XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.california   
   From: fred@fredwilliams.FFFfca   
      
   Dutch wrote:   
      
   > "Fred"  wrote   
   >>K wrote:   
   >   
   >>> No, killing animals to eat them is not evidence of psychopathology.   
   >>>   
   >> Why don't they show it on television?   
   >   
   > Because the process of slaughtering animals is messy and not entertaining   
   > to watch.   
   >   
   	yes, because it's too horrific.   
      
   >   Why don't they give people tours of   
   >> the abattoirs?  Why do people prefer not to see that going on?  It's not   
   >> something that most of us want to think about whether we eat meat or not.   
   >   
   > You obviously don't think much about the death toll behind your own   
   > consumer choices.   
   >   
   	It's minimal.  I do what I can.  Nobody's perfect.   
      
   >> Most people would rather go on eating their Big Macs and not think about   
   >> where it came from or what had to be done to make it.  If people had to   
   >> actually go out and do their own killing, there's be a lot more   
   >> vegetarians   
   >> around.   
   >   
   > Because people are lazy and inept. If they had to grow their own, many   
   > more would simply starve.   
      
   	True, but that's an unrelated concept.   
      
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