-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/31/99 8:55:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm only a moderate meat eater and consider the risk of incurring any > disease from my partial carnivorism to be similar to being struck by a car > or falling in the shower and breaking my hip. Life is risky. Plus I'm not > convinced by these alleged health benefits of vegetarianism. I've seen > people who were raised on a strict vegetarian diet and they look > freakishly like concentration camp survivors although they never seemed to > quite lose the condescending holier-than-thou attitude. And none of these > healthy vegetarians were ever on my baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse > or cycling teams - they always appear too glassy eyed to do much except > try and convert the unbelieving carnivores in their midst. Sort of like > religious zealots on a crusade... > > Jamieson > Well, and good for you. I am not a zealot on the issue, as I said, it is merely a personal preference. I know the type you speak of and don't like it any more than you do. I also don't think that it is likely that I will catch a disease from eating meat, per se, but view eating meat as a least favorable source of nourishment, at least for me. Beef in particular takes a long time to digest and as such can cause problems in your digestion. I am not against meat eating, I just don't wish to eat any myself. Besides if there was no one eating it what on earth would we do with all the cattle?? ****************************************************************************** *********************************** "Welcome to the desert of the real." Morpheus, "The Matrix". "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of seas of infinity, and it is not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." H.P.Lovecraft; "The Call of Cthulhu" DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
