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Richard Godwin: Should We All Go Vegan if it Will Save the Planet?
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| Wednesday 17 February 2016
| RICHARD GODWIN
Posted on 02/23/2016 1:02:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:03:27 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: nickcarraway
Save the planet from what?
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:03:32 PM PST
by
9422WMR
("Ignorance can be cured by education, but stupidity is forever.")
To: 9422WMR
Aliens? Bloodthirsty vegan aliens?
To: nickcarraway
“should we all go vegan?”
Liberalspeak for “ how do we force everyone to go vegan at the point of a gun?”
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:05:31 PM PST
by
bill1952
(taxes don't hurt the rich, they keep YOU from becoming rich.)
To: nickcarraway
How about go vegan when Algore and Leonardo quit flying?
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:06:55 PM PST
by
OttawaFreeper
("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
To: nickcarraway
Should We All Go Vegan if it Will Save the Planet?
Nah. It was a nice run while it lasted.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:07:42 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: nickcarraway
An interesting perspective, but...
Plants consume CO2. If more plant life is consumed and metabolized, more CO2 will be freed into the atmosphere causing Climate Change (see my tagline) to accelerate.
There is little difference in metabolizing (aka: burning) plant matter in our bodies and the wider burning of hydrocarbons (aka: petro-fuel).
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:08:20 PM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: nickcarraway
I love these articles, since I allow myself an extra steak every time I see one. It’ll be t-bone tonight!
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:12:13 PM PST
by
Pollster1
("A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless." - Scalia)
To: nickcarraway
I’m vegan and I don’t care about globull warming. It’s actually kind of fun telling liberals that.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:12:54 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:13:00 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
At the banquet, the star of The Revenant demanded his own special menu and busied himself with an aubergine tian, a quinoa salad and a coconut creme bralace with fresh raspberries. He also flies around in a private jet and sails around on a private yacht. He is out at night clubs every night riding around in limousines. If you believe this Global Warming BS, that's all worse than eating a piece of meat for dinner.
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02/23/2016 1:14:42 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: nickcarraway
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. Coll. 2:16. This is not about "saving" the planet. It is about control by the intolerant Nazi left.
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02/23/2016 1:15:12 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: goodwithagun
To: nickcarraway; All
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:16:58 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: nickcarraway
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02/23/2016 1:17:32 PM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
To: nickcarraway
You can murder your baby if it’s inconvenient.
You cannot eat commercially raised animal meat to feed yourself however.
Living under liberals is despotically evil.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:18:32 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: nickcarraway
Why don’t leftist all commit suicide, that would work even better..
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:19:24 PM PST
by
heights
To: nickcarraway
Which leads us to a more profound question. Will change come by millions of individuals choosing to alter their habits? Or would we be better off investing in collective action? For there are surely legislative avenues that could be explored -- carbon and water taxes, sustainability incentives, advertising restrictions -- as well as vested interests that could be challenged. Change is cultural, true, but there's no surer way of changing a culture than changing a law.
That's not to say that eating less meat isn't a worthwhile personal choice -- hey, no animal products were consumed in the lunch break of this column. But the problem with our obsessive emphasis on lifestyle is that it then becomes a matter of pure individualism. Of shopping. It means we judge and blame each other for ruining the planet while virtue-signalling our own meat-free consciences. And eating is political, just like everything else.
This guy can't wait to put a boot on someone's face.
To: 9422WMR
Amazing EGO people have thinking we are powerful enough to destroy the planet ... no sense of relativity. We are ants, nothing, not even specs recognizable. Put eating food up beside a massive volcanic eruption ... gimme a break folks!
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:22:42 PM PST
by
ThePatriotsFlag
( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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