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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We can treasure the cultural and historical bond between animals and domesticated animals only by ignoring the emotional bond. And there is no good reason to breed, confine and kill animals for food unless we believe that economic benefit justifies killing. We call ourselves vegetarians. Scott Plous Middletown, Conn.,

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. Engber writes of experimenting on cats and on the "furtive language" vivisectionists use to decrease the emotional impact of what they do. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. But that's now what happened.