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2006-06-13 18:58:10 ET
Well, perhaps it is a matter of geography. Where I come from in Southern California, Free range eggs are ample and therefore I can buy them regularly. I use them sparingly, however, because they contain cholesterol. I have actually been to a free range ranch before and the animals there were well treated, corn fed and cageless. Their nesting areas were clean and relatively spacious. I feel no guilt in consuming free range eggs, so I disagree with your theory on veganism being the only way to boycott.
Furthermore, concerning boycotting--as I'm sure you'll agree, it isn't changing things yet. We still have a way to go before things change--if they ever will. Americans love to eat meat. As does a very great many other nations. In fact, most of them. There's also the matter of health, however. Even if a person would disagree with me about how unhealthful consuming animal meat is, you can't deny the fact that meat eaters are consuming what is cured into the product. The animals they eat are pumped full of antibiotics and hormones which are then transferred over to the meat that plops on people's tables. The FDA and USDA refuse to accept study results concerning the unhealthful effects on human digestion and overall health when treated animal meat is consumed. Therefore, by law, all free range animal product farms are forced to make statements on their products to the effect of "there is no significant difference reported by the FDA concerning the affects of blah blah on human health". This, of course, retroacts the good name of the farmer who is offering chemical free animal product.
I agree that things will change. But it is a matter of evolution as is every other bit of information. Change is slow. By the time humans are ready to accept the fact that animal consumption is unhealthful, there won't be much healthy land to raise animals on anyway. That's my theory. Thanks for the conversation. ^_^ |
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