XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, misc.rural   
      
     · Vegans contribute to the deaths of animals by their use of   
   wood and paper products, electricity, roads and all types of   
   buildings, their own diet, etc... just as everyone else does.   
   What they try to avoid are products which provide life   
   (and death) for farm animals, but even then they would have   
   to avoid the following in order to be successful:   
      
   Tires, Surgical sutures, Matches, Soaps, Photographic film,   
   Cosmetics, Shaving cream, Paints, Candles, Crayon/Chalk,   
   Toothpaste, Deodorants, Mouthwash, Paper, Upholstery,   
   Floor waxes, Glass, Water Filters, Rubber, Fertilizer,   
   Antifreeze, Ceramics, Insecticides, Insulation, Linoleum,   
   Plastic, Textiles, Blood factors, Collagen, Heparin, Insulin,   
   Pancreatin, Thrombin, Vasopressin, Vitamin B-12, Asphalt,   
   auto and jet lubricants, outboard engine oil, brake fluid,   
   contact-lens care products, glues, sunscreens and sunblocks,   
   dental floss, hairspray, inks, Solvents, Biodegradable   
   Detergents, Herbicides, Gelatin Capsules, Bandage Strips,   
   Combs and Toothbrushes, Emery Boards and Cloth, Adhesive Tape,   
   Laminated Wood Products, Plywood and Paneling, Wallpaper and   
   Wallpaper Paste, Cellophane Wrap and Tape, Adhesive Tape,   
   Abrasivesl, Steel Ball Bearings   
      
       The meat industry provides life for the animals that it   
   slaughters, and the animals live and die in it as they do   
   in any other habitat. They also depend on it for their   
   lives like the animals in any other habitat. If people   
   consume animal products from animals they think are   
   raised in decent ways, they will be promoting life for   
   more such animals in the future.   
       From the life and death of a thousand pound grass raised   
   steer and whatever he happens to kill during his life, people   
   get over 500 pounds of human consumable meat...that's well   
   over 500 servings of meat. From a grass raised dairy cow people   
   get thousands of dairy servings. Due to the influence of farm   
   machinery, and *icides, and in the case of rice the flooding and   
   draining of fields, one serving of soy or rice based product is   
   likely to involve more animal deaths than hundreds of servings   
   derived from grass raised animals. Grass raised animal products   
   contribute to fewer wildlife deaths, better wildlife habitat, and   
   better lives for livestock than soy or rice products. ·   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)