Re: Some Hard Truths for Ethical Vegetarians

>                     COLLATERAL DEATHS
>
>    Many vegetarians believe that, because they do not eat
> meat, no animals die to feed them.

Animals do not die to feed vegetarians. They die to help
increase profits for farmers..Vegatables can be and are
grown without causing any deaths at all.

> Unfortunately, this is
> rarely if ever true. 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)

Then why did you claim the numbers are "large"? They
may be very small.

> of animals who die beneath or
> within these machines, or who die from pesticide and
> chemical fertilizer poisoning.

So you keep saying, but you've never explained why,
despite my asking you several times now. Why do you
claim to believe animals have rights while at the same
time knowingly being responsible for and causal to the
mass violations of these rights? For example, if I knew
without any doubt that my actions were responsible for
violating the rights of animals or humans, I would be
morally bound to stop whatever I was doing that causes
that harm. You apparently refuse to stop causing these
harms, even though you claim to believe your victims
have a right not to be intentionally harmed by you for
personal gains, so why don't you explain this hypocrisy?
After all, if you're insisting we're all as hypocritical as
you are, the polite thing to do is to explain why.

Now, if you were to take your own advice and begin
your claim by saying, " I believe.....", or, "I understand
that....", then your wild assertion that everyone must
adopt your philosophy and accept responsibility for
these deaths caused by farmers might be taken a little
more seriously.