In message <004701c3a9ce$c81544a0$bc1afea9@x>, Anna Olsson
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>> In message
>> <[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!
>> >
>> >
>> >Dick Morris
>> >Senior Lecturer in Systems
>> >Open University
>>
>>
>> OK, up to a point. But 40+% of UK cereal production goes to feed
>> animals so this is not a marginal effect?
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>> Ian Alexander
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>
>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.
That might not have been what the original question was about. However
in my view it is a much more interesting and relevant question than:-
>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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Ian Alexander
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