tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post2859341330103510344..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Eating AnimalsJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-7036355255475933572010-01-02T00:32:36.818-06:002010-01-02T00:32:36.818-06:00Amazing as alwaysAmazing as alwaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-87936905307058485702009-12-31T20:00:08.560-06:002009-12-31T20:00:08.560-06:00Mike, I completely agree. I think there are lots a...Mike, I completely agree. I think there are lots and lots of reasons why it's very hard to completely switch over from an omnivorous diet, and partial switches are all to the good. People are way too worried about being hypocrites. I try to make it clear to students that I'm not a saintly vegetarian, and in fact was once just a no-veal-etarian. People should just start somewhere. You Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-80871750082653304302009-12-31T13:00:59.763-06:002009-12-31T13:00:59.763-06:00Jean,
Thanks for your review. I have heard both ...Jean, <br /><br />Thanks for your review. I have heard both good and bad about this book, and from your entry it sounds like a bit of both. However, I appreciate that Foer can respect those who raise animals in a humane, sustainable manner, since this is exactly the way I feel about vegetarians. I have respect for people who make a choice based on their own philosophies about animals and then Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-2573176615696498982009-12-30T14:37:44.929-06:002009-12-30T14:37:44.929-06:00Jean,
Thanks for the lead on Foer's book, and...Jean,<br /><br />Thanks for the lead on Foer's book, and for the post. One point is perhaps worth emphasizing. We could go a long way toward reducing the numbers of factory farmed animals if we had more quasi-vegetarians around. I've had lots of students point out that they "can't" (in some respectable sense of the word) become vegetarians. They face not only psychological Mike Almeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001511002085064198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-78819864724658418602009-12-28T15:29:54.265-06:002009-12-28T15:29:54.265-06:00I don't know what proposition 2 is, but I agr...I don't know what proposition 2 is, but I agree with you that it's more productive to rally a critical mass of people against factory farming than convincing them to skip pills with animal gel or to burn their leather belts. Among other reasons, it's always easier to get people to target a clearcut evil, in this case, factory-farming, than to change their life-styles. I's. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com