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John Robbins is not "the patron saint of vegetarianism" -- as someone suggested. Vegetarianism has existed for 1000's of years before JR was born.<br><br><br><br>
The main beneficiaries of the proposed McDonalds settlement, The North American Vegetarian Society, and the American Vegan Society, have been in existence long before EarthSave, which is not even a vegetarian group, primarily, but some kind of an environmental mindset group, or ecology mindset group, with "trying to be vegetarian" being one of its "tenets." It is involved in far more than vegetarianism. The American Vegan Society has been in existence since 1960, and the North American Vegetarian Society was in existence before JR published <i>Diet for a New America</i> in 197x.<br><br><br><br>
Further, despite the fact that there have been claims that non-vegetarian groups should not benefit, I don't think the purpose of distributing the funds is to benefit only vegetarian groups, rather, I think it was intended to benefit vegetarians, and also other groups who were hurt by McDonald's beef-in-the-potatoes deception -- such as Kosher Jews who do not eat flesh and dairy at the same time -- and need to know where the beef is, to do this; and Mohammadans and Jews who don't eat beef, unless the animal is killed according to their specifications, and need to know where the non-Halal and non-Kosher beef is.<br><br><br><br>
The main beneficiaries of the proposed McDonalds settlement, The North American Vegetarian Society, and the American Vegan Society, have been in existence long before EarthSave, which is not even a vegetarian group, primarily, but some kind of an environmental mindset group, or ecology mindset group, with "trying to be vegetarian" being one of its "tenets." It is involved in far more than vegetarianism. The American Vegan Society has been in existence since 1960, and the North American Vegetarian Society was in existence before JR published <i>Diet for a New America</i> in 197x.<br><br><br><br>
Further, despite the fact that there have been claims that non-vegetarian groups should not benefit, I don't think the purpose of distributing the funds is to benefit only vegetarian groups, rather, I think it was intended to benefit vegetarians, and also other groups who were hurt by McDonald's beef-in-the-potatoes deception -- such as Kosher Jews who do not eat flesh and dairy at the same time -- and need to know where the beef is, to do this; and Mohammadans and Jews who don't eat beef, unless the animal is killed according to their specifications, and need to know where the non-Halal and non-Kosher beef is.<br><br><br><br>