[Buddha-l] Victimized vegans?

[jkirk]

Yes; IMO the vegan ideology is ridiculous.
 
Mahatma Gandhi wrestled with these issues. He decided to not eat eggs
because it was robbing the hen, in his view, nor would he accept milk
because it was robbing the calf. At one point in his life, he was on a fruit
and nuts agenda. I cannot recall what he finally ended up with as a dietary
regimen before his assassination by the RSS. He took all these quiddities
seriously, to the point that he resembled a nut-case to many of his
contemporaries. The Mahatma was nothing if not serious. He applied his
strictures to his own self, however, he did not force them on others. (Well,
he might have tried to force them on his wife, but my sense of her is that
she didn't brook any nonsense.)
Vegans enforce their warped views on children, unlike the Mahatma. My sense
of the ones that I have met is that they are fanatics and not educated in
the history of dietary ideologies and restrictions, or lack of them.   
Joanna
================

On Behalf Of Gregory Bungo
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:25 PM
Hi all,

Even if the baby hadn't starved to death, he would have suffered
brain damage from lack of vitamin B-12.  Babies need milk --
soy milk won't suffice.

Sincerely,

Greg Bungo



No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition. 
Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: 5/10/2007
5:10 PM