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Teeth Chatter
On vegetarianism |
Umbra Fisk |
26 Nov 2002 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have been a vegetarian for a pretty long time, but my uncle told me that if the human is not supposed to eat meat then why do we have teeth. He left me a little confused. Is the human being naturally vegetarian? Laida Somerville, Mass. Dearest Laida, Your uncle is unkindly denigrating your ideas, and using his authority to confuse you. His comment reminds me of a long-ago MAD Magazine spoof -- to paraphrase, "If the Lor ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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