you'd eat it if you were starving...did not know what it was...and had no
choice..merle
If Edgar is prepared...
Do I really need to complete the joke?
KG
On 10/9/2012 9:47 AM, Bill! wrote:
>Edgar,
>
>So would you now be prepared (albeit reluctantly) to eat
human flesh? ...Bill!
>
>--- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I ate no meat at all for 17 years. I now eat a little
reluctantly because if I don't I get metabolic fatigue
symptoms...
>>
>> Edgar
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 9, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Bill! wrote:
>>
>> > Edgar,
>> >
>> > Are you a vegetarian? ...or if not, a cannibal?
...Bill!
>> >
>> > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Joe and Merle,
>> > >
>> > > Any valid ethical principle must apply
equally well to both humans and other species....
>> > >
>> > > Do not to a cat what you would not do to a
human....
>> > >
>> > > Edgar
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Oct 9, 2012, at 2:31 AM, Merle Lester
wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > neuter the humans who breed more that
2 offspring !..merle
>> > > >
>> > > > Jim,
>> > > >
>> > > > OK, just understand that I did my best
to tell you the worst.
>> > > >
>> > > > I think one must, should, and CAN
weigh the total good done, against any harm. Overall, the
avoidance of starvation and disease in 6 or 7 offspring
kittens can count more on the cosmic brownie-point-scale
than fright given to the potential parent, and a sore
pubis for 3 days or so. No one can convince you of that,
and not everyone is capable of putting in the effort to
borrow the "Hav-a-Heart" trap from the spay-clinic free of
charge, nor in baiting it to capture the cat in question.
It does take some directed effort! I don't say I've ever
gotten good at it, but I have been doing it close to 50
years.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'll say frankly though, to emphasize:
I think it is immoral to feed the starving females without
having them neutered, first. Feeding them makes them
fertile if they are not first spayed.
>> > > >
>> > > > In this matter, though, you will of
course be the Judge, Your Honor.
>> > > >
>> > > > I think to get the cat's consent, just
consult your conscience, and recall that we are all in
this together.
>> > > >
>> > > > (my conscience tells me neuter them,
or never, ever, feed them; thus, I neuter them, because I
want them to live).
>> > > >
>> > > > --Joe
>> > > >
>> > > > --- In [email protected], "jfnewell7" <jfnewell7@> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I know that that is the standard
advice, but I don't know how to get the cats' informed
consent to be spayed or neutered.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
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