On 12 Jun 2008, at 03:20, Gale wrote:

> A vegan couple in Virginia were incarerated for failing to give  
> their baby proper nutrition.  Apparently she couldn't generate milk  
> and they refused to use anything that was an animal product.  They  
> gave the baby apple juice and soy milk and it died (diarrhea and  
> malnutrition).

That's really tragic.  You'd think they'd try and find a surrogate  
breast feeder before they gave a baby soy milk.

Do people not realise that soy "milk" is about as much in common with  
milk as

> If you found a homeless kitten, would you be smart enough to  
> recognize it as a mammal?

I've heard of people feeding pets a vegetarian diet.  In fact I once  
shared a house with a couple that looked after a dog - neither of them  
were vegetarian but the girl insisted that dry cereal food was all a  
dog needed.  The look of excitement it gave me every time I offered a  
bit of sausage suggests otherwise...


> Same thing with this family in Wisconsin who prayed over their dying  
> daughter instead of taking her to a doctor - same thing in my mind.   
> Belief triumphing over science.

Hmmm, this is a different situation.  Praying probably has a better  
prognosis than going to the doctor, on average.  Although it depends  
exactly what was wrong, there are some things that doctors improve  
more than they make worse.

Ashley