Hazon Shechita debate - 2nd ltr sent
... to The Jew and the Carrot blog-piece The Debate: Eating Meat (or not) at the Hazon Food Conference
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[USA] Hazon Shechita debate continues
Peter wrote:
"Others, living in a dream world, will claim that baby
steps toward meaningless goals will do the trick."
Actually, this person living in the real world does assert that INCREMENTAL steps toward MEANINGFUL goals will CERTAINLY do the trick.
And such steps can become more persistently effective over the long-term than going Cold Turkey.
In order to enlighten you readers, here are a pair of extreme cases of going Cold Turkey:
1. The extremely severe withdrawal symptoms resulting from going Cold Turkey on psychoactive drug benzodiazepine.
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* Convulsions, which may result in death
* Catatonia, which may result in death
* Coma
* Suicide
* Attempted suicide
* Suicidal ideation
* Self harm
* Hyperthermia
* Delusions
* Homicidal ideation
* Urges to shout, throw, break things or to harm someone
* Violence
* Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
* Organic brain syndrome
* Psychosis
* Confusion
* Mania
* Neuroleptic malignant syndrome like event
* Delirium tremens
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(from 'Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome' Wikipedia found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine_withdrawal_syndrome )
2. The less severe but much more easily-found withdrawal symptoms resulting from going Cold Turkey on alcohol.
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* Agitation
* Alcoholic hallucinosis
* Anorexia
* Anxiety and panic attacks
* Catatonia
* Confusion
* Delirium tremens
* Depression
* Derealization
* Diaphoresis
* Diarrhea
* Euphoria
* Fear
* Gastrointestinal upset
* Hallucinations
* Headache
* Hypertension
* Insomnia
* Irritability
* Nausea and vomiting
* Palpitations
* Psychosis
* Rebound REM sleep
* Restlessness
* Seizures and death
* Sweating
* Tachycardia
* Tremors
* Weakness
* Hyperthermia(fever)
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(from 'Alcohol withdrawal syndrome' Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome)
A long shocklist list of dangers no doubt.
Naturally, the sudden Cold Turkey halting of a carnivous kosher diet will NEVER or rarely cause such withdrawal symptoms as are described here.
My point through all these is that a more GRADUAL reduction in eating meat can be just as effective, if not more so, in reducing our meat-eating habits than is going Cold Turkey.
In this light, I commend Hazon's commitment to reduce comsumption of meat by 50% by 2015 and reject Peter's assertions and challenges condemning such efforts.
Ahd Kahn Leshono.
