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[quote="Bugsy"][quote="Maple"][quote]1 billion Chinese,[/quote]

About 1.3 billion, and most aren't lactose intolerant, it's just there was not a lot of milk doing the rounds fairly recently - they soon get the hang of it. Also this crap about preferring a vegi diet? False, like Eastern Europeans up until 1991 it was difficult (read neigh-on imposable in some areas) to get meat and the peasants had long been forced to eat whatever was around, as soon as meat became generally available and affordable the locals started scoffing like born carnivores

Edited to add Bugger, too slow[/quote]
And your point is? I said that my figures were approximate and I deliberately left out the 0.3 billion, because I roughly calculated that they'd be the ones who might conceivably drink milk now and again. All the rest don't.

But while you're here;[b] why exactly is it that it's predominantly cow's milk that's drunk? Why not dog's milk or horse's milk? [/b]

MsG[/quote]
I'd say it is a matter of taste. Horses milk is very sweet and sheep milk is a bit sour.

I deliberately left out the 0.3 billion, because I roughly calculated that they'd be the ones who might conceivably drink milk now and again. All the rest don't.

Based on what? Please don't ever become an analyst!

And your point is?

You're wrong - not that difficult for most people to grasp

why exactly is it that it's predominantly cow's milk that's drunk?

Dunno, I'll be back out there in a few weeks, you want me to ask? Perhaps it's what's being sold?

Originally Posted by Bugsy

And no, I have no beard and I don't wear sandals but boots. Army boots as a matter of fact, because they're the only ones I can get in size 6 at a reasonable price.

MsG

*Snigger.

Are you a proper leprechaun and everything?

Small man syndrome eh? All becomes clear.

Originally Posted by Bugsy

So this “far off race�, or “obscure tribe/race� you deign to fob off as being unable to digest milk: these are only approximate figures of course and if you remember, I said it was South East Asia. Anyway: 1 billion Chinese, 100 million Japanese, 80 million Vietnamese, 60 million Thais, 15 million Cambodians. Will that do for a start?

Better make that 999,999 Chinese. The Jade Dream loves ice-cream, milkshakes, philadelphia and a host of other dairy stuff. She doesn't suffer any ill effects.

And then there's bubble milk tea. Made with actual milk in most parts of Taiwan. Incredibly popular, but no wide scale health crises as a result.

Originally Posted by spaz

Originally Posted by Bugsy

And no, I have no beard and I don't wear sandals but boots. Army boots as a matter of fact, because they're the only ones I can get in size 6 at a reasonable price.

MsG

*Snigger.

Are you a proper leprechaun and everything?

Small man syndrome eh? All becomes clear.

Size 6? are you female then?

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Originally Posted by Gren

Ok, give me figures here, total population of the planet, to total population who are milk intolerant.

So this “far off race�, or “obscure tribe/race� you deign to fob off as being unable to digest milk: these are only approximate figures of course and if you remember, I said it was South East Asia. Anyway: 1 billion Chinese, 100 million Japanese, 80 million Vietnamese, 60 million Thais, 15 million Cambodians. Will that do for a start?

You're being more than a little generous with your generalisations there Bugsy.
Having lived and worked in the FE for some time I realise that the vast majority of those people with whom I have come in contact and who also do not eat dairy produce, (mainly cheese actually rather than milk,) do so for cultural reasons rather than any lactose intolerance.
Indeed many of them who have a deeper contact with occidentals have taken to eating 'fermented milkstuffs' with gusto.

Shame really, those 1,255,000 people would have gone some way to supporting your anti-milk argument - had the claim held any water.

Originally Posted by Bugsy

And I believe you’ll find that the best teeth for breaking down meat are sharp and pointed. That's why true carnivores have a gob full of them, and not flat molars, as we do.

I believe he wrote omnivores rather than carnivores.

Originally Posted by Gren

And is very wrong in the natural order of what we are, omnivorus, which we are, we eat everything, cattle eat veg, Lions eat meat, we eat a varied and wide selection of both, tis why we are top of the food chain.

Oh, so he did !

Originally Posted by Bugsy

And I believe you’ll find that the best teeth for breaking down meat are sharp and pointed. That's why true carnivores have a gob full of them, and not flat molars, as we do.

Originally Posted by Gren

You have teeth I assume? how many of them are in your mouth to eat veg alone? 4 on each side, 8 counting top and bottom sets, the rest are for eating meat, and breaking the food down, so given we have on average 32 teeth, veggies are not naturallly what we are.

Never mind Bugsy, they're only numbers, eh ?

Originally Posted by happybonzo

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What sort of pervert doesn't like leather?

Originally Posted by Gren

Those figures are total balls, and you know it, every single one of them cant digest cows milk? shite.

Show me actual figures, not just something you typed.

And you didnt say if you had a beard by the way.

Nope, never had a bad anything with a veggie, I dont socialize with veggies/hippies, if I found myself in the company of one, I would reduce them to tears by berating their very strange life choice, and then kill them for being a hippy veggie tw@ and feed them to a pig.

Explain to me mr veggie, why your mouth has canine teeth, if it were not meant to eat meat! go on....

I assume you know what the term canine is and regards to teath what they are for? and dont come back with, " for cutting lettuce"

No, those figures aren't total balls. But if you wish to dispute them, then fine.

I believe you’ll find that I did actually mention that I don’t have a beard. Oh well.

So why do we humans have canines? Well, Mr Dead-flesh Scoffer, it's because all animals on this planet are descended from one master model. It's just that changes occurred over time that reflected environment and specific development of individual species. That's why horses, cows etc also have canines; it's just that they don't look like those of a carnivore. However, if, as you say, we're natural carnivores/omnivores, why aren't our canines long and pointed?

MsG