What would I be better off eating (health arguments aside, of course)?
The Korean "whales eat fish" argument is one of the most easily debunked in the book, and I'm sure the Koreans know it - as must the Japanese officials who used to deploy it as a justification for whaling.
Which leads to my main argument: eating meat raised in specific circumstances is ethical; eating meat raised in other circumstances is unethical.
We didn't have to make any decisions about what to eat, no arguments about where.
The Harris and Bush lawyers, reinforcing each other's arguments, eating up precious court time, each focused on the single, shared goal of preventing recounts.
In reality this means sitting in a studio for a day, eating biscuits, rehearsing arguments, refining speech techniques, and listening to tips which may appear to come from the School of the Bleedin' Obvious: "Don't shout or appear aggressive.
Prof Keith Richards, at the University of Cambridge and one of the researchers behind the two key scientific studies, said: "This is not a radical vegetarian argument; it is an argument about eating meat in sensible amounts as part of healthy, balanced diets".
The solution to food inequality has traditionally been framed as a problem of access and education: Bring healthy foods into under-served communities and educate those living there on healthy eating, the argument goes.
A third argument against eating apes, if you need another, is medical and epidemiological.
There's also a rebuttal to the argument that eating lion is the same as eating a cow.
And the mix of green beans, carrots and cauliflower served with some entrees is crisp-tender and flavorful, a persuasive argument for eating your vegetables.
