On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:29:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Jun 9, 7:59?pm, "Paul M. Cook"
>> I once knew a rabid vegan that was so incredibly dogmatic and reactionary
>> she utterly refused to take any calcium supplements because at one point in
>> the calcium molecules billion year history it was part of an animal's bone
>> or a sea creature's shell. ?
>
>So doesn't she realize that the atoms in her body were once part of
>another animal's body? Even if she eats only plants and her mom ate
>only plants while she was pregnant with her there's no way of knowing
>whether or not a plant is carrying an atom or molecule from some
>animal that could have died hundreds, thousands, or millions of years
>ago.

but all animals died of old age before the advent of factory farms.

your pal,
blake