"ipse dixit" > wrote
> On Fri, 21 May 2004 18:43:00 -0700, "Dutch" > wrote:
> >"ipse dixit" > wrote
> >> On Fri, 21 May 2004 23:36:17 GMT, wrote:
> >
> >> >>"Suffering results for all animals whether they're
> >> >>eaten by humans or other animals. Indeed, many
> >> >>other predators are less humane than humans."
> >> >>usual suspect http://tinyurl.com/2ba7f
> >> >>
> >> >>It's clearly what you said, christian.
> >> >
> >> > Nonhuman predators can NOT be humane.
> >
> >No they can't, but their actions frequently result in unmitigated pain
and
> >suffering, and that is one definition of "cruel".
>
> You and "usual suspect" might think that nature and
> natural predation is cruel, but normal-thinking people
> don't, I'm glad to say.


Thousands of normal-thinking people say it is, try Googling "'nature' and
'cruel'". It also fits one of the definitions of the word exactly "Causing
pain or suffering".

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