With mad cow disease still a concern, the bird flu virus may be well on
it's way to killing millions of people across the planet. According to
a source at NIH (who chooses to rename anonymous for good reason), the
goverment is in a near panic over the bird flu virus.

Is Nature finally striking back? There was a time when there was a real
need for humans to consume animal flesh. They were uneducated about
alternative sources and more often than not, did not have access to
protein replacements.

However as humans have evolved, it is way past time to give up flesh
eating. There is no excuse for the consumption of animals and poultry.
We now know enough about nutrition to seek other forms of protein and
we have an abundance of soy products, made to help wean people off
their flesh eating habits, fake meats, made from soy products provide
us with all we need. Yet many are still slaughtering innocent cows,
poultry, deer, hogs, etc. And they are maintained in inhumane
conditions and slaughtered in inhumane ways.

***
Evolution has NEVER been proven..  If you can provide objective, measurable,
verifiable, scientific proof for evolution then you can be the first to
receive the $250,000 reward!

IF your vegitarian were as inexpensive as the real thing then you might have
a good option.  Also, the animal's purpose on earth is to provide food for
mankind.  God commanded man to eat meat for several feasts and holy days.
The Disciples were commanded to eat ANYTHING that was placed before them,
even (GASP!!!!!!!!) pork!
***

How many would actually eat these meats if they had to go out and do
the slaughtering? Next time you are in your grocery store, and grab
that pack of neatly wrapped and packaged steak, just remember what that
animal had to endure to get there.

***
I used to work in a turkey slaughter/processing plant.  Still eat turkey!
***

And if this does not persuade you, please read this:

From: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/transmission.htm

***
No danger from *properly* cooked and handled meat.  Problems come from
unsanitary handling, storage, and partially cooked meat.

Proud member of PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals!

Mike D.

With mad cow disease still a concern, the bird flu virus may be well on
it's way to killing millions of people across the planet. According to
a source at NIH (who chooses to rename anonymous for good reason), the
goverment is in a near panic over the bird flu virus.

Is Nature finally striking back? There was a time when there was a real
need for humans to consume animal flesh. They were uneducated about
alternative sources and more often than not, did not have access to
protein replacements.

So what did we do to Amanita mushrooms, Hemlock, Nightshade and Thornapples,
etc. to deserve their rath?

Hey I was the first one month ago to make these assertions. Of course nature
is striking back. We ignore nature or peoples perceptions and we ignore
reporting this so special interests are left alone and or we ignore the
corrleations and the status quo , not only continues it often gets worse.
With mad cow disease still a concern, the bird flu virus may be well on
it's way to killing millions of people across the planet. According to
a source at NIH (who chooses to rename anonymous for good reason), the
goverment is in a near panic over the bird flu virus.

Is Nature finally striking back? There was a time when there was a real
need for humans to consume animal flesh. They were uneducated about
alternative sources and more often than not, did not have access to
protein replacements.

However as humans have evolved, it is way past time to give up flesh
eating. There is no excuse for the consumption of animals and poultry.
We now know enough about nutrition to seek other forms of protein and
we have an abundance of soy products, made to help wean people off
their flesh eating habits, fake meats, made from soy products provide
us with all we need. Yet many are still slaughtering innocent cows,
poultry, deer, hogs, etc. And they are maintained in inhumane
conditions and slaughtered in inhumane ways.

How many would actually eat these meats if they had to go out and do
the slaughtering? Next time you are in your grocery store, and grab
that pack of neatly wrapped and packaged steak, just remember what that
animal had to endure to get there.

