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Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
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Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:51:13 GMT
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> From: "Xcalabur" <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com>
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> You're right Tom, we sure would. I'm from Iowa, and 18. Although my family
> doesn't raise cattle, it IS one of the main sources of income for this entire
> state. Three things: corn, soybeans, and cattle. Now, if you go to most
> restaurants anywhere, you will see a sign or something that says "Cornfed Iowa
> Beef". That's because Iowa has the best tasting and textured beef in the US.
> My own opinion, yes, but also 90% of the population's. Now, if you start
> growing meat in a lab somewhere, that's gonna put lots of hard working farmers
> out of business, as well as affect the rest of farm economy. Also, how do you
> think "test tube" beef would taste? I don't know about anyone else, but I'd
> much prefer that what I eat was at one time a whole animal. That way I know
> how it was (or should have been) cared for, and that there's no deadly
> diseases. Most diseases that affect cows AND people kill the cows, or are
> very evident, so the tainted meat never enters the market. Now, how are we
> gonna know when the test tube beef is bad? I'm sure they've got all sorts of
> nice little chemical tests and injection things to insure that it stays
> healthy, but no test beats seeing a living, breathing, healthy animal. Just 2
> cents from an Iowa farmboy.
> -Chris
I understand your points about the agricultural economy, and I understand
about the aesthetic differences, but I think you have the disease equation
bass-ackwards.
In a lab, the meat could be kept 99.999% disease-free. Beef that's released
into the market today is nowhere near that. There are many diseases and
bacteria that could be present in meat that you just don't see in a
seemingly healthy animal.
~Mark
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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