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From: avr@purdue.UUCP (Andrew V. Royappa)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: Animals And Ethical Considerations: Vegitarianism
Message-ID: <428@mordred.purdue.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 17:56:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 17:56:22 1986
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In article <2459@ukma.UUCP>, slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley) writes:
> >From: avr@purdue.UUCP (Andrew V. Royappa)
> >	A better thing to get mad about is humans killing animals for 
> >pleasure or "sport" or furs or skins or perfumes or tusks ... 
> 
> 	I do.  But I don't see why you do.  If it's okay to eat meat,
> 	why isn't it okay to kill an animal for it's skin?
> 
> 						Sean.
> 

	Sigh. 

	I consider eating meat a natural thing for humans to do. We have
after all been doing it for a long time. Just because I have nothing
against killing animals for food doesn't mean I have no regard whatsoever
for animals. I consider it wasteful to kill animals for luxuries,
especially when there seem to be synthetic versions of furs etc. around. 
I don't consider meat a luxury, despite the arguments which have appeared on
the net so far.

					Andrew V. Royappa
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