Hi,
My name is Gene Hunn, dept. of anthro, U of Washington, Seattle and I've
been listening with interest. I'm an environmentalist but also a student
of human subsistence across time & space. Humans are not by
physiological adaptation vegetarians, nor carnivores for that matter, but
eclectic omnivores for whom meat/fowl/fish etc. has for millenia been a
signficant fraction of the diet. Those who oppose eating meat or any
animal products seem to be motivated by a certain revulsion at taking the
life of an animal. However, what of the plants? Is there a clear moral
distinction between parasitizing animals to sustain our life and
parasitizing plants? Do we know that plants have no "consciousness"?
And if plants might also require the same consideration as animals (used
in the generic sense), then what are we to eat? Hunters and gatherers
are taught to respect their prey while at the same time killing what the
must have to live.
Gene Hunn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
