OFF/"rule of thumb" and other MEATY topix

Paul Mather paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU
Fri Feb 11 10:19:11 EST 2000


On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, 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 ??

But I think their objection is the fact that commercial growing of bees
(for want of a better term:) is on a much, much larger scale than would
occur naturally.  To borrow a line from Metallica: "I was born for
dying."

However, what I know about bees you could write here: -><-.  You should
probably ask a real vegan.

I think the objection to dairy products follows similar lines: that cows
are artificially kept pregnant so they will keep producing milk...

Vive la difference!

Cheers,

Paul.

NP: The Bevis Frond, _Sprawl_

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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