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Subject:	Re: Ethics (was Re: [P-F] Summary of backpacking foods; PETA story)
From:	Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 6 May 2000 14:31:59 -0700
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On Sat, 6 May 2000 17:04:19 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Sat, 6 May 2000, Ken Stuart wrote:
>
>> The actions of PETA are not the will of a deity, nor the pattern of nature (cf
>> www.beyondveg.com for reams of evidence on why humans are not naturally
>> vegetarians, unlike other apes), not the rule of reason.
>
>Out of curiosity, why not the rule of reason?

Because to single out "animals" is entirely arbitrary.

I've never yet heard a good response to the question put to "ethical
vegetarians" - "Why not be ethical towards carrots?"

PS  We won't even get into aspects like microscopic animals, lifeforms that are
part animal and part vegetable, etc.

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Cheers,

Ken
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