"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.'' Herman Melville“War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other†- Paul ValeryTo Stay
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nothing stay-A.R. Ammons....I am serious about my writing. I am opposed to factory farming and I do not eat animals although, you can if you want to. To each his/her own. I am a lover of change; it's never let me down. I believe the world knows what it's doing and I may as well stop fighting and trust it. Happiness is, to me, the most important part of living; that thought is my center which does not mean I don't, periodically, lose my way. For those of you miss the cows, so sorry, but the layout was being wacky. But in the absense of my sweet cows - some info on why veal is bad. If eating veal is a very important part of your life, stop reading now. In order to produce veal, young calves are taken from their mothers and chained by the neck in crates measuring just two feet wide. They cannot turn around, stretch their limbs, or even lie down comfortably. This severe confinement makes the calves' meat “tender†since the animals' muscles cannot develop.Scientific research indicates that calves confined in crates experience “chronic stress†and require approximately five times more medication than calves living in more spacious conditions. It is not surprising, then, that veal is among the most likely meat to contain illegal drug residues, which pose a threat to human consumers. Researchers have also reported that veal calves exhibit abnormal coping behaviors associated with frustration. These include head tossing, head shaking, kicking, scratching, and stereotypical chewing behavior. Confined calves also experience leg and joint disorders and an impaired ability to walk.Veal calves are fed an all-liquid milk substitute which is purposely deficient in iron and fiber. It is intended to produce borderline anemia and the pale-colored flesh fancied by "gourmets." At approximately twenty weeks of age, these weak animals are slaughtered and marketed as "white" veal (also known as “fancy,†“milk-fed,†“special-fed,†and “formula-fed†veal). So don't eat veal please, thank you. But if you do, I don't need to know.TERRORISM AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT:
(1) the term “international terrorism†means activities that—
(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended—
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.
SELECTIVE MORALITY AT ITS FINEST.
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