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Speaking of eating organically and antibiotics...
Freeflybella, when was the last time you actually needed antibiotics?
For me I think it was high school.
I haven't had so much as the common cold in 4 years, either.
While, I wouldn't dare say I'm 100% organic, I do opt for the organic choice more often than not. Purchasing foods & household products/items most accordingly to my animal welfare conscience is my main area of focus.
Still, I'd be interested, now, to read research on the correlation of those who eat organically and how often they get sick vs. those who do not. My theory is one would find the person putting less chemicals into their body get sick far less.
There's no evidence either way that organic foods result in a healthier outcome for the eater. Or I should say, there is evidence that supports both sides, like anything in this world. Also, the potential increased risks from pathogenic bacteria on organic produce, for example, is a concern. Because of the manner in which they are fertilized and packaged, they may be of bigger concern for some high risk consumers. (My comments aren't merely a result of the spinach recalls of this past month - I just have an interest.)
Organic animal production may follow the standards set out by the certifying body, but in the end the slaughter practices are very similar (and typically performed in the same faciity as conventional raised animals). Temple Grandin's website has lots of info and should be checked out: http://www.grandin.com/
You're probably right though. Less artificial chemicals in the body should intuitively mean increased health. But where could a person live to not be exposed to the thousands of chemicals in their immediate environment?
But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms
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I do find it interesting that there can be such heated debate on this topic of humane slaughter when you consider the following:
Inmates on death row opting for lethal injection have their skin wiped with antiseptic prior to the needle being inserted. Now there's a disconnect.
But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms
Inmates on death row opting for lethal injection have their skin wiped with antiseptic prior to the needle being inserted. Now there's a disconnect.
But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms
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So, there we have it! Pit bulls aren't lovable like other animals! Therefore, they are worthy of being destroyed.
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You know sometimes, I think you are one of the more intelligible people here and then you go and make statements like this.
I have no intention to sit and debate this all day long, so I will just make this post in response. Having had a pitbull (which was the most loveable dog I ever saw) for 15 happy years, I know that this statement is a crock. To go even further my sister has a pitbull that is 10 years old and with the time I spent around that dog is also enough to that your statement was a crock. Then there is my grandmother who had a pitbull that sadly died at 7 years old. But that dog too proved to me that your statement was a crock. Come to think of it your statement seems to be utter ignorance which I have heard time and time again by people who just don't know any better.
Its true drug dealers and assholes who like to fight pitbulls tend to pick these dogs but the problem there is NOT the dogs its the OWNERS.
Going by that logic one would want to make guns illegal because bad people might get their hands on them.
Hmmm. Emergency Departments have to keep records of dog bites, including breed. In the late 90's the large county hospital in Miami (JMH) published some data that identified Rotweiliers and pitbulls as the dogs involved in about 35% of all dog bites serious enough to seek emergency treatment and somewhere around 85% of all fatal attacks. The fatalities were almost always young children and the dogs were most commonly beloved family pets of either their parents or their neighbors.
I accept what you say as truthful and that the majority are lovable dogs, but with statistics like these, how could one choose them as a family pet?
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"O brave new world that has such people in it".
"O brave new world that has such people in it".
If you EAT that animal, you should have some reservations about how it's killed. If you don't care about how it's treated BEFORE it's killed, you might want to consider how it's treated AFTER it's killed. You're eating it.
And what, exactly, do you mean by those comments?
You seem to be very narrow minded.
And that's just sad.
'Shell
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