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Originally posted by Danny:
Matt, thanks for your posts.
In regards to whether or not meat is a necessary part of man's diet, you may be right. We've been raised to believe that meat is a major food group, it's part of the pyramid, it's healthy (and, in moderation, all this is true. It is healthy. It has nutrients and such). Whether it's a hundred percent necessary, well, I haven't done as much research as you apparently have on the subject. Though I will check out those links you posted. Seriously. Vegetarianism is something I have considered in the past... and a little research couldn't hurt.

Fishing follows the same arguments as hunting. Fishing for food is a vastly different thing to fishing for sport. One is a necessity (okay, okay... see above). One is just barbaric.

Back to gun control. Deaths from guns have decreased dramatically here since tougher gun regulations were introduced a few years ago in the wake of the massacre that Dave mentioned. And for all your crying out about constitutional rights and freedom of big fuck-off weaponry, less death-by-splattering is only a good thing.

And you can't use the 'un-American' argument against me! I'm Australian! HA! Checkmate!
Yeah, stricter regulations on gun ownership (for ALL countries) would definitely be a good thing. And a manditory course on gun safety for all new gun owners would be nice, too.
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Danny, thanks for the kind words about my earlier posts, bro. I hope you do check out those links when you get a chance, and I really think you would enjoy that "Animal Liberation" book i mentioned a while back. The guy who wrote it, Peter Singer, is a highly-respected philosopher AND an Australian.