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From: barrys@tekecs.UUCP (Barry Steel)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: If we all become herbivores
Message-ID: <5641@tekecs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 15:26:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 15:26:50 1985
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In article <64@decwrl.UUCP> devi@maisha.DEC (Gita L. Devi PKO1/D1  223-7046) writes:
>I'd like to respond to Barry Steel.  I'm sorry if you interpreted my statements
>to mean that meat alone is the cause of man's problems.  Obviously, this is
>not the case: you can add alcohol, drugs, fast-paced life, improper eating in
>general to the list.  But - assuming that you are a well-read person who cares
>about health, you cannot deny the link between a meat-based diet and disease.
>And neither can the medical establishment, although this has been a long time
>coming.
>
>I'd like to refer you to a very interesting, if provocative book, that could
>prove enlightening:
>
>	Vegetarianism, A Way of Life, by Dudley Giehl
>
>  	...
>
>Gita Devi

I would agree that alcohol, drugs, etc. are certainly some of man's problems.
But is there evidence that the eating of meat increases man's agressive
behavior?  I'm genuinely curious.

I will check out the book.

barry  steel