slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (01/29/86)
Please pardon an omnivore's posting here. But I saw some errors here that should be remarked upon. >First, look at the teeth. Carnivors have >very sharp teeth for ripping and killing. Humans have teeth more >closely resembling herbivores (like apes who don't eat meat at all). Apes do eat meat. Read Goodall's chimp studies. >In addition, the length of the digestive tract is another indication >of what food an animal processes. Carnivores have very short digestive > tracts whereas humans have a long one that expects foods requiring >different lengths of time and method for digestion. Human's digestive tracts are actually in between. We do not have the long tracts of herbavores nor the short ones of carnivores. We are omnivores--like bears and possums. This is not a flame. It's just that I think the decision to eat meat or not is based on moral decisions. Eating meat in moderation has been done by mankind for the last 2 million years. It is not, in moderation dangerous. (EVERYTHING is dangerous in excess.) There is also nothing unhealthful with being a vegetarian. This is a question that is a matter of individual moral choice, and when you make misstatements of fact and quote bad science, you are just hurting your cause. I am not a vegetarian (at the present time), because I do not think that it is necessary (at the present time) for my spiritual growth. If I do decide at some time not to eat meat, and it is quite possible, it will be based on that consideration, and not on inaccurate medical information. I wholeheartedly support anyone who makes that choice--assuming that they know what's right for them. But I also support meateaters, and grant them the same assumption. By the way, the main thing keeping me from being a vegetarian (aside from liking meat), is the air of moral superiority that many vegetarians project. That is what tends to make me think it would not be to my spiritual advantage at this time. A 'holier than thou' attitude is something I would rather not catch. You really have to be careful with that missionary spirit, folks, it turns a lot of people off. Many of them intelligent people who would otherwise support you. -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To search for perfection is all very well, But to look for heaven is to live here in hell. --Sting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~