Re: Soy Safety?

From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 11:57:07 MDT


ankara wrote:
>
> Ian,
>
> Is soy getting black-balled because it's a threat to the dairy industry?
> Who is paying for the soy research data?
>
> Don't those milk mustache ads make you wonder: "What problem needs
> addressing with that kind of $$$$$ damage control?" Is the 'mad cow'
> (scrapies) virus present in milk?" Pasteurization does not destroy it.
> (Yes, pasteurization temperatures were increased.)
>
> Convincing me that soy and tofu are less attractive food choices than dairy
> will be a very hard sell - impossible really. I don't willingly consume
> xenoestrogens or BGH.
>
> Marketing campaigns based on scarey 'bs' data severely underestimate
> consumer intelligence. Bs may work but insult will be taken to absolute
> resistance.
>
> Cerebral atrophy is related to compromised cerebral circulation, as in TIA.
>

Well, If you really cared about the rights of other species, you would consider
that while milking a cow allows it to live on, harvesting soy for soymilk and
tofu is a great genocide of billions of organisms every year. It seems amazingly
cruel to tolerate such destruction simply because some elitists think its good
for their individual health.

Vegetables of the World, Unite! End the tyranny of the herbivores predating on
our bretheren!!!



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