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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:24 PM Original message |
Vegetarian Is the New Prius |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep. If you love Earth, you've got to at least cut-down on meat. n/t |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. In some situations animal agriculture is more environmentally benign. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Especially if we grazed out native bison rather than cattle. |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
117. Buffalo Commons |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. I buy free-range |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. It would be nice if more people would consider giving up |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I agree |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I don't. The human digestive system evolved to eat some meat. Like it or not, |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Well |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Do you think black bears should give up eating critters and live on berries? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Bears, unlike humans |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Non sequitor. We cook veggies also. And process them in many different ways. And it is possible |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Try it. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I point out elsewhere your point is a nonsequitor. It is a question of human evolution, not how |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. If it's a question of human evolution, then it's time to evolve, |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Apples and oranges. We are talking grass fed animals here. And evolution is not a conscious |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Deleted message |
ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Funny, I tend to think that you meat-addicts |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. sigh...anyone who's taken basic science or logic can ignore this post |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Thom... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Just to show you how disciplined I am |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. For your information I eat very little meat. And hardly any red meat. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. There is no reason why we need to have a purpose for grassland. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Again, get real. We need to feed 6.5 billion people today, 9 billion by 2050. We can't afford to |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. So instead of finding solutions to population growth that's out of control |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. The 6.5 billion are here NOW. The rate of population growth is slowing but |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #90 |
105. To start, a massive PR and policy campaign |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
128. It's actually quite valid. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:01 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. meh |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #131 |
143. "Many times" isn't every time. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Deleted message |
flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. Is that so? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Dude, I "get" a lot more than you could ever hope to |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Remind me of that |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I just had some raw sushi yesterday |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Blame it on Homo erectus and his modernizing ways. There are also the social aspects of meat |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Gee, and I thought it was the other way around. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. You have it backwards. Cultivation of the land produced more food per capita. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. I know some raw diet people, including carnivores |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Re Grasslands: Hemp is a "whole food" protein. n/t |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. If that's true, |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I answered that point above. We cook veggies also and eat them with utensils. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. But we CAN eat vegetables without cooking/tools |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. We CAN eat meat also. We choose not to. We CAN eat all our food without utensils. We choose not |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
84. Funny thing about "choose" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Grass raised beef has a lower "carbon footprint" per pound of protein than |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Hard to swallow. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #91 |
106. That's ridiculous. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #106 |
120. What part of "grass raised" don't you understand. Grass raised means no soybeans, no |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Where's that study? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #122 |
137. I skip responding to people who want to play games with me. You want me to respond to you? Lay off |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. In other words |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #120 |
132. Sadly, that's not entirely true |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Well yes, it has to be truly grass fed. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. 50k years of fire has caused our digestive systems to adapt to cooked foods |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Good point about the legumes. Beans have a proteinase inhibitor which is only destroyed by heat. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Turns out that in the wild, animal flesh is a lot safer than most plants |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Right, blame vegetarians |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. The dangers of hunting were reduced (and the success rate increased) by cooperation. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Nice straw man argument. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I'm sorry -- did Mr. Eat-a-Cow-with-Your-Bare-Hands just accuse me of using a straw man?? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
139. Eskimos. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. There you go with the facts again |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. There's plenty of evidence that we're healthier when we eat little to no animal products. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I don't think anyone is arguing with that |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Actually, there are studies that control for that. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. The evolutionary problem with your argument is that you assume that because |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. But meat eating reduces our capability to survive and reproduce in the short term as well |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. Well, now that you mention it, reproduction is a much bigger problem than meat eating |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. But if all the people who reduce thier impact don't reproduce, |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. You assume that all your descendents will share your politics |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Because I know my son. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. Political beliefs are not a heritable trait. This is silly. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. No, but we pass them on via nurture. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Good luck with that. It didn't work for my parents. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #111 |
124. WELL THEN, SAINTS BE PRAISED... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
107. But culture is! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. In your dreams. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #110 |
123. Look up "culture" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
100. You need to read my post again, I took into account raising the young. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
87. Exactly. Vegan Fundamentalist propaganda annoys me. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:30 PM Original message |
As opposed to the meat-addict fundies? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #87 |
127. Then don't term it as such. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. WOW... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. What about the huge expanses of land that are natural grasslands - the prairies |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. How long do they remain grasslands once |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Factory farms don't graze animals. They confine them and feed them grain. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
96. not to mention |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. 100% vegetarianism may be a hard sell (at least for people like me) |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. It could also be more local, which would be helpful. n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. yep, forgot that one |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. I cannot agree at all. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. See my post above. I make a similar point. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. "a great argument for cutting the human race down to 500 million people" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. If you outlaw procreation than only criminals will procreate.....I can hear it already. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. We didn't outlaw smoking, just made it very unpleasant to smoke |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Ok then, only rich people could procreate. Is that any better than only criminals? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I'm only advocating moral persuasion |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I am all for Planned Parenthood. Just not mandatory "One Child" policies as China tried. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
102. Let's eat babies. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. Too many toxins |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #102 |
138. That seems to be a particularly Modest Proposal ... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. I like what Texas has done as a first step away from overgrazing issues. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
85. "Cows with their meadow" |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Of course, if you really care for animals and the environment |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. My footprint and that of my kid still beats yours |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. It would't necessarily be so if the meat were pasture raised. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. It's perfectly unethical to ask another creature to suffer and die for your wants. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. When pleasure is taken at the expense or suffering of another being |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. There you are. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #95 |
112. I hear bells every time someone invokes the stupidity |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. But they're freakin' emourmous. I keep cutting my lip on 'em |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #116 |
129. Ever accidentally bite your tongue? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:23 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Presumably the Serengeti is littered with severed lion tongues, then. nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #130 |
144. Or lions know better. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #144 |
151. Or possibly - just possibly... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
92. You have no idea what my footprint is |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Zero, I'd hope. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #99 |
115. You have hope, I have certainty |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. At this point, what would we do with them all? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. ? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Breed them for what then? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. The point would be that the market would get smaller, so breeding |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
78. How would the market get smaller? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. If we didn't constantly breed animals in vast numbers for |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Absolutely agree |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Get real. Cultivated plants are dependent on us also. We have too many people to go back to |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. And how will we feed all those people |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
109. sustainable grass fed animal production and sustainable crop production. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Really? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. You are really reaching now. And you are not a serious person. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
148. Great response!!!! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. Locally raised animals |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yep. Think grassfed beef and pastured poultry, rabbits, pigs, etc. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. It helps that grassfed organic beef actually tastes better and is healthier. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Local, organic, Agriculture squesters carbon. Links |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Cool -- thanks for this info |
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12string (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. Vegetarian |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Welcome to DU |
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12string (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
152. Bumper sticker posts |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. I love meat, and I'm going to miss it. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Meat is the new Nuclear Power |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. No worries about the waste, though |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
108. it would be the new H2, wouldn't it? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #57 |
135. We can extract meat from seawater! nt |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. It's been done. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
119. im having black bean enchiladas and steamed broccoli and tomato soup and |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #119 |
134. Deleted sub-thread |
CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
121. I like meat |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. I love it when DU gets new, exceptionally cool posters. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Thank you! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #126 |
133. Good thing you're posting on a political board then |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
141. Kathy Freston is the new Anna Nicole Smith |
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