Re: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot

"Andrew Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

> As I said at the very start of this thread, "I am not arguing either way"
> because my primary reasons for not using animals are environmental.

Then you should be hunting and fishing, it is more environmentally friendly
than the large-scale monoculture farming that at least partially supports
most vegan diets.

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> My point is that I don't think humans have a clue about how ecosystems
> really work and it seems to me that the more we can leave them be then
> the better. The problem is that people do not notice gradual changes,
> if someone moved into my street these days they would probably think
> that the bay had always been like it is, lifeless and dirty.

This is about a hunter who supposedly realized one day that his quarry were
living, breathing creatures, "saw the light", found compassion, quit
hunting, and went vegetarian. It was never about environmentalism.

I'm more convinced than ever that the story is a fake. Making demons out of
all hunters is all too typical a routine for vegans and ARAs, anything to
reinforce this us/them notion that supports their raging sanctimony.