The dangers of being a Vegan

[lars573]

It can get you life in prison.

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Vegan parents guilty in infant murder 6-week-old died of starvation after being fed diet of soy milk, apple juice

By BETH WARREN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/02/07

The parents of a baby that died of starvation after being fed a vegan diet have been found guilty of malice murder, felony murder and first degree cruelty to children.

Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31, will get an automatic life sentence for the death of their 6-week-old infant, Crown. After being fed a diet largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice, he weighed only 3 1/2 pounds when he died.

The Fulton County jury deliberated the case for about seven hours.

Prosecutors said it was a chilling case of murder by starvation, a painful and prolonged death. Attorneys representing Sanders and Thomas told jurors the first-time parents did the best they could while adhering to their vegan lifestyle. Vegans typically live free of animal products.

"They're not vegans, they're baby killers," Fulton prosecutor Mike Carlson told the jury Tuesday during his closing arguments.

The couple's attorneys said they didn't realize their baby, born at home, was in danger until minutes before he died.

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/r...?ArtNum=185948

These two qualify for an honourary Darwin award.

[naut]

I saw that, despicable.

[spmetla]

Did they really think that soy milk would be a substitute for breast milk? I feel sorry for the baby, born to parents with no common sense. I don't feel sorry for the parents at all.

[English assassin]

Its a shame we can't just criminalise stupidity.

Why do vegans not eat dairy products? Because they oppose animal husbandry, and taking baby animals from their mothers so we can have the milk instead.

None of which are exactly issues in breast feeding a baby human.

[Andres]

Its a shame we can't just criminalise stupidity.

Sadly, there wouldn't be enough jails...

[Somebody Else]

Sadly, there wouldn't be enough jails...

Just so long as we have enough timber and hemp...

[lars573]

Its a shame we can't just criminalise stupidity.

Why do vegans not eat dairy products? Because they oppose animal husbandry, and taking baby animals from their mothers so we can have the milk instead.

None of which are exactly issues in breast feeding a baby human.

(This should answer your question too Grey Fox) Vegans believe in eating no animal products. That includes dairy products like milk, cheese, and eggs. While not meat they are from an animal. So these two ejits lumped human breast milk into that catergory, and refused to feed it to their son.

I also think that giving them life terms is a bit extreme. They do deserve some jail time.

[SwordsMaster]

(This should answer your question too Grey Fox) Vegans believe in eating no animal products. That includes dairy products like milk, cheese, and eggs. While not meat they are from an animal. So these two ejits lumped human breast milk into that catergory, and refused to feed it to their son.

I also think that giving them life terms is a bit extreme. They do deserve some jail time.

So the woman thought of herlself more or less as a cow. And yet, paradoxically, cows feed their offspring with milk!

[Kralizec]

There's no intent here that I can see, just asnoishing amounts of stupidity. I get the feeling the jury just declared them guilty of murder because they felt the couple deserved a life sentence, but not much can be made out from the text.

[Fragony]

There's no intent here that I can see, just asnoishing amounts of stupidity. I get the feeling the jury just declared them guilty of murder because they felt the couple deserved a life sentence, but not much can be made out from the text.

Agreed, they don't deserve to be trialed for murder What complete morons, maybe it is for the better the kid died, keeps the genepool real.

and no I don't mean that, bleh biohugend

[Xiahou]

There's no intent here that I can see, just asnoishing amounts of stupidity. I get the feeling the jury just declared them guilty of murder because they felt the couple deserved a life sentence, but not much can be made out from the text.

Well, they're really pushing the boundaries of stupidity in this case. That poor baby lived for 6 weeks of slow, painful starvation. It's not like they just made a stupid mistake and oops, the baby died. They starved it to death over a period of a 6 weeks- the suffering that baby went through was probably unimaginable.