Don't be paranoid Emma, I wasn't, if you'll look, responding to you
specifically. I think I was responding to a series of statements made. But,
if you took offense, I apologize anyway. Lots of my friends are vegetarians,
well, not *lots*, but a few anyway. The reason I like this quote is the
"odor of a sleeping animal" (which I think I incorrectly spelt 'order' in
the previous post). What do you suppose a "sleeping animal" smells like?
sb
. . .in the last days he lost his appetite
and fed only on vegetables. He soon acquired
the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians.
His skin became covered with a thin moss,
similar to that which flourished on the
antique vest that he never took off,
and his breath exhaled the odor of a
sleeping animal.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1967
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of emma fieldhouse
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 8:54 AM
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Subject: RE: Marquez and Big Macs
Steven B said:
"I just have a really hard time with people who want use to believe that
vegetarianism is ipso facto environmentally the best thing to do. It's like
finger nails on a blackboard when I hear someone, with all the fervor of a
born-again or twelve-step addict declare, "It's been 12 (7, 6, 2, 25,
whatever) years since I ate meat!!" (cheers and shouts of 'way to go' in the
background)."
Emma says:
The veggies here will hate me, but did I say I was a vegetarian or did I say
I didn't eat McDonalds on environmental, ethical and nutritional grounds?!!
Can't quite remember...?! But then it doesn't matter because I MUST be
vegetarian if I don't eat McDonalds - it just figures doesn't it?
Regards
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