Dan, you said "Here a good percentage (well over half) of deer are infected with prion disease (mad cow) ..."
Huh ? what ? how ? I sincerely doubt it. I'm hard pushed to think of any possible mechanism. Do you have any evidence or reference to that remark ? (Or are we just talking the generic concept of a prion disease, and if so in what sense are we using the word "infected" ?) Educate me. Ian On 2/10/07, Dan Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From: Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [MD] dualism > >Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:23:33 -0800 (PST) > > > > > > You know what. That deer I saw running by. > >Well, my wife left after I saw the deer running by and > >called me on the phone saying is thinks she saw a deer > >in the neighbors yard. I walked out to take a look, > >and there was the deer. It was laying down dying. It > >fell and slid down a small hill with red blood in the > >white snow. The deer was kicking still, but not much. > > Eventually after watching the deer, I walked up to > >his back, put my hand flatly on the deers side and > >said, "It's going to be ok." I hummed a little, and > >then the deer took his last steady breaths. I watched > >him until all the last big breaths that came ever once > >in awhile left, and I couldn't see the heart-beating > >anymore. Somebody I know from work is coming over > >now, and we're going to cut up this gift to have some > >good food to eat. > > [Dan] > > Here a good percentage (well over half) of deer are infected with prion > disease (mad cow) and there's much debate on the safety of the meat. I > personally wouldn't take the chance. But then I eat very little meat anyway. > > >I found a bullet hole in the skin. > > [Dan] > > Isn't hunting season over? Sounds like the work of a poacher? How terrible > to shoot an animal then let it run away without tracking and finishing it > off. > > >It was a very calm experience being with this deer as > >he died. > > [Dan] > > I somehow doubt it was for the deer. It probably died cold and frightened > and alone. > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
