Primates hunting etc.

Luke Benjamin Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Tue Jul 9 08:42:36 PDT 2002


Jeff wrote:
> personally, i like the specificity of "for ecological reasons."

Personally, I love how Carrol, who routinely berates others for pontificating upon subjects they supposedly know nothing about, seems to think he possesses the requisite expertise to flatly claim that vegetarianism (if practiced by the masses) is ecologically unsound.

-- Luke


> i also love the efficient aspects of animal life. no moral issues, all
> efficiency.
>
> >
> > Love your argument that vegetarianism is environmentally unsound.
>
> yeah, those indians have ruined their environment by not eating cows for . .
> . how many thousands of years?
>
> of course, even were i to grant this argument, it would not address the
> moral issues. turning the great plains back into pastureland doesn't mean we
> have to eat whatever grazes on it.
>
> finally, "vegetarianism" is a slippery term and can mean a number of things,
> including still eating fish (or even just crustaceans) and poultry.
>
> more on this later . . .
>
> j
>
> --
> jeff fisher



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