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Old 01-03-2010, 05:19 PM
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"Eating Animals" - a must read for everyone

You all MUST read this book - OMG

http://www.eatinganimals.com/

"The everyday horrors of factory farming are evoked so vividly, and the case against the people who run the system presented so convincingly, that anyone who, after reading Foer's book, continues to consume the industry's products must be without a heart, or impervious to reason, or both."
(J.M. Coetzee )

"Stirring....compelling, earnest...Foer brings an invigorating moral clarity to the topic." (Entertainment Weekly )

"Eating Animals carefully, deliberately, takes you through every relevant dimension of factory farming...One sees it from the inside, the outside, the moral high ground, the dithering consumer level, through Foer's family stories, from slaughterhouse workers, animal behaviorists, even from defenders of the system... Foer's aim is not to make your choice, but to inform it. He has done us all a great service, and we, and the animals, owe him our thanks." (The Huffington Post Dr. Andrew Weil )
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:22 PM
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Sounds like a blast.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:23 PM
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Yeah, I love eating animals.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:25 PM
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Not saying that I agree with the methods this book is clearly designed to expose but...

Im not gonna stop eating animals. Im also not gonna let anyone tell me I shouldnt eat animals because of the way they are farmed.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:25 PM
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$20 McDonald's gift certificate free with the purchase of two copies.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:25 PM
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I'd rather ignore it and continue to enjoy life, thanks.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:25 PM
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:26 PM
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I love eating animals too, but I enjoy hunting and killing my own a little more than the factory critters, it just makes to more authentic. A nice factory beefsteak is A1 though.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:27 PM
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i m a vegetarian...to each their own
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:29 PM
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:32 PM
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I love eating animals too, but I enjoy hunting and killing my own a little more than the factory critters, it just makes to more authentic. A nice factory beefsteak is A1 though.
Me too and I agree with the last sentence.

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i m a vegetarian...to each their own
Yup... Enjoy your beef flavored Tofu (BTW, I love tofu)
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I don't care if animals endure horrid suffering at factory farms -- screw them. Steak tastes good.

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Old 01-03-2010, 05:38 PM
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If your purpose in posting this is to get a massive amount of people to tell you how much they love eating animals then you have succeeded.
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Old 01-03-2010, 05:39 PM
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I know packaged meat comes from a factory. Say what! it is made from animals? Gee, I learn something everyday (sarcasm).

I like Tofu too BTW.
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