And if this does not persuade you, please read this:

From: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/transmission.htm

Transmission of Influenza A Viruses Between Animals and People

Influenza A viruses are found in many different animals, including
ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses, and seals. However, certain
subtypes of influenza A virus are specific to certain species, except
for birds which are hosts to all subtypes of influenza A. Subtypes that
have caused widespread illness in people either in the past or the
current period are H3N2, H2N2, H1N1, and H1N2. H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes
have caused outbreaks in pigs and H7N7 and H3N8 viruses have caused
outbreaks in horses.
Influenza A viruses normally seen in one species sometimes can cross
over and cause illness in another species. For example, up until 1998,
only H1N1 viruses circulated widely in the U.S. pig population.
However, in 1998, H3N2 viruses from humans were introduced into the pig
population and caused widespread disease among pigs.
Avian influenza viruses may be transmitted to humans in two main ways:
· Directly from birds or from avian virus-contaminated environments
to people.
· Through an intermediate host, such as a pig.
Influenza viruses have eight separate gene segments. The segmented
genome allows viruses from different species to mix and create a new
influenza A virus if viruses from two different species infect the same
person or animal. For example, if a pig were infected with a human
influenza virus and an avian influenza virus at the same time, the
viruses could reassort and produce a new virus that had most of the
genes from the human virus, but a hemagglutinin and/or neuraminidase
from the avian virus. The resulting new virus might then be able to
infect humans and spread from person to person, but it would have
surface proteins (hemagglutinin and/or neuraminidase) not previously
seen in influenza viruses that infect humans.
This type of major change in the influenza A viruses is known as
antigenic shift. Antigenic shift results when a new influenza A subtype
to which most people have little or no immune protection infects
humans. If this new virus causes illness in people and can be
transmitted easily from person to person, an influenza pandemic can
occur.
It also is possible that the process of reassortment could occur in a
human. For example, a person could be infected with avian influenza and
a human strain of influenza at the same time. These viruses could
reassort to create a new virus that had a hemagglutinin from the avian
virus and other genes from the human virus. Theoretically, influenza A
viruses with a hemagglutinin against which humans have little or no
immunity that have reassorted with a human influenza virus are more
likely to result in sustained human-to-human transmission and pandemic
influenza. Thus, careful evaluation of influenza viruses recovered from
humans who are infected with avian influenza is very important to
identify reassortment if it occurs.
While it is unusual for people to get influenza infections directly
from animals, sporadic human infections and outbreaks caused by certain
avian influenza A viruses and pig influenza viruses have been reported.
(For more information see Avian Influenza Infections in Humans.) These
sporadic human infections and outbreaks, however, rarely result in
sustained transmission among humans.

"Nature" is not fighting back.  Nature could care less.  Animals,
including humans, survive to the degree they can adapt to their
environment and reproduce.  This argument has next to zero to do with
eating animal flesh.

Horsefeathers.  Take away your food for several weeks, and you'd fight
for the scraps off a rhinoceros carcass, just like anyone else would
who is trying to survive.

There are reasons, however.  Because I like it and I want it and I can
get it.  And it tastes good, and it makes me feel satiated and
energized, ready to reproduce and survive and thrive!
Rahrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

What makes you think that soy is such a great protein replacment?  You
want the estrogenic qualities of soy?

Right.  We should only be slaughtering the guilty cows, poultry, deer,
hogs, etc.  Most animals that we eat are treated humanely, with care
to keep them healthy and as stress free as possible.  I'd be much more
concerned about the inhumane treatment of humans, and we don't even
eat them.

This is so silly.  You would, if you were hungry enough.

What does this have to do with eating animals?

I love this arguement...I have it all the time with one of the local
PETA people up here.   "Vegetarian is the way to go!" she cries..."Save
Bambi!"  Meanwhile, I have never received an answer from her about the
overall ecological damage her california veggies getting trucked up to
Alberta Canada all (looooong) winter do vs. my going out and getting
myself a deer in the neighbour's "back 40."  She labels me a barbarian,
but as an environmental engineer, I know I do less harm tan she does.

Personally, I think humans should be trying to remember that they are
omnivores (as in meat and veggie eaters) and should get back into the
woods a little more.  It is people who only know movies that don't
really appreciate the animals we eat for food.

Just a little thought,

Michael Halliwell