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Re: Economics say all city dwellers must be vegan.
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Economics say all city dwellers must be vegan.
- From: Loren Davidson <loren@farwalker.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:17:11 -0800
- In-reply-to: <LYRIS-100945-26220-2001.03.15-07.25.37--loren#farwalker.com@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Newsgroups: permaculture
At 04:43 AM 3/15/01 -0800, Yaya Balinci wrote:
(with quotes from the previous author)
> > Animals on the other hand, have a mind of their own.
>
>But the carrot is ours to do as we please? We own the carrot because it
>lacks something we lack? Now who is the righteous one? Fence it in, then
>before it can blossom its flower and sew its seed we can yank it out and eat
>it dead?
For anybody who does not believe that plants have feelings, I highly
recommend "The Secret Life of Plants", by Tompkins & Bird.
Personally, I find that some of my herbs and vegetables are better company
than some of the people I know.
Build soil,
Loren
Loren Davidson Permaculturist, philosopher, writer
loren@farwalker.com http://www.batnet.com/beauty/
AIM: loren334 ICQ: 65291610
"We have to create the future, or others will do it for us" - Gen. S.
Ivanova, ret.