Personally I understand the argument that killing animals for food is an archaic way to live, but hard data is needed to show that there are viable alternatives.
I think it has been shown that there are alternatives, if one works at it. Now to start off, this depends on how "vegetarian" the vegetarian is. If one doesn't eat meat and poultry, but will still eat some fish, eggs and dairy, then it isn't too hard to develop a complete diet. The more one takes away, the harder and more expensive the alternatives get. If one goes so far as to refuse to eat food, even if it kills plants to harvest, one has a very tough go at it. And there are apparently folks who go this far. I think when it comes to children, more extreme vegitarians, who eat no animal products, can be be harming their children if they are not being throrough in planing a complete diet through ingnorance or poverty. Generally to get all the vitimins, if one only eats plants, takes either more exotic foods that are not widly available or supplments; both of which increase the cost of providing a complete diet. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148002 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
