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> <[log in to unmask]>, Dick
> Morris <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >Anna
> >This is a fascinating issue, regarding which I have taken great delight
in
> >offending vegetarian/vegan enthusiasts over many years!
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> >Dick Morris
> >Senior Lecturer in Systems
> >Open University
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> OK, up to a point. But 40+% of UK cereal production goes to feed
> animals so this is not a marginal effect?
> --
> Ian Alexander
Of course this is not a marginal effect. But the question was not about
getting into discussions with those that defend that the world would be a
better place (less environmental damage, less animal suffering/distress and
presumably also improved human health) if we could decrease the total meat
consumption. My original question concerned the argument that all humans
ought to be vegans and stop 'exploiting' animals, an argument expressed by
certain philosophers and not-so-small numbers of followers in the
animal-rights and animal-liberation movements.
Anna Olsson
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