"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the same
time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel
called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.
“Early in 2007, Consumer Reports tested 525 supermarket chickens from all
across the U.S. and found only 17 percent free of both salmonella and
campylobacter. Premium brands labeled “organic” or “raised free of
antibiotics” actually harbored more salmonella than conventional ones. Most
of the bacteria were resistant to at least one type of antibiotic, making
food poisoning from eating poultry that much harder to treat. Some samples
showed resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics.”
– From “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela Rice
www.vivavegie.org/itoc
In my opinion, people who eat animal-derived products are gambling with their health, as well as showing their lack of compassion for the suffering of those animals. And let’s not forget the huge amount of manure contamination ending up in our waterways and in the fields where vegetables are grown, the destruction of the environment, and pollution of the air. There is only one solution to these problems that makes sense: Go vegan!
Also visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/index.html
http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
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