[lysol@whitehouse]

Makes you stop and think when you learn that many of the most influential and interesting people throughout history have been vegetarian...
Pythagoras, Buddha, Plato, and Plutarch
Dwight Yoakam
Mahatma Gandhi
H.G. Wells
Joe Namath
Leonardo da Vinci
Sir Isaac Newton
Shania Twain
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
AND many, many others...this might suggest that a plant based diet may reflect a healthy and virtuous attitude. Doesn't appear to damage the intellect, either ;-)

[Tijeras_Slim]

You forgot Hitler.

[Petronski]

Adolf Hitler was an avid vegetarian.

[driftless]

and Hitler.

[capt. norm]

can take Namath off that list unless he just converted in the last couple years.

[Sloth]

That sounds like one of those made-up lists the homosexuals use. BTW, I'm sure da Vinci and Newton are spinning in their graves after having their contributions set on par with those of Dwight Yoakam and Joe Namath.

[ravingnutter]

Makes you stop and think when you learn that many of the most influential and interesting people throughout history have been vegetarian...

Makes me stop and think allright...there were many famous bipolars as well, but I definitely would not recommend it as a healthy lifestyle.

[discostu]

You forgot Hitler.

[Cooter]

Isaac Newton, distracted

Louis Figuier tells the following story about a classic Newton dinner party: "Newton's friend Dr. Stukely came to dinner with him. After waiting a long time for him to come out of his study, the doctor decided to help himself to some of the chicken that was already on the table. When he had finished, he left the remains of the bird on the plate and covered it with the silver cover. At the end of several hours, Newton finally made his appearance, saying that he was very hungry. He sat down at the table and lifted the cover from the chicken, but when he saw the carcass, "I thought," he cried, "I had not yet dined. I see I was mistaken."