On Wed, 30 May 2007 20:33:16 GMT, "Dutch" > wrote:

><dh@.> wrote
>> On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:50:37 GMT, Goo wrote:
>>
>>>The correct way to analyze efficiency of production is
>>>to focus as narrowly as possible on the end product
>>
>> And of course in the case of livestock, the lives of
>> the animals themselves should also always be given
>> much consideration.
>>
>
>
>No, the welfare of the animals should be given consideration, not "the
>lives".

In order to consider whether or not it is cruel to *the animals*
for them the be raised for food, their lives plus the quality of their
lives necessarily MUST be given consideration.