to seeing such aspects of human influence on animals
>>> being pointed out, even though everyone is involved with them.
>>
>>It says a lot about you that you persist in "pointing out" that meat
>>consumption leads to animals "getting to experience life" when that fact
>>has
>>no place whatever in the discussion.
>
> It has no place in promoting "ar"

It has no place in promoting the ethical use of animals in agriculture
either. It has no place in the discussion PERIOD.

> but is certainly a very significant
> aspect of human influence on animals none the less.

It certainly is NOT significant. It is important for AW to realize that
animals are sentient living beings, it of no importance whatsoever that
farming them means they "get to experience life", none.

>>>>Or Diderot
>>>>might have presented an exaggerated, distorted, picture without
>>>>deliberately intending to. Just because Diderot claims he is an organic
>>>>rice former is no reason why this single individual's testimony should
>>>>be taken as the final word on the matter, and cannot rationally be the
>>>>object of skepticism or criticism. I do not know whether Diderot's
>>>>account of the matter is correct or not. It is quite possible that it
>>>>is, but there is also plenty of room for reasonable doubt, for all
>>>>sorts of reasons.
>>>
>>> There are none. There is much reason to believe he's correct,
>>> no reason to believe he's not, and no apparent reason why anyone
>>> selling organic rice would lie and say it's worse than it is. It's most
>>> likely the reason he felt safe in doing so is because he's aware that
>>> the majority of organic rice consumers don't care enough about
>>> human influence on animals to even take such facts into consideration,
>>> and this ng experience has certainly suggested that is the case.
>>
>>Those billions of animals that live and die in rice paddies also "get to
>>experience life", do you "consider" that to be a "positive aspect" of rice
>>consumption, eh ****wit?
>
> In some cases, douche. In others not. Since it never is iyo, you
> necessarily are incapable of comprehending any distinction between
> when it would be and when it wouldn't.

LOL! I enjoy frying you on the spit of your own barbeque.