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LQD: Monbiot: Meat a worse crime than biofuels. | 102 comments (102 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

If it takes more arable land to produce beef than it does to produce the same amount of calories of rice, beans, wheat or sorghum, and people who are dependent upon the latter for sustenance are starving because food prices are rising due to beef production for the tastes of rich nations, then meat is murder.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Wed Apr 16th, 2008 at 04:38:51 PM EST
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Re: Bove on 4 verites (none / 1)

Clothes are murder. Could have grown food instead.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Apr 16th, 2008 at 04:41:11 PM EST
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Is there a point to this, Colman?

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Wed Apr 16th, 2008 at 04:41:48 PM EST
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Nah, just throwing pointless hyperbole around the place. I thought that was what we were doing?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Apr 16th, 2008 at 04:45:31 PM EST
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Re: Bove on 4 verites (4.00 / 2)

And here I though you were just trolling.

Looked more like it, anyway.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Wed Apr 16th, 2008 at 04:46:33 PM EST
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The Arrogant Worms: Carrot juice is murder

I must add, in fairness, that they're the same people who sing I am cow.

You're clearly a dangerous pinko commie pragmatist.

by Vagulus on Wed Apr 16th, 2008 at 08:25:45 PM EST
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