--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now you're sounding like Prabhupada of ISKCON. Also, he said that > meat eating is the main cause of wars throughout the world.
I have absolutely no rational reason for agreeing with him, but he very well may have had a point. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > I acknowledge and fully subscribe to the maxim that the ways and > > means of karma are unfathomable. > > > > Nevertheless, I cannot help thinking of something after having seen > > one of Alex Baldwin's excellent PETA public service videos which I > am > > sure most of you have seen. I'm talking about the ones in which he > > narrates hidden footage of operatives inside slaughterhouses, > farms, > > labs, etc. > > > > One I saw a few days ago (sorry, I lost the link) contained footage > > and narrative that informs the viewer that most of the hamburger > meat > > we eat in the U.S. comes from dairy cows who, no longer needed to > > produce milk because of age, go to slaughter. And, of course, > > horrible footage of cramped quarters in transporting said beast and > > how they slaughter them are enough to make you lose your meal. > > > > But even if the daily cows were treated wonderfully in life and > > death, I have to wonder this: milk is a complete and whole food > that > > we are provided with in order to nourish us and give us life. > Dairy > > cows are, in effect, like our mothers. We then, in turn, eat our > > mothers when they are no longer useful to us. > > > > Forget about karma; even on a common sense, intuitive level, > doesn't > > that just not jibe? Isn't this intuitively yucky to even the most > > jaded meat-eating redneck? > > > > Millions upon millions of cows are treated as such every year. > This > > has got to be one hell of a build-up of karma. > > >
