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Default The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate

On Jun 6, 3:27 am, Rudy Canoza > wrote:
> Don wrote:
> > "Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> Dutch > Thou issue of a mangy dog. Thou damnable fellow. Ye
> >> afforded:

>
> >>> Diet is not normally considered to be a major
> >>> moral issue except by vegans, so a non-vegan who decides they want to
> >>> explore the health benefits of a vegan diet is unlikely to feel a
> >>> moral barrier to making such a change, that would not even come up as
> >>> an issue. However, a vegan who is used to thinking of their diet as a
> >>> statement of moral commitment, which is most of them, is very likely
> >>> to have psychological barriers or hangups preventing them from
> >>> starting to eat meat.
> >> Suppose, for one moment, that all vegans suddenly discover that their
> >> bodies
> >> are lacking in a certain mineral or enzyme (et al) and that they will die
> >> horrible deaths over the space of a month due to the supposed lack. Also
> >> suppose that they must do what the man below did or die horribly because
> >> the
> >> life-saving ingredient cannot be obtained any other way:

>
> >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070605/...uk_china_frogs

>
> >> How many vegans do you suppose will succumb to their innate will to live
> >> thereby ****ing off their alleged "moral commitment"?

>
> >> I say damn near every one of them would. So then, what value is the "moral
> >> commitment"?

>
> > This so called *moral code* is largely a figment of the posters imagination.

>
> No. What is imaginary is your belief that you are
> morally superior by virtue of not consuming animal
> parts. That such a false moral belief underlies
> "veganism" is not in rational dispute.


Why is it false, Ball? Why isn't it morally preferable to cause less
suffering? Just once I'd like to hear the slightest reason.