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I am well aware that some cultures do drink milk from other animals, goats being most common, but my point is that to us, drinking cow's milk only appears norma
by hachiya 17y ago
I am well aware that some cultures do drink milk from other animals, goats being most common, but my point is that to us, drinking cow's milk only appears normal because it has been done traditionally. However, objectively, to our physiology, drinking cow's milk makes as much sense as drinking milk from rats, cats, dogs, horses, etc... we are not baby calves.
Also, the fact that it may be economically efficient to extract sweeteners in the form of refined sugars from corn and sugar cane in no way contributes to an argument that they are not harmful to our health.
- davidw 17y agoBeing omnivores, drinking cow's milk makes perfect sense, and is probably more politically acceptable than breeding and keeping women for milking.
- hachiya 17y agoPerfect sense hardly appears to be an appropriate description here, when 1) No other animal drinks the milk of another animal. 2) No other animal drinks milk after being weaned. In nature there is no model for the consumption of milk of another species, after weaning. Women don't need to be bred for milking, as the only humans that need milk are those that the women themselves have bred, and this is for the first years of life only.
- davidw 17y ago> No other animal drinks the milk of another animal. No other animal sits around getting involved in fruitless (and off topic) discussions on hacker news, either... Edit: As for me, I don't like milk much, but I'm a big fan of gelato, and various tasty cheeses.
- scott_s 17y agoWhat does it matter if other species don't do it? We're also the only species to domesticate other species. And that's precisely why some of us can digest lactose into adulthood: our ancestors domesticated cows, and evolved that ability because it provided an advantage. It sounds like you're parroting PETA/vegan talking points.