In response to Nina Smith’s meat-eating-frenzy threat [“Fries With That?”, Feb. 14], I’d like to call her bluff. I doubt that she needs any provocation to eat a McMurder double Q.P. I’d raise that bet to say she looks for reasons to consume vast quantities of unsuspecting creatures (it was her first response, faced with freedom of expression).
I don’t know the Davids, but as a fellow animal lover, I am always proud and grateful for them for not letting cruelty slip between the cracks. So, to the Davids: Sorry it took a meathead like Nina to [produce a] thank you for your vigilance and heart!
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Put your hand on the organic carrot and be saved. Be born again. Give up the evil meat, and come to Salvation!!
Vegetarianism is one of the most pervasive, unforgiving, judgemental, supercilious, ill concieved, patronizing, and I feel, aggravating, and intolerant religions the world has ever spawned.
I said religion.
Humans have been eating other animals for around 250 thousand years, and evidence supports that our ancestors probably did even before that. Many other creatures have been at it for longer still. Are they “inhumane”? Tell it to the cougar.
And d___it, I AM an animal lover! I am tired of some supercilious kooks telling me I am NOT!
Try what AA suggests: LIVE AND LET LIVE
Alex Netherton
Asheville, NC
In The Scientific Basis of Vegetarianism, Dr. William Harris analyzes hundreds of studies and concludes that the evidence is irrefutable that eating meat leads to cardiovascular disease, various cancers, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other illnesses-a $123 billion cost directly attributable to meat-eating, and this is a conservative figure, as it doesn’t even include costs attributable to lost productivity and premature death. It also doesn’t include costs attributable to the 60 to 70 percent of food poisonings (including 6,000 deaths) that are linked to meat intake or the ill effects on human health of consuming animals who have been pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. In fact, the U.S. surgeon general indicates that 69 percent of U.S. deaths are diet-related. Further research finds that a vegetarian’s lifespan exceeds a carnivore’s by 6 to 10 years, and the risk of having a heart attack is 50 percent less.
So my question to you is, whats so natural about living a shorter lifespan and getting sick more often? Making the choice to go vegetarian isn’t a religion, its a logical choice for people who value themselves, their families, their communities, and who respect animal life.