Vegetarianism and maltreatment of animal

[Guest guest]

Dear Sue,

 

> This is not at all sarcastic. I want to point out that we will not

be able

> to eat anything if we take the cruelty thing to extremes. Where do

we draw

> the line? I don't have an answer...

> Sue

 

My general approach is to eat vegetables, grains, fruits, fish,

poultry, and meat - in this order - in moderation. I try to purchase

organic foods but if I cannot, then I cannot. I am not going to fret

about it. Worrying will just damage my spleen and if I damage my

spleen, I will probaly just want to eat more food - probably junk

food. :-) Maybe that is why we are such an obese nation here in the

U.S, we are so busy worrying about things - mostly about making more

and more money, so that we can consume more, so that we can make more

trash, that we can worry about. :-) This in turns makes us good

candidates for medical treatment - preferably Asian - which advices us

not to worry. :-) So, like Alfred E. Newman, I try not to worry and

just accept. Keeps my heart/spleen healthier. :-)

 

Regards,

Rich

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

Just managed to get to the internet for the first time in a few days.

The issue of eating meat versus not is a hot issue, espcially since

alot of TCM practitioners are non-meat eaters. But i think this

thread has come to an end. Time to knot it and move on please.

 

Attilio

 

" Susan Atlas " <susan.atlas@v...> wrote:

> The comments on the slaughterhouses sound horrific enough to be

> unbelievable- and I know they are not. Years ago, I read a book

called

> " Poisons in our Food " , don't remember the authoe. It is about the

meat

> packing industry in Chicago. Imagine Patricia's comments, expanded

to book

> length. Bleecchhh!!! I couldn't look at meat for a very long time

after

> that, and now don't eat meat at all, but do eat seafood. The

information

> about toxic substances in farmed salmon, coupled with the new

rulings about

> including farm-spawned fish in counting the wild salmon population,

so that

> the fisheries can take more fish, makes me ready to give up salmon,

as well!

> What's next--cruelty to vegetables? Just because we can't hear them

> screaming, does that make killing plants OK? Remember the seismic

research

> with tomatoes?

> This is not at all sarcastic. I want to point out that we will not

be able

> to eat anything if we take the cruelty thing to extremes. Where do

we draw

> the line? I don't have an answer...

> Sue