Introduction - small correction :)

[Guest guest]

I just wrote:

 

> I understand

> 'animal byproducts' to mean things boiled down

> from or otherwise extracted from what is left of

> the living creature

> after the slaughterhouse experience.

 

Rather than 'animal byproducts' I should have quoted

myself (and you) correctly - sorry. You said, and I responded

to, 'MEAT byproducts' - which is a little different. That is

definitely things extracted by one way or another from

the dead animal, isn't it. An animal is not called 'meat' in

most circles until it has been turned into that commodity.

(Ah this explains why I like to interleave things - so I get

the terms of the previous email right! Knew I wasn't doing

it just for the fun of it!!!!)

 

I have added this correction for the benefit of any newbies

to the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle who are reading - it's

confusing enough as it is, eh?

 

As for eggs and dairy (also mentioned in recent emails),

they are indeed animal products, but it's whole different

discussion to go into the pros and cons of whether their

use constitutes cruelty and or death, premature or otherwise.

(Apologies to fellow vegans here - but this IS a

vegetarian group and . . . . *shrug*)

 

Thanks for your patience, everyone. Now I'm going to sit down

with a good book. Anyone read _The World Without Us_?

Fascinating stuff!!!

 

Love, Pat