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On "The Age of Stupid"

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And the wife says that one thing the family does is eat less meat and eggs (and they raise the animals on their land), but even that is glossed over. And in the pre and post show (that I saw), even in the interviews with the celebrities who are known vegetarians (I know, I know, they're not vegans.),

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From Today's New York Times

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Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan.

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From Today's New York Times

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Niman gives us is to pay attention to the source of meat products and what our mothers always told us: clean your plate. 2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The meat and dairy industries want to keep their operations away from the public’s discriminating eyes, but as groups like PETA and the Humane Society have shown us in their graphic and disturbing undercover investigations, factory farms are mechanized madness and slaughterhouses are torture chambers to these unfortunate and feeling beings.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

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There are self-interested, health-based reasons to go vegetarian: The major killers of Americans--heart disease, cancer, and stroke--are all strongly positively correlated with meat consumption. Journal of the American Dietetics Association 109(7), July 2009: 1266-1282.]

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

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DO [link] SOMETHING, WORDS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH - ONLY YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WILL END ANIMAL ABUSE ARAN has designated August 24-30th 2009 as our official week of action against the Irish greyhound racing industry. Note that ARAN is "vegan-based" according to the video from Supreme Master Television on the site.