<dh@.> wrote in message news
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:45:00 GMT, "Dutch" > wrote:
>
>><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?
>
> Which animals? How?

Answer the question. Why do you advocate the elimination of battery hens?
How does that help the animals? This is the same question you are posing to
vegans, if you expect them to answer it then you should be able to.