XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, rec.food.veg, alt.philosophy   
   From: consulate@icecool.com   
      
   It is almost impossible to believe humans are such dicks.   
      
   Anything that you can pluck from the trees or plants such as   
   say an apple that falls to the ground or a brussel sprout is   
   not life and does not live.   
   A potato that grows roots is life and does live.   
      
   An apple that falls to the ground can be eaten with a   
   totally clear conscience, providing that you plant the seeds   
   back into the ground.   
      
   But a brussel sprout is totally different to a potato, a   
   potato is life and grows and lives, but a brussel sprout   
   once removed from the plant is not life and will not grow.   
   The plant however where the brussel sprout comes from is   
   life, but not the sprout.   
      
   Do humans really need this explaining?   
   Unbelievable just how stupid humans are.   
      
   Anything that can be taken from plants or trees that cannot   
   sustain life are OK to eat with a clear conscience.   
   You should not eat seeds, or any product or animal or   
   creature that can sustain their own life.   
      
   And being vegan is not about giving yourself a pat on the   
   back, it is eating what you know you can eat with a totally   
   clear conscience.   
      
   Milk and eggs also cause suffering to the animals and birds   
   concerned.  These also cannot be consumed with a clear   
   conscience.   
      
   A vegan merely respects other life and accords life to   
   others, knowing full well that having a clean conscience and   
   eating to live rather than living to eat are far far better   
   than the greed and gluttony of the masses.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)