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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (147)	7/26/2000 11:36:19 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 2067

Judge Blocks Anti-Meat Cow From Art Exhibit Updated 9:59 AM ET July 26, 2000 By Gail Appleson, Law Correspondent NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge upheld a ban against an animal rights group's attempt to force New York City to allow a fiberglass cow bearing anti-meat statements in a Big Apple art exhibit. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero denied Tuesday a motion by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that would have allowed its exhibit -- a cow bearing slogans against animal cruelty and eating meat. PETA argued the ban violated the group's free speech. The exhibit, called CowParade, began June 15 and ends Sept. 3. It includes about 500 life-sized fiberglass cows which have been decorated and placed in various public areas throughout the city. The cows, which are sponsored by a variety of groups, can be found around the city. In front of the federal courthouse is an upright cow in judicial robes wielding a gavel, while a well-dressed cow poses at the doors of Bloomingdale's flagship store. The PETA cow was among four designs that were rejected by an organizing committee; another was "Moni-Cow Lewinsky" a caricature of Monica Lewinsky. "This case presents a unique question: whether a cow is a forum or a forum a cow, and then when and where such cow/forum may be found," Marrero said. He found that CowParade was not a traditional public forum such as a street or park that are open to assembly and debate. Instead, the judge ruled that it was a type of forum that can be created for a limited purpose and does not have to meet the same free speech standards. A PETA spokesman said the group had not yet seen the ruling but would pursue its case. The committee allowed PETA to put up another cow in Manhattan's Greenwich Village that is dressed in faux leather boots, jacket and pants. Notorious London rubberwear designer Pigalle, whose fashions are sold at fetish shops, unveiled the entry last month.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (147)	8/3/2000 8:48:13 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2067

Key quote: "The Chinese did not eat unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes such as lentils because the soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or "antinutrients". First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestion. These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that are not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can produce serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of the pancreas, including cancer.14 Soybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells to clump together. Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are growth inhibitors. Weanling rats fed soy containing these antinutrients fail to grow normally. Growth-depressant compounds are deactivated during the process of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered how to ferment the soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods into their diets. In precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors concentrate in the soaking liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu and bean curd, growth depressants are reduced in quantity but not completely eliminated. Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that depress thyroid function. Soybeans are high in phytic acid, present in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a substance that can block the uptake of essential minerals - calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and especially zinc - in the intestinal tract" (cont) nexusmagazine.com