Frank, I support your determination to follow a vegan lifestyle. Keep up the good work. It helps keep down the price of steak . . . <G>
Dan On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:38 AM, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:17 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I agree. Cheese is several steps removed from the animal. And cows, goats >> and water buffalo are more than willing to give up their milk. And what >> about cheese made from human breast milk? Can vegans consume that? If not, >> can a vegan child breast feed? So many questions, so few answers. But I know >> that while I could probably give up meat if someone held a gun to my head, I >> would never sacrifice cheese. Pull the trigger, and put me out of my misery. > > ++++++++++++++++++ > > I really didn't mean to get into this discussion, but I'll answer a > few of your points: > > I can't speak for all vegans, but for me it's an issue of consent and > exploitation. We don't ask cows, goats, etc. if they're okay with us > taking their milk, and if they're answering, we can't tell. We just > take it. whether they like it or not. > > "Willing to give up their milk"? What makes you say that? We keep > them in a permanent state of artificial pregnancy so they never "dry > up". That can't be much fun. > > Human mothers who breast feed consent to the procedure. If they > don't, they buy formula. > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
