[geeks] Vegitarianism... was Re: [rescue] Friggin huge list members!)

[Mike Meredith]

On Friday 12 October 2001 03:06, you wrote:
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> Snort. Genus Homo has been eating omnivorously for how many million
> years as opposed

An omnivore isn't a carnivore. Eating the large quantities of meat that 
is eaten in the Western world isn't particularly healthy --- we (well, 
not me) eat far more meat than we ever have excluding the extremely 
wealthy (look at the health of Medieval kings), and when we were all 
hunter gatherers (who didn't live to a ripe old age).

> the past handful of years for a smaller handful as vegetarians (or

There's been a large enough number of vegetarians for a large enough 
number of years for it to be known that it isn't an especially 
unhealthy or dangerous way to live.

Maybe it ain't "natural", but doing unnatural things is the human way.

> suicidaly as vegans)?  Thanks, dude, but there are reasons my family

Can't remember the details, but there's a group of vegans that have 
been living that way for thousands of years and who survive by the very 
small amount of insect parts that can be found in the rice they eat :-)

> raises beef (close enough to organic to count if it were worth the

Keep an eye on the market ... organic beef over here fetches a premium.