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Recieved: 1999/11/23 17:12
Subject: [K-list] Re: An Indian attempt at promoting veg*ism
From: Tony O'Clery
On 1999/11/23 17:12, Tony O'Clery posted thus to the K-list:
Namaste All,
> Here is an article from Mondays Indian Express
> newspapers
> which describes some attempts made in India to
> promote veg*ism.
> The argument about humans not having claws and hence
> not meant to be carnivores by nature is interesting.
>
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> Chew on this, vegetarianism means no wars
>
> Here is some food for thought from the ``be a
> vegetarian, achcha hai'' brigade -- To produce
> every
> kilogramme of meat that your butcher sells, the
> animal requires one week's supply of food grains.
> This food grain supply thrives on gallons of water
> and the simple economics of the entire eating
> business will tell you that being a non-vegetarian
> is
> a ``colossal waste of resources''.
>
> Having said that, the Vegetarian Society of
> Mumbai,
> in their attempt to promote vegetarianism, organised
> its sixth annual award ceremony on November 19.
> Honouring the efforts of Dr Phichai Tovivich in
> spreading vegetarianism in Thailand, the Society
> said
> what vegetarians are saying the world over
> human beings were not ``designed'' to eat meat.
>
> The logic is simple. Humans don't have claws to
> tear
> the meat, they don't have sharp canines to bite
> into
> it either. So, they were never meant to be
> carnivores.
>
> Using such simple explanations, vegetarian
> societies
> are working on building a movement that will ensure
> that people dig their forks into carrots and not
> chicken. The latest ingredient they have stirred
> into
> their movement is the economics of eating. The
> bottomline is that being a vegetarian is cheaper
> and
> of course, a whole lot healthier.
>
> In the West, the vegetarian brigade is already
> going
> places. With an increasing number of people
> deciding
> on a diet of carrots, beans and pulses, being
> vegetarian is hip and happening. Organic food is
> in,
> everything else is out.
>
> Trying to convince people to stay away from that
> juicy tandoori chicken or spicy rogan josh, the
> Vegetarian Society of Mumbai is hollering about the
> mad cow disease and the chicken infection. ``Today,
> people whose staple is a non vegetarian diet have to
> spend considerable time figuring out whether the
> meat
> they are going to devour has come from a mad cow,''
> says Tovivich, a Chemistry professor. ``Then there
> is
> this chicken infection and pig diseases. People also
> talk about chemicals used to grow vegetables, but
> most
> of these can be washed away. In case of animals, it
> is injected into them and subsequently, meat eaters
> receive it. All this is very unhealthy.''
>
> Also, according to the green brigade, vegetarianism
> is
> not just about eating veggies. ``It's all about
> ahimsa,'' says Jashu C Shah, general secretary of
> the
> Vegetarian Society. ``It is also about better
> environment and economics. Killing an animal is
> violence, it disturbs the ecological balance and
> meat
> is more expensive. On all three counts, vegetables
> and
> fruits score over all kinds of meat.''
>
> Tovivich, who runs The Vegetarian Centre of
> Thailand,
> has come up with an interesting theory about the
> connection between the food we eat and the wars we
> fight. He believes that if everybody was a
> vegetarian, there would be no wars. Explaining, he
> says: ``Animals can sense when they are going to
> be
> slaughtered and secrete toxic substances into their
> bloodstream. When people eat that meat, it induces
> anger in them, makes them poisonous. The best
> example
> I can give is of myself. When I ate meat, I was this
> short-tempered man. Now, my vegetarian diet helps me
> maintain a peaceful state of mind.''
>
> At this point other advocates of the vegetables
> jump
> in and say that vegetarianism is the answer to all
> problems in this strife torn world. Chew on that.
>
> Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay)<
Love Tony.
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