Re: How Sarah Palin Created a Whole New Generation of Vegetarians

"Rupert" <rupertmccallum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Dec 1, 5:09 pm, "Dutch" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Rupert" <rupertmccal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Nov 30, 12:03 pm, Rudy Canoza <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Rupert wrote:
> > > On Nov 29, 6:13 pm, Rudy Canoza <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >> pearl wrote:
> > >>> 'Turkeys for Thanksgiving
> > >> Yes, and it was delicious - the best one I've ever prepared.
>
> > > You have been known to make the remark that there are some
enforceable
> > > constraints on how we may treat nonhuman animals.
>
> > None of them precludes killing animals to eat them.
>
> Not a serious response.
>
> It is a serious response, animal rights sup****ters consistently point to
> abuse of animals in the meat industry and then leap to the conclusion
that
> the meat industry ought to be abolished. It's like aboli****ng schools
> because some children suffer bullying by other students or teachers.

No, it is not. The claim that the meat industry ought to be abolished
is not what was under discussion. Ball was changing the topic and
evading the question that was put to him.

Nonetheless, it is a serious comment that deserves a serious response. The

whole underlying message of AR is that meat farming should be abolished 
because abuses exist. Such is the theme of peta.org. It is pointing out a 
fundamental flaw in the AR position.