<< Well Jeff, at least no one has to worry about you eating your friends and family like they have to with us wimpy, passive raw meat-eaters... >> violence and meat eating go togethar, particularily if it is raw and has the adrenilin in it in good shape. Eating the hormones of animals causes reactions in the host. This is why warriors in India and the ruling class ate meat, priest and all the other caste did not. So the warrior class needed to be able to perform acts of extreme violence to other humans, and it is also a common trait of rulers. Most people there are at least partial vegetarians. This is a major reason that Calcutta with a population of 22 million has a murder rate of less than Easley, South Carolina with a population of less than 10 thousand. I ate meat until my 30s and was a good soldier, however in a modern civilized life, we don't need to be able to kill other humans readily. Eating meat with the animal hormones in it causes this to be a typical trait. Eating only plant foods does not cause abnormal rises in violent behavior. The few acts of violence done by vegetarians, and these are very few, are usually intentional, not the rash act of a person, not really mad at the victum, but mad, because they just ate a steak. Eat veggies--- promote world peace Jerry