<dh@.> wrote
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:17:27 GMT, "Dutch" > wrote:
>
>><dh@.> wrote
>>> On 31 May 2007 13:02:15 -0700, Rudy Canoza > wrote:
>>>
>>>>what you mean, ****wit, is that their lives "ought" to occur,
>>>
>>> Which particular their lives are you trying to refer to Goo,
>>> and why do you think anything could suggest that "they"
>>> "ought to occur"?
>>
>>
>>If he's not correct, then what's selfish about advocating the elimination
>>of
>>livestock?
>
> The selfishness is because it would ONLY benefit people
> who are disturbed by the fact that humans kill animals for
> food, but it would do nothing to help the animals.


You yourself advocate the elimination of battery hens. Doesn't that help the
animals?