Vegetarian Advocate: A New York Ban on Meat Consumption in the Workplace [Hidden Agenda Warning]

SATYA Magazine ^ | May 2003 | Jack Rosenberger

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Vegetarian Advocate: A New York Ban on Meat Consumption in the Workplace
By Jack Rosenberger

What are the odds that New York will ban meat consumption in restaurants, bars and workplaces within the next 25 years? None, right?

Maybe not. Twenty-five years ago the idea that New York would ban smoking in restaurants, bars and workplaces was laughable. (In fact, one legislator's response to the legislator who proposed the statewide ban back then, well, was to blow smoke in his face.) Yet, earlier this year New York passed a strict ban on smoking in nearly every restaurant, bar and workplace in the state. With this legislation, New York becomes the third state in the nation -- after California and Delaware -- to pass legislation banning smoking in such venues.

Governor George Pataki signed the bill because "he believes a statewide ban on smoking in the workplace will lead to a healthier New York and reduce the cost of healthcare," says Lisa Dewald Stoll, his press secretary. Would a statewide ban on meat consumption in the workplace also improve the health of New Yorkers and reduce health costs?

Of course, one of the chief reasons New York enacted the statewide ban is due to the health dangers of secondhand smoke. Meat consumption is different in this respect, but it has significant environmental dangers that cigarettes don't, such as large-scale pollution of air and water, greater use of energy, water and other natural resources, and so on. As eating meat is increasingly recognized as an environmentally devastating act, its appeal will continue to erode.

Meanwhile, it's up to vegetarians like you and me to, as animal activist Henry Spira liked to say, push the peanut forward. We need to educate family, friends, and enemies about the health disadvantages of carnivorism (Did somebody say heart disease? Cancer? Obesity?) and the advantages of vegetarianism. Today, a statewide ban on meat consumption seems like an impossible dream, but what we are trying to achieve is something that could happen in a distant tomorrow.

If you believe in great dreams, if you believe your life has a noble purpose, pick up a copy of Peter Singer's biography of Henry Spira, Ethics Into Action (Rowman & Littlefield), and revel in what Henry accomplished for the animals during his lifetime. With a lot of hard work and a little luck, you can do the same.

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[Gabz]

We did steak amd baked taters last night, but cucumbers instead of corn.

I just used the last of the quart of sour cream I bought yesterday for the taters in making macaroni salad. To go with the burgers I made the other night with the 10 pounds of ground beef I bought!!!!!

Tomorrow it is chicken!!!!

I guess I'm an omnivore as well.

Later grazers.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[tophat9000]

Let's all become cannibals and eat Vegans

Hmmmm, free range, corn feed, Vegans....the other, other white meat!

[Freebird Forever]

commanding to abstain from meats

Thanks

I have read that one. But my Bible says food instead of meat.

[DannyTN]

"I have read that one. But my Bible says food instead of meat. "

King James and Darby has it as "meat", RSV has it as "food". Strongs concordance says it can be translated either way and apparently food is more common usage of the word. However given that the next verse (4) refers to "receiving creatures", I actually think "meat" fits better.

There was an article in the last week on FR about an indian man who didn't eat food at all but just stared at the sun and drank water for substinance. But most people think he's a hoax.

[Great Dane]

Why doesn't this surprise me one little bit, they have seen how bans against smoking has worked, expect more weirdo's to crawl out of the woodwork.

[Oztrich Boy]

Or they will have to pitch an economic argument such as a cow only feeds 1 person, but 20 people could eat the grain that the cow consumes.

Actually, I don't think I could eat a whole cow. (Not at one sitting anyway). So I'll just have a small serving.

[SamAdams76]

One thing I have noticed over the past few months. Liberals tend to favor a low fat/high carb diet while conservatives tend to favor a high fat/low carb diet. Of course, the liberals feel compelled to impose their unhealthy diet on the rest of us, which is why so many people on the welfare lines are, well, as fat as cows.

I switched to a high fat/low carb diet (not Atkins but a variation of it) back in March and I have already dropped 51 pounds off my formerly fat body.

Cows eat grains to get fat and people eat cows to get skinny. And that really pisses the vegetarians off.

[SamAdams76]

through a modern marvel of angeoplasty, i now have full size arteries, assuming i refrain from colesterol and sugar -

There's your problem right there. Sugar. Otherwise known as carbohydrates. That's the real killer. Not red meat. Excessive sugar causes insulin to spike in your body, converting the carbs to fat. Eliminate excess carbs (the average American consumes over 425 grams a day) in favor of protein and fat, and your body starts burning fat as fuel (instead of storing it).

As for cholesterol, the cholesterol you ingest has very little to do with the cholesterol count in your body. Not a single medical study can conclusively prove that eliminating foods high in cholesterol (such as eggs and beef) lowers your body cholesterol. In fact, your body produces its own cholesterol, whether or not you take it in as food. This is because your body needs cholesterol in order to function.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians."

Kill It & Grill It by Ted Nugent (yes, THAT Ted Nugent.)

[montag813]

There is not even a health issue, since people who don't eat red meat tend to become anemic unless they take supplements. And vegetarians die younger than meat eaters.

Actually, it is even worse than this. There is an emerging crisis in the use of SOY in America. Soy has been pushed by food Nazis as the alternatve to meat for decades, and has unfortunately shown up in thousands of products of every type. However, Soy has been linked with Thyroid dysfunction and damage, as well as other potentially dangerous health effects. This damage actually worsens obesity by greatly reducing metabolism in high-soy content eaters. There are too many links to post. Just look up Google for "soy" and "thyroid". Here is one:

Soy's Thyroid Dangers

The evidence of the damaging effects of Soy has been covered up by militant efforts of the vegan mafia and their accomplices in the press. DO NOT EVER give your child soy-based formula or soy-milk under any circumstances. There are lactose-free brands...PLEASE do not use soy.

[DannyTN]

"DO NOT EVER give your child soy-based formula or soy-milk under any circumstances. "

I grew up on soy. I was allergic to everything. All foods except chicken and green beans and I drank Soy bean milk. All animals, all trees and grasses. I mean everything. And I turned out ok.

Both of my kids have also had some allergies although fortunately they didn't get anything like what I had. But they have both had soy milk. They seem fine.

But I'll look at the links.

[Spyder]

And this differs from Fundies trying to ban gay sex how?

Ouch - methinks you hit the nail on the head with that one.

[Susannah]

The food Nazi's,...

Wasn't Hitler a known vegetarian?

When they take away my beef and chicken, I'd like a can of Dolphin and a box of Spotted Owl Helper.

[goodseedhomeschool]

First they preach I came from a monkey, took away my smokes and now this placemarker.

[jonascord]

Being a vegan sure does not assist your spelling. I'm going to presume that American English is perhaps a 2nd or 3rd language for you. Otherwise, I would be forced to conclude that a longterm lack of red meat has damaged your higher logical and memory functions...

[ThinkLikeWaterAndReeds]

have only been lacking red meat for a few months because a cardiologist recommended that, but what is his 30 years of knowledge accumulation worth - the spelling contest is down the street with ike clanton and doc holliday

[maryz]

But my Bible says food instead of meat.

"Meat" in English used to mean "food" (early middle ages, I think).

[montag813]

I grew up on soy. I was allergic to everything. All foods except chicken and green beans and I drank Soy bean milk. All animals, all trees and grasses. I mean everything. And I turned out ok.

Soymilk is far less harmful than soy nuts, or soy snacks, from what I have read. The more processed the better. The closer to the actual soybean, the more apparent damage it can do.