Malcolm

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:12:18 +0100, "Michael Saunby"
<msaunby@despammed.com> wrote:

>
>"pearl" <tea@signguestbook.ie> wrote in message
>news:bejtsd$ho0$9@kermit.esat.net...
>> "Michael Saunby" <msaunby@despammed.com> wrote in message
>> news:be7gq6$3ij$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
>> >
>> > "pearl" <tea@signguestbook.ie> wrote in message
>> > news:be7elm$63j$4@kermit.esat.net...
>> > > our village idiot "usual suspect" <aboveground@earth.man> wrote in
>> > message
>> > > news:3F04BBFB.9060701@earth.man...
>> > >
>> > > > It's also the kind of thing one experiences -- disgusting or not --
>in
>> > > > parenthood.
>> > >
>> > > Then present evidence for that. Documented cases of babies eating
>worms.
>> >
>> > I've eaten a worm, as a child I was given a handful to feed to the
>hens,
>> > and ate one myself. Though I was very young, and don't remember the
>> > incident I've no reason to believe it untrue. I doubt this was in any
>way
>> > a completely unique incident and many children on farms and small
>holdings
>> > must have done the same.
>> >
>> > Heck I'd eat one tomorrow if it would shut you vegetablarian loons up -
>> > though I imagine that you would then argue that just because an adult
>might
>> > do something a child wouldn't. Of course adults know that pretty much
>any
>> > animal, worm, spider, fish, bird, whatever, is safe to eat and that
>many
>> > berries, etc. are not, and I accept there is no way that a child would
>> > natural know that worms are safe to eat but berries often aren't.
>Though
>> > perhaps if it had observed a bird, or animal eating worms it might
>expect
>> > them to be safe to eat.
>>
>> So why don't you eat worms even occasionally then? 'It's only meat',
>right?
>>
>
>I'm not sure I haven't but you're right in thinking that they're not
>something I seek out. Similarly I don't eat sparrows, owls, thrushes,
>frogs, rats, voles, and other wildlife that is abundant where I live. I
>even provide pools, nextboxes, meadows, etc. to encourage such creatures,
>all of which I know to be edible, some of which I know are considered very
>good to eat indeed. I live in a land of plenty - it's not a crime.
>
>When I'm abroad I'll try all sorts of stuff, snake, ostrich, wild turkey,
>armadillo, whatever they have. If I was offered worms or locusts, I'd
>probably try it, but I can't see myself bothering to prepare such a thing
>myself. Even pigeons can be hard work for the amount of meat you actually
>get from them. Big animals seem to work best as a source of food. Then
>again I can't see many vegans growing wheat rather than grass on their lawn
>and making their own flour - it's just too much work.

You don't need to anyway, plenty of veggie food available off the
shelves. I think the kick your looking for is the one you get from
abusing an animal, not the fact it is meat.


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So, you dont like reasoned,
well thought out, civil debate?

I understand.

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