[MD] vegetarianism

[Jos Laycock]

Hi Gav

S'not correct, depends on how much you think before you eat.

I see it that vegitarianism is a suppression of biological urges by a 
cultural morality, but any rational decision that is reached concerning a 
biological function that leads to me curtailing or modifying that biological 
behaviour is more moral than just unthinkingly biting stuff. If I decide 
cosciously that for whatever reason I wan't to eat halal meat for example 
this can be seen as just as moral as consciously deciding not to eat meat at 
all. Likewise I may come up with a rational justification to butcher 
hundreds of animals and eat only their eyelids, clearly ridiculous but also 
clearly a suppression of the biological by a higher "morality".

There's nothing wrong with vegitarianism provided that the higher morality 
doesn't threten to pull the rug out from under its own feet. 1st question 
then is: Can a diet that excludes meat genuinely sustain nutrient intake in 
a way that is comparable to one that doesn't? and secondly: What if one 
becomes so crazed with meat withdrawal that all useful intellectual thought 
becomes impossible? Have you seen a vegitarian in the prezence of frying 
bacon?

Jos


>From: gav <gav_gc at yahoo.com.au>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: [MD] vegetarianism
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:37 +1100 (EST)
>
>hello.
>
>interested to know who on the list is vegetarian.
>
>the MOQ seems to say that vegetarianism is more moral
>than eating meat. bob himself says this in Lila of
>course.
>
>is this correct? is vegetarianism more moral?
>
>is it incorrect? is bob wrong?
>
>if you are not vegetarian, why? is this an ethical
>dilemma for you or do you not give a shit?
>
>just want see who walks the talk around here.
>
>
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