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   XPost: alt.creative+cooking, alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, rec.   
   port.football.college   
   XPost: rec.food.cooking   
   From: rupertmccallum@yahoo.com   
      
   On Oct 12, 4:43 pm, George Plimpton  wrote:   
   > On 10/12/2012 1:12 AM, Rupert wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Oct 11, 11:02 pm, dh@. wrote:   
   > >>> Let's be clear about what you think the upside would be. You think   
   > >>> that I would be increasing the expected number of cows who come into   
   > >>> existence and lead fairly happy lives, as well as reducing my   
   > >>> contribution to collateral deaths caused by plant-based agriculture,   
   > >>> and that would be a good thing? Is that the story?   
   >   
   > >>      If you did it right, yes. If you didn't, no. If you bought a veal   
   calf that   
   > >> was soon to be slaughtered and made a deal with a farmer to raise it for   
   you for   
   > >> two years with no grain, then you had it humanely slaughtered and you ate   
   that   
   > >> instead of your soy stuff you would reduce your contribution plus benefit   
   a   
   > >> livestock animal in the biggest way.   
   >   
   > > So how much do you suppose that would cost?   
   >   
   > Why don't you ask Fuckwit why he doesn't do that himself?  He doesn't.   
   > He doesn't take *any* measures to ensure that the animals he eats had   
   >  "decent lives of possitive [sic] value."  He has told us   
   > repeatedly he doesn't care and can't be bothered.   
   >   
      
   Interesting.   
      
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