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GrahamS2

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  1. Very nice! Some more info on that top one?
  2. Oh yeah. I rode a worked KDX 220 for many years, and recently rode a Husky 300 Holy smokes, 2 strokes have changed somewhat!
  3. You are allowed to defend your life and property. So you would be allowed to use reasonable means to stop them stealing and prevent them leaving until the cops private security force arrive. Shooting an unarmed person who is not physically assaulting you would not be regarded as reasonable IMO.
  4. You willing to die for someone else's possessions? I'm not.
  5. Wrong thread
  6. I definitely haven't followed a similar journey, but I'd be getting regular blood work done on my kids if they followed an exclusionary diet. With their rapidly growing brains and bodies, B12, calcium and zinc deficiencies will be devastating to their health.
  7. http://www.oseconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Why-blue-2.png
  8. I ride there alone frequently. There's never been an issues in 5 years. Pink route is a must, red too. I'd do a red and then a silver to make a pretty solid 40km loop. Since Jasper has taken over Holla has become amazing. Epic trails with some great features. Very well maintained and marked. Pity my bike is on a ship otherwise I'd offer to join you
  9. Then do you think the multitude of animals chewed up in soybean harvesting wish to die? I somehow doubt it. The simple fact is that we cannot mass produce food without killing animals. http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/07/how-many-animals-killed-in-agriculture/
  10. When they calculate animal welfare, do they consider the animals killed in the mass production farming of the plants? Serious question. High output farming is not pretty, be it for plants or meat...
  11. Vagitarian?
  12. Not agreeing with your argument, but a UN study has shown that the impact of animal farming on crop production is not quite as much as previously estimated. Most animal feed is not fit for human consumption and would have been crop by-product anyway http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/news_archive/2017_More_Fuel_for_the_Food_Feed.html
  13. Bushwillow has camping just down the road.
  14. Well it certainly wasn't eating a plant-based diet. Sorry, I had to. It's late on a Friday
  15. Um, not all Buddhists are vegetarians. Many eat pork and chicken
  16. Many years ago humans would have all the B12 they needed from eating organ meat. 10 grams of liver gives you more B12 than you need for the day.
  17. From an evolutionary perspective the answer is simple - humans would be extinct were it not for eating meat. Heck, even a 100 years ago a plant based diet would have resulted in B12 deficiency and probably death. There were no supplements back then.
  18. She would have to prove that your parents play a role in the unbringing of your kids in order to have a valid claim. The law seems to really be aimed at ‘traditional’ families where grandparents/aunts/ uncles take financial responsibility for children. That responsibility should continue after a divorce
  19. And a lot of dietary advice and decisions are based on outdated, inaccurate studies. The dietary cholesterol studies the American Heart Foundation conducted in the 1950’s are a prime example. And yet thousands of food producers and associations base their recommendations on these studies today.
  20. Debatable, especially since almost every vegan relies on supplements.
  21. I actually agree with your first paragraph, and maybe I phrased my comment wrong. My choice to eat meat is my business, as your choice to eat plant-based is yours. But that doesn't abdicate me from any responsibility with regards to reasonable consumption and a balanced diet. I'm not saying "screw the world, eat what you like". Answer me this: Taking the emotive side out of it, would there still be such a problem if everyone ate some meat as part of a balanced diet? As for the study you posted, we debated this on page 1 so I'm not going to get into it again. The problem is eating the average American diet and overall consumption, not solely meat. Meat as part of balanced diet is just as healthy as a plant based diet.
  22. I'm with you on that viewpoint. It's such a fractional change, and the biggest benefit is a bit more volume so lower pressures can be run.
  23. No, I don't feel it's fundamentally wrong, but that's a deep rabbit hole to go down without drawing a line somewhere. How about horse riding? How about keeping dogs and cats as pets? How about game viewing? All those exploit animals for entertainment... As for what you choose to eat or not to eat, well that's your business entirely. But I do believe that meat is an integral part of the human diet, and eating it is necessary.
  24. It depends on their goal I guess. Trying to shock people into being so disgusted that they immediately stop eating meat will achieve limited results IMO. Educating people on the benefits of reducing meat consumption, understanding the source of meat, and selecting alternative meats to beef, will have a broader acceptance and yield real results. The problem is really when the word 'vegan' or 'vegetarian' is introduced - zero animal products or meat. The message is that it's an all or nothing approach with no tolerance for half measures. You're either with us or against us. But in reality very, very few people will ever even try to live like that, or stick to it for any considerable length of time if they do.
  25. Content with a shock value rather than an educational purpose. Like a dog on a braai, for example. And it often results in the intended message being overlooked. The beef farming example is a good one. I know that cows die in a slaughter house, and I know what it looks and smells like in there. Showing me videos of some mexican guy killing a cow with a hammer isn't going to make me reconsider my beef consumption whatsoever. On the flip side, showing stats on the impact of large scale beef farming and the impact on the environment, and having a balanced, reasonable debate about it gets one thinking...
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