"Donald Shepherd" > wrote in message
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> tubeguy wrote:
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> > "Donald Shepherd" > wrote in message
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> >>tubeguy wrote:
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> >>>"The Office" > wrote in message
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> >>>
> >>>>In article >,
> >>>>www.factoryfarming.com says...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Agenda for a New America
> >>>>>Part One
> >>>>>The Politics of Vegetarianism
> >>>>>By Vasu Murti
> >>>>>Chapter 12 - Historical Comparisons
> >>>>>
> >>>>>According to Howard Lyman, former Senior lobbyist for the National
> >>>>>Farmers Union, "Family farmers are victims of public policy that
gives
> >>>>>preference to feeding animals over feeding people. This has
encouraged
> >>>>>the cheap grain policy of this nation and has made the beef cartel
the
> >>>>>biggest hog at the trough."
> >>>>
> >>>>Hey, if you don't want to eat meat,
> >>>>that's fine. More for me. But this
> >>>>kind of argument smacks of the same
> >>>>thing the stoners use to legitimize
> >>>>hemp production, when what they really
> >>>>want to do is get ****ed up. Fine.
> >>>>I don't have a problem with that,
> >>>>either. You don't want to have to
> >>>>kill and eat something because it
> >>>>makes you feel uncomfortable. I
> >>>>don't have that concern, and you
> >>>>won't persuade me with a tangiential
> >>>>argument like this. Just like all
> >>>>those Bible thumpers who try to prove
> >>>>to me that Jesus was a real person and
> >>>>not just a fictional construct. I
> >>>>don't give a shit. I don't like Jesus's
> >>>>philosophy and I could care less whether
> >>>>he was "real" or not. Just admit it's
> >>>>your personal philosophy and don't try
> >>>>to dress it up with a lot of facts and
> >>>>figures that supposedly justify it.
> >>>>You don't have to justify yourself to
> >>>>me, because there comes a point where
> >>>>the it all boils down to what we
> >>>>individually believe or feel. I don't
> >>>>have a problem with that. Just admit
> >>>>it so we can all get out of church and
> >>>>go home and get a hamburger.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Absolutely. Besides, humans were designed to be able to eat just about
> >>>anything. We are at the top of the food chain. Why fly in the face of
> >>>nature's design?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Because we can?
> >
> >
> > Not good enough. Using blinking text in web pages is a good example of
> > something that can be done but shouldn't be.
> >
> >
>
> What's the downside? (to flying in the face of nature's design) Isn't
> the freedom to do so part of the design of our nature anyway? Or do you
> think we are all preprogrammed robots? Some of us are, but all of us?

I don't think we are robots, I just think we are designed to live on a
varied diet, including meat, veggies , fruit, grain etc. Balance, I think,
is the key, and moderation. I've known so many vegetarians and they all have
this emaciated look about them and no muscle. I couldn't live like that.