[lbo-talk] Alternet reviews Singer's latest (The Way We Eat)

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu May 25 09:43:41 PDT 2006


info at pulpculture.org wrote:
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> To propound on veganism without making that abundantly clear is, in my
> estimation, very harmful. I have utterly nothing against anyone's food
> choices or decisions on how they should, personally, eat. But when such
> activities are part of a social movement and seen as a way to solve social,
> political, and economic problems -- we're moving it into politics.

We've debated the central issue here many times. Abortion, SUVs vs bicycles, Allen Edmunds shoes, Mars Bar vs Cheetos, Dylan vs Brahms are morally and/or politically indifferent choices, subject to the mere personal preference of the individual. That preference does not constitute a moral or political issue. External interference on moral or political grounds is politically retrograde.

Carrol



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