OFF/"rule of thumb" and other MEATY topix

[Tom Clark]

Wonder if those same vegans drive cars that use with fat tires that on
occasion squash little buggies as they drive over them....(Just things
that make me go "hmmmmm.")

Mark Lee wrote:

> Forgive me for my ignorance but don't Honey Bees die after the
> season anyway - how can it be wrong therefore to allow nature
> to take it's course ??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Mather [mailto:paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU]
> Sent: 07 February 2000 04:03
> Subject: Re: OFF/"rule of thumb" and other MEATY topix
>
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2043, Kevin Sommers wrote:
>
> => At the risk of sounding ignorant, which actually I am of all things
> vegan,
> => why not honey?  How is this different from eating a plant which was
> => pollinated by bees?
>
> Well, as I understand it, vegans eschew honey because they disavow the
> exploitation of bees---hives of which are left to die off/starve to
> death at the end of their productive season.
>
> Don't quote me on it, though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
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