09-20-2014, 06:14 AM
It is noteworthy that Donald Watson, the founder of the modern vegan movement mentioned in the article, lived to the age of 95! That is not so sensational these days, but bear in mind that he was born in 1910! Males born in the UK at that time could expect to live to only 58 as an average age! See http://www.jbending.org.uk/stats3.htm
If nothing else, this shows the view that eating meat is essential for health is not true. There are many other cases of vegans living very healthy lives and surviving to good ages.
These words in the article also were very telling: "As Shapiro went on to explain, the government passed a law called the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in 2006, which targets animal rights and environmental activists as terrorists". (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Ente...rorism_Act for details of this Orwellian-type legislation in the USA). America is "the land of the free"?! Well, not in the area of those seeking to defend animals from cruelty on factory farms. Even filming cruelty is now an offence in some states under the notorious "ag-gag" laws.
There are some very brave people out there. Blessings to them!
If nothing else, this shows the view that eating meat is essential for health is not true. There are many other cases of vegans living very healthy lives and surviving to good ages.
These words in the article also were very telling: "As Shapiro went on to explain, the government passed a law called the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in 2006, which targets animal rights and environmental activists as terrorists". (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Ente...rorism_Act for details of this Orwellian-type legislation in the USA). America is "the land of the free"?! Well, not in the area of those seeking to defend animals from cruelty on factory farms. Even filming cruelty is now an offence in some states under the notorious "ag-gag" laws.
There are some very brave people out there. Blessings to them!
