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PawsForThought December 30th 03 08:39 PM

From: "Barb"

Lauren?

I don't know how to cut and paste a post! Sorry. I think it was good old
Gaubster that thought downer cows are not put into our food supply.


That's ok, Barb. It just makes it easier to follow along. I don't know what
software you're using to post, but the way I cut and paste is to highlight the
portion of the post I want to respond to (including the author's name) and then
click on quote (or you can highlight it, then right click on it and click on
Copy). Then when you are composing your post, just right click in a blank
space and click on Paste.

Not sure how well I explained this, but I hope it helps :)

Lauren


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GAUBSTER2 December 30th 03 09:24 PM

From: "Barb"
Date: 12/30/03 10:01 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Lauren?

I don't know how to cut and paste a post! Sorry. I think it was good old
Gaubster that thought downer cows are not put into our food supply.


No Barb, I never said any such thing. I don't have any experience in the beef
industry and don't profess to. I'm simply stating that anybody freaking out
over this issue (especially as it pertains to cats) is either fear-mongering
because they have an agenda or they can't think for themselves as the risk of
anybody's cat contracting this is almost nil.

GAUBSTER2 December 30th 03 09:24 PM

From: "Barb"
Date: 12/30/03 10:01 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Lauren?

I don't know how to cut and paste a post! Sorry. I think it was good old
Gaubster that thought downer cows are not put into our food supply.


No Barb, I never said any such thing. I don't have any experience in the beef
industry and don't profess to. I'm simply stating that anybody freaking out
over this issue (especially as it pertains to cats) is either fear-mongering
because they have an agenda or they can't think for themselves as the risk of
anybody's cat contracting this is almost nil.

[email protected] December 30th 03 09:28 PM

olitter (PawsForThought) wrote:

but the way I cut and paste is to highlight the
portion of the post I want to respond to (including the author's name)


Many software packages for email and news do use this method. I use
Agent for newsgroups and do the above but I have no need to highlight
the author's name as Agent includes that anyway. I then just click
Reply.

Same with Eudora for email. Highlight and click reply. No need to copy
and paste anything.

-mhd


[email protected] December 30th 03 09:28 PM

olitter (PawsForThought) wrote:

but the way I cut and paste is to highlight the
portion of the post I want to respond to (including the author's name)


Many software packages for email and news do use this method. I use
Agent for newsgroups and do the above but I have no need to highlight
the author's name as Agent includes that anyway. I then just click
Reply.

Same with Eudora for email. Highlight and click reply. No need to copy
and paste anything.

-mhd


Joe Canuck December 31st 03 02:24 AM

Barb wrote:
You wouldn't call one cow an outbreak?


No I would not.

"Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one
person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report
of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak.

--
"Its the bugs that keep it running."
-Joe Canuck


Joe Canuck December 31st 03 02:24 AM

Barb wrote:
You wouldn't call one cow an outbreak?


No I would not.

"Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one
person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report
of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak.

--
"Its the bugs that keep it running."
-Joe Canuck


Cheryl December 31st 03 03:30 AM

Joe Canuck wrote in on 30
Dec 2003:

"Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one
person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report
of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak.


So this is an isolated incident. Is that it? For real, how many "isolated
incidents" involving a serious condition involving food sources happen? Is
this a freak? Was the first cow with BSE in the UK an isolated incident?
When did they find out it was not? How *long* did it take before it was
decided it wasn't an isolated incident? Is our government scared this will
escalate beyond an isolated incident? I would bet they are. This isn't
the flu. You people can say how low a risk it is just because it has only
affected so much of a percent of human life but if the FDA bans a diet aid
for causing only a couple of hundred deaths, what do they do about the
possiblity of a tainted food supply? Who cares about one company that
produces a diet aid. **** with the livelyhoods of American agriculture
and exported goods, well it will just have to excalate further before it is
taken seriously. Heh. You people crack me up. The "who cares" attitude
is what makes these things escalate. You keep trusting in FDA and USDA
testing and whatever they say. The rest of us will keep making noise.

--
Cheryl

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I
can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
- Helen Keller

Cheryl December 31st 03 03:30 AM

Joe Canuck wrote in on 30
Dec 2003:

"Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one
person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report
of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak.


So this is an isolated incident. Is that it? For real, how many "isolated
incidents" involving a serious condition involving food sources happen? Is
this a freak? Was the first cow with BSE in the UK an isolated incident?
When did they find out it was not? How *long* did it take before it was
decided it wasn't an isolated incident? Is our government scared this will
escalate beyond an isolated incident? I would bet they are. This isn't
the flu. You people can say how low a risk it is just because it has only
affected so much of a percent of human life but if the FDA bans a diet aid
for causing only a couple of hundred deaths, what do they do about the
possiblity of a tainted food supply? Who cares about one company that
produces a diet aid. **** with the livelyhoods of American agriculture
and exported goods, well it will just have to excalate further before it is
taken seriously. Heh. You people crack me up. The "who cares" attitude
is what makes these things escalate. You keep trusting in FDA and USDA
testing and whatever they say. The rest of us will keep making noise.

--
Cheryl

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I
can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
- Helen Keller

PawsForThought December 31st 03 04:15 AM

From: Cheryl

Joe Canuck wrote in on 30
Dec 2003:

"Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one
person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report
of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak.


So this is an isolated incident. Is that it? For real, how many "isolated
incidents" involving a serious condition involving food sources happen? Is
this a freak? Was the first cow with BSE in the UK an isolated incident?
When did they find out it was not? How *long* did it take before it was
decided it wasn't an isolated incident? Is our government scared this will
escalate beyond an isolated incident? I would bet they are. This isn't
the flu. You people can say how low a risk it is just because it has only
affected so much of a percent of human life but if the FDA bans a diet aid
for causing only a couple of hundred deaths, what do they do about the
possiblity of a tainted food supply? Who cares about one company that
produces a diet aid. **** with the livelyhoods of American agriculture
and exported goods, well it will just have to excalate further before it is
taken seriously. Heh. You people crack me up. The "who cares" attitude
is what makes these things escalate. You keep trusting in FDA and USDA
testing and whatever they say. The rest of us will keep making noise.

--
Cheryl


Well said, Cheryl. If it was such a "nothing" why have over 24 countries
banned import of U.S. beef?

Lauren
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http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm


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