slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (02/27/86)
> Yes, it's true. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian. > But not for moral reasons! Hitler had severe digestion prob- >lems, and could not eat meat even if he wanted to. Not true from what I've read. Hitler was indeed a vegetarian, and it WAS for moral reasons. He spent a lot of time at the dinner table berating the "carnivores" in his entourage, and lecturing on the moral values of vegetarianism. Reference is Albert Speer's book. Speer spent a lot of time with him. It could be that his digestion was his original reason and the moral feelings came later. But I've read 5 or 6 biographies of him, and none give this reason. His moral objections are well-documented. Anyone have any references? He also did not drink alcohol or smoke. He disliked others doing so in his presence. And he liked dogs. I've always thought of this as a marvelous demonstration of the agility of the human mind. Or maybe a lesson that we can find something good about anyone if we look long enough. -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nirvana? That's a place where the powers that be and their friends hang out. --Zonker Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~