XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, rec.sport.football.college,   
   rec.food.cooking   
   XPost: alt.gothic   
      
   On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:00:40 -0700, Dutch  wrote:   
      
   >dh@. wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:53:55 -0700, Michael Press    
   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article   
   >>> ,   
   >>> Rupert  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> To know how well-represented such people are among vegans, you would   
   >>>> have to do some empirical homework, not just casual observation of   
   >>>> lists of famous vegans. I'm an example of a vegan who is quite a good   
   >>>> mathematician.   
   >>>   
   >>> Dr Rupert McCallum   
   >>> University of Sydney   
   >>> Casual External Casuals?   
   >>>   
   >>> The page for Dr Rupert McCallum   
   >>> did not have a link to a list of   
   >>> publications.   
   >>   
   >>      I've pointed out to the doc that though many livestock animals live in   
   poor   
   >> conditions and have lives of negative value to the animals themselves, many   
   >> others who live in decent conditions appear to have lives which are of   
   positive   
   >> value to them. Can you appreciate that distinction, or are you unable to   
   >> comprehend what it means even to yourself as Doctor Rupert claims to be?   
   >   
   >It's bullshit. hth   
      
   "I have said repeatedly that I believe that many livestock   
   animals have lives of positive value"- "Dutch"   
      
   "I realize that you can see that quality of life is a factor   
   when assessing the morality related to food animals." - "Dutch"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)