Re: Some Hard Truths for Ethical Vegetarians

"Michael Cerkowski <mjc1@ albany.net >" <"DESPAM> wrote in message news:[EMAIL 
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>                     COLLATERAL DEATHS
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>    Many vegetarians believe that, because they do not eat
> meat, no animals die to feed them.

Do these animals die to feed them, or is the real hard
truth something different to that? The real hard truth is
that animals killed in agriculture aren't killed to ensure
people can continue eating veg, because other methods
can be and are used which doesn't kill any at all. The
hard truth is that they are intentionally killed to maximize
profits, so to claim they are killed for any other reason
is false.

> Unfortunately, this is rarely if ever true.

The truth is that no animals die to feed me, as you
claim. They die to increase the farmer's profits.

> Anyone who eats food that is grown
> using mechanical plows and harvesting machines must
> accept partial responsibility for the large numbers (no
> hard figures are available) of animals who die beneath or
> within these machines, or who die from pesticide and
> chemical fertilizer poisoning.

While accepting responsibility for the deaths of these
animals caused by farmers, would you also accept
responsibility in the same casual manner and continue
to buy from producers if it were other rights bearers,
namely children, being killed to produce your food, or
would your indignation at such mass rights violations
morally compel you to find other another source for
your food?