| Wonderful, common sense  letters, 
Steve and Barbara.  I also grew up on a dairy farm;  my brother has 
two now, both organic.  Animals were fed and taken care of before people, 
that is how I was raised.  But when they could not produce, they were sent 
to slaughter.  Or, we ate them. (No, not horses; cows and chickens 
only).    A very good point is that there are starving people the 
world over.   Isn't it nice to have a country that has such an 
abundance and variety of food that people can actually choose 
to be vegetarians!   And Steve, your post should be a 
whopping eye opener;  extremely well said post.  Renie |