In article om>,
"John Deere" > wrote:

> Ron wrote:
>
> > Any one who can 'dissociate' themselves from the act of putting a
> bullet
> > in the head of an animal, or electrocuting them, or stabbing,
> shooting,
> > etc. without the presence of emotions is psychologically impaired to
> a
> > certain degree.
> >
> > Keep em busy and keep em away from me.
>
> That's extremely lame a "justification".
>
> Except for hunters-by-choice, people associated with
> meat production aren't particularly psychologically
> impaired in the way you are presenting.
>
> It's a job that some of them happen to fall into.
> In fact, some people associated with meat-farming
> get very disturbed, and do end up veg*n.
>
> You should actually talk to some of them before you
> put them all down like that, and present them as psychos.
>
> Why this need for "justifications" anyway? Why not
> a more honest "I think vegetarianism is moral,
> it's just that I can't do it personally?"

I can do it. I choose not to and for the reasons stated. Can't and won't
are worlds apart.

> There are people who are that honest, you know.
> They gave vegetarianism/veganism a try, and then
> decided they just couldn't do it. But they don't
> go around badmouthing veg*ns and coming up with
> highly irrational arguments. They just say they
> tried and couldn't do it.

There is a tendency to call many things irrational. I actually admire
vegans and what they do, or more correctly, what they don't do.

> A little bit of honesty can go very far.