riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (01/07/84)
Sure, feed lots (where an increasing amount of our meat comes from) are
"economically feasible" -- in a country where video games, cabbage patch
dolls, air conditioning and the private automobile are "economically
feasible": meat is, by and large, a luxury good. That doesn't make them
"economically feasible" in a global perspective. They sure aren't a very
efficient way of using our resources to feed people.
I eat meat, in moderation, just as I use electricity. Most of my use of
both is nothing but luxury, and not very morally defensible in a world
where for many people the resources used to produce them are needed for
sheer survival. I'll admit that I haven't yet applied for sainthood and
I don't live like the poorest of the poor, but at least I don't try to
pass my pleasures off as necessities. And at least, by being aware of
the situation, I avoid living like the average American, who is, whether
he knows it or not, an exceedingly wasteful fat cat.
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Prentiss Riddle
("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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