Vegetarianism 'empty talk' compared to African issues

How about instead of meat works and piggeries, what about a sit-in at a local fishery?

MEAT DIET: Glenda Carroll says some nations have other problems that are more pressing other than whether to consider a vegetarian diet. Picture: Chris Ison ROK090613cdog4

JENNY Moxham claims in her letter "Centuries of cruelty doesn't make it right" (QT 10/04) that Andrew Korner ridicules the protesters... at the Dinmore Meat Works".

I actually read the Deputy Editor's piece as one of common sense.

So, I will offer my own common sense to Jenny Moxham.

How about instead of meat works and piggeries, what about a sit-in at a local fishery because "carbon emissions from fisheries rose by 28 per cent between 1991 and 2011, though the total catch has barely changed".

This is explained in the article titled "Shrimp is as bad for the climate as eating beef" (New Scientist, 07/04/18).

All your statements starting with "we know" give no evidence of fact at all. No, most people do not know your claims.

Even vegan diets have hidden animal products that many are unaware of.

My church helps support a school in Mozambique, Africa, which my pastor was instrumental in initially setting up. Occasionally the school children are fed at school and always it is sausages and carrots and potato.

Everything in Mozambique is expensive and access to any materials are extremely difficult to obtain.

In that setting, PETA's arguments are merely "empty talk".

GLENDA CARROLL

Bundamba

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