veganism etc.

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Dear Hare Krsna dasi,

Thankyou for your well-researched reply.

Points about veganism and health, I am only quoting Priyavarta, as I haven't

done much research myself, as it doesn't inconvenience me in the least being

a CONDITIONAL vegan. His point is : where do the cows get their

minerals/vitamins from? from the soil, taken up by the plants by their

roots. Another point he makes is: what sort of milk are we talking about is

conducive for health? Milk from cows that spend their lives in cramped

conditions, no room to sit down or even turn around, that are fed an

artificial diet of dairy supplements and growth hormones, that are as a

result suffer from a plethora of illnesses, which are all suppressed by

heavy doses of antibiotics, that are in intense anxiety due to this and to

having had their calves taken away at birth, and who know that slaughter

soon awaits them, this is NOT the same product as the milk of cows that are

protected and loved. This so-called milk is further contaminated by vitamin

D which is fish oil, is this really offerable?

To Govinda, who is the lover of cows, the eternal cowherd boy. I don't think

so. I don't think we should support this industry, because not only all of

this, but consider the horrific cruelty of the veal industry, where calves

live in dark, tiny stalls,unable to sit down or turn around their whole

lives, are fed a liquid diet which makes them anaemic, and gives them

constant diarrhoea- this is what happens to many of the dairy industry's

unwanted calves.

Of course, veganism is only a very pathetic second best to the ideal diet

and ideal culture based on cow protection, and I agree with you

whole-heatedly, 100%, could not agree with you more on the points of the

practically unlimited value of the cow and bullock to human society when

they are looked after properly. They have practically irreplaceable value,

even their dung, even after their death their skin can be made into various

things, and your right about the need for bullocks to repace machinery. We

need some example of HOW they are so valuable, on our farms, this is the

real answer to the problem of cow slaughter within the dairy industry. At

least it was Srila Prabhupada's solution. However at present hardly any of

our farms are doing that, due to our reluctance to take up Srila

Prabhupada's instructions for simple living, or economy based only on the

cow and bull, not money. So there has been breeding for profit, which is

disastrous in the long-term, for as the calves grow up, the land exceeds its

capacity and breeding necessarily grinds to a halt, along with the milk

supply. At that point, are we justified in giving money to cow slaughterers?

I for one feel responsible for cow deaths until I can live this way of life

Srila Prabhupada recommended, so why should I further be implicated by

giving money to cow slaughters? There is no greater sin than to take the

milk of the cow and then later slit her throat, well that's precisely what

this dairy industry's doing.

The thing about health could be further researched, but according to the

vegans it is far HEALTHIER to live without milk. Of course, as Priyavarta

points out to them ,they have only done their research on the milk of the

modern dairy industry, which probably is a health hazard as they claim. But

real milk, well that's another thing. COMPLETELY different! That's his

point.

>From your servant, Niscala.

 

 

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