Jean-Louis Tu <[log in to unmask]>:
>The question would be: is it better to be a lion or a gazelle?
>Is it better to be eaten or to die of cancer or because of tooth wear?

Tom:
An interesting question - perhaps some vegan list members will comment.
Is it better to die of old age, or predation, when one is an animal?
I recall hearing of a study some time ago, that said that about 50% of
the animals killed by lions were healthy, the other 50% were weak/sick.

Jean-Louis Tu <[log in to unmask]>:
>What do you think about eating eggs? Eggs don't have more consciousness
>than plants.

Tom:
Fertile eggs represent a living, but unborn animal, hence would be
effectively a type of meat. Infertile eggs - the standard in most markets -
are the 'womb fluids' of a chicken. Here some veggies disagree; some say
infertile eggs are OK, others say not. (An infertile egg will not hatch,
hence does not represent a living animal.) One argument against them is that
in nature, most eggs are fertile, hence infertile eggs are "less natural".
I generally avoid eggs, myself, but others have different choices, of course.

Thanks for your interesting post!

Regards,
Tom Billings
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