My Dr and I have discussed me going Vegan, because I don't always react well when I eat meat. I haven't figured it all out yet so I haven't done it.
Help me support Autism research! Join my team! http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbuddies http://stampmine.blogspot.com/http://samsphotopage.blogspot.com/ --- On Fri, 12/18/09, Graydon <o...@uniserve.com> wrote: > From: Graydon <o...@uniserve.com> > Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 6:45 PM > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 08:14:48AM > -0500, frank theriault scripsit: > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Joseph McAllister > <pentax...@mac.com> > wrote: > > > You realize, don't you, if we all went vegan to > "save the animals", there > > > would not be enough flora food on the earth to > feed us, and we'd go back to > > > killing animals for food, if they hadn't already > all been killed to turn > > > their grazing land into farmland. > > > > It may sound like I'm splitting hairs here, but I'm > not vegan to "save > > the animals", I'm vegan because I don't want to cause > harm to or > > exploit animals. > > > > There's a difference. > > Not really, no. Farming isn't as ecologically > destructive as strip > mining, tailings ponds, or paving, but whether you're > eating beef or > soybeans, whatever used to live where the farm that grew > them now is > doesn't live there any more. > > This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine; farming *of any kind* > takes over a > big chunk of ecosystem and gets rid of a lot of > animals. You can argue > that it's less direct when you're eating soybeans instead, > but you can't > get out of the trophic web no matter what you do, what with > being made > out of meat and all. > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
