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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (92151)	12/30/2004 12:58:18 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

It is true that many Irish people fish. It is also true that many of them don't. And in fact, during the Potato Famine Irish people with no culture of fishing starved to death even though fish were plentiful. (This idea is irrelevant to this post, however, so never mind.) I have nothing against beautiful horses, and Irish alcohol of all kinds is just lovely if you are not an alcoholic. My personal favorites are Jameson's Irish Whiskey and also Irish Mist, which is a not very sweet liqueur made with heather and 27 other herbs or something that is just delightful. In Ireland as in most of the civilized world right now, there are growing numbers of vegans, vegetarians and animal rights activists who are fighting the cruelty of factory farming. Here is a little blurb from the Irish Vegetarian Society. I think these guys stopped fishing a little while ago! So you think the price of meat is sheer murder? We do too, which is why we object to the unnecessary slaughter of millions of animals every year - at a time when more and more doctors are admitting that eating meat can do us more harm than good. For a healthy diet, doctors recommend that we eat more fibre. Fibre is only found in plant foods such as fruit, vegetables, cereals, beans, lentils and nuts. Animal foods, e.g. meat, eggs, fish and dairy produce, contain no fibre. By reducing animal foods and increasing plant foods in our diet, we reduce the risks of heart disease, cancer of the colon and many other illnesses linked to meat eating. TAKE DEATH OUT OF YOUR DIET In a lifetime, the average meat eater eats 36 pigs, 36 sheep, 8 cattle and 50 poultry. But how many of us could slit an animal’s throat or even watch it being done? Not you? Then why allow others to do it for you? Factory Farming means misery for animals. During their short lives on intensive farms, animals are kept in totally unnatural conditions, often never seeing daylight, being denied exercise, movement and fresh air. Battery hens are just one example: Battery hens spend their whole lives crammed five to a cage measuring 45cm / 18” by 50cm / 20”. The wingspan of each bird is about 80cm / 32”. Each hen stands all day and night on a sloping wire mesh floor, unable even to turn around freely. The Majority World Livestock farming isn't just killing animals. Its production is also causing starvation for millions of people. Almost half the world's grain is fed to livestock which are being reared for human consumption. Meanwhile, a third of the world's human population is starving. 15 million children die every year of malnutrition, yet this planet could supply ample food for everyone. Up to 90% of grain is lost in producing meat; it takes 10kg / 10lb of grain to produce 1kg / 1lb of meat. During the famine, cereal was exported from Ethiopia to provide the western world with meat it didn't need. Going Vegetarian doesn't mean giving up anything! It means swapping the monotonous 'meat and two veg' for a varied and healthy diet which is good for you, for animals and for the world's precious resources. vegetarian.ie