"C. James Strutz" wrote:

> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > "C. James Strutz" wrote:
> >
> > > "Richard Periut" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Marcelino wrote:
> > > > > You really need to check this out... Pork eater especially.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs....nahan-pig-farm
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > A video which portrays a few sick and frustrated freaks, doesn't stand
> > > > as the standard for killing pigs in the pork industry.
> > > >
> > > > It's just amazing the way these hypocrites try to raise awareness of
> > > > animal suffering, without shedding an iota of evidence to human
> > > > suffering; the children dying of hunger and *Curable* diseases in
> > > > Africa, India, et cetera.
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure these people, with their cotton candy lives, driving their
> > > > BMW's, and drinking California wine, would rather see a whale, a pig,
> a
> > > > chicken, or a mink saved, before 10 human children can be fed and
> healed.
> > >
> > > Raising livestock as a food source is a huge inefficiency of resources.
> The
> > > amount of grain used to feed livestock could feed many times the number
> of
> > > people than the meat could feed. Livestock also consume huge amounts of
> > > fresh water which is in short supply in many parts of the world. And the
> > > pork industry, in particular, is a major producer of hazerdous waste.
> > > Furthermore, many of the hungry people of the world couldn't afford to
> buy
> > > meat even if you could get it to them easily (it must be refrigerated).
> It's
> > > the meat eaters of the world who are contributing more to world
> hunger...
> >
> > Most, if not all these problems could be turned against themselves and
> turned
> > into solutions, if only people would think. For example, pig waste can be
> used
> > to produce massive amounts of free methane (and is being used to do so in
> other
> > countries).
>
> I'll give you that methane could be extracted from animal waste (though far
> less efficiently than extracting energy directly from grain, biomass, etc.),
> but it still doesn't address the concerns of producing and transporting
> enough food to feed the world's hungry.
>
> > Simply blaming the fact that man was designed as carnivores as well
> > as herbivores (omnivorous), is not a solution, but is part of the problem.
>
> It's arguable that humans were designed as omnivores. Some of the lastest
> research indicates that the substance Neu5Gc in meat/dairy products may be
> linked to diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. The presence of these
> molelules triggers an auto-immune response that causes systemic inflammation
> and is thought to contribute to various diseases in the long term.

It's all in the teeth. We have meat eating teeth (as well as vegetable eating
teeth).

Gary




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