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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals suffer when killed. BRINNING Boston, Dec. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse? I’m tired of hearing people who enjoy killing justify it with specious moral platitudes. No pearly phrases can make that any better. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y.,

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Becoming a vegetarian is the most practical and effective step one can take towards [sic; kbj] ending both the killing of non-human [sic; kbj] animals and the infliction of suffering upon them. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. That is absurd.