Message from discussion Man is a HERBIVORE!!?

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From: "Polly" <o...@erinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Man is a HERBIVORE!!?
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:08:10 -0500
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Dutch <n...@email.com> wrote in message
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> "Adam Knisely" <a...@cmptr.com> wrote in message
> news:qT7a6.37494$OD6.3263672@news1.telusplanet.net...
> > > > > > > I just didn't think of it. Anyway, it seems silly now. If you
have
> > > > rats in
> > > > > > the grain
> > > > > > > you get rid of them the best you can, you don't count them.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why?  Their lives aren't important enough to count?
> > > > >
> > > > > What does counting them accomplish?
> > > >
> > > > Nevermind.
> > >
> > > People shouldn't worry about mice. Let them worry about us.
> >
> > So it's only cows and pigs and chickens that you care about?  A mouse
isn't
> > good enough for you?
>
> Pigs and cows are domesticated animals that we create, breed and raise,
giving them a
> life as David says, in exchange for the use of their hides. We give them
life. They
> give us their lives, and our lifestyles. It's a mutually beneficial
contract, which I
> believe includes treating them with respect. The only contract I have with
mice is you
> get out of my grain and I won't kill you. Isn't that the way YOU look at
mice? Maybe
> we're not so different after all.

Although we know there's no literal "contract", I do like your way of
stating the fact that both humans and animals benefit from the animals'
domestication.


Polly
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