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From the Chairman of the Vegetarian Society, John le Grice to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Donald Coggan � Christmas 1975: �As an earnest of the spirit of peace and goodwill we beseech all Christians to foreswear the slaughter and violence entailed in stocking their tables with butchers� meat. �Slaying these innocent animals for their flesh contrasts cruelly with their part in the blessedness of the Nativity scene. The manger should remind us of the world�s shortage of food. Children starve while the livestock of the affluent nations are fattened on crops squandered as feed, instead of being used as food. �Christmas without butchers� meat can be a joyous festival, un-shadowed by the wantonness of slaughter. Reverence for life and the remission of violence harmonise with wishes expressed in your recent utterances on the state of society.� From the January 1976 edition of The Vegetarian with thanks to the Vegetarian Society: www.vegsoc.org Return to Letters |
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