[MD] vegetarianism

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it seems the general gist is that eating meat or not
is  a personal  choice, and that both choices can be
ethical.

seems like no-one agrees  with bob on this one. so
where does that leave the MOQ?

Mark 8-11-06: Hello Gav,
I'm not a vegetarian.
I eat white meat and fish so that rules me out.
The passage in Lila which refers to vegetarianism reads:
'An evolutionary morality, on the other hand, would say it's  scientifically
immoral for everyone because animals are at a higher level of  evolution,
that is, more Dynamic, than are grains and fruits and  vegetables.  But the
moral force of this injunction is not so great  because the levels of
evolution are closer together than the doctor's patient  and the germ. It
would add, also, that this moral principle holds only where  there is an
abundance of grains and fruits and vegetables.  It would be  immoral for
Hindus not to eat their cows in a time of famine, since they  would then be
killing human beings in favor of a lower organism.'
 
I agree with Pirsig on this issue.
I was a vegetarian from about 1979 to 1983 or so, after which i started  
eating white meat and fish again.
There have been phases since when i ate red meat regularly.
 
During my veggie stage i read allot about the dreadful waste meat  industries 
generate, besides the health dangers, and remember being a bit of a  pain in 
the arse for people who didn't really want to hear about it.
These days i need a kick up the arse to get back into it.
The MoQ has an elegant way of forming this issue.
Love,
Mark