(04-05-2015, 04:05 PM)Monica Wrote: Notice that in the other quote, that was general (rather than for Carla), Ra was careful to use the term animal products rather than meat. Animal products could be eggs or dairy, which could possibly be acquired with slightly less cruelty than meat (I say slightly because the calves are still stolen from their mothers, and slaughtered, the cows are still kept pregnant, and killed at the end of their productive years).
This idea, that it only referred to eggs or dairy doesn't really hold up to the light of logic when you analyze it. Any rational person, who was familiar with the English language, would read this and logically conclude, and assume, that this also included meat products. To think that "meat" does not fall under the category of "animal products" is wishful thinking in the extreme.
Consider that Ra, who meticulously wielded the English language, and who carefully used terms with their literal definitions, used these terms specifically.
Here is the dictionary definition of animal products:
An animal product is any material derived from the body of an animal. Examples are fat, flesh, blood, milk, eggs, and lesser known products, such as isinglass and rennet.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_product)
If Ra had meant something more specific than that (such as only dairy, honey, or eggs) they, quite simply, would have been more specific than that. I mean, it isn't as if they suddenly forgot how the English language worked. They absolutely knew what this referred to.