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| quote: | Originally posted by Enigmatik
Didn't read past the second page but here is my two cents.
I love meat. I will never be a vegetarian.
Morally, I don't see what's wrong with killing a cow or a chicken for food. I just don't.. I really don't know why so many people get up in arms about it and claim that meat was never an important part in our evolution.. Have they not ever run their tongue over their teeth? You don't even need to look at fossilized remains, the proof is right there in your own mouth. Incisors and canines are flesh tearing teeth, meaning humans are meant to eat meat.. The molars are grain grinding teeth, meaning we are also meant to eat vegetables. I think it's pretty clear, if you're going to get into the evolutionary theory of it all, humans were meant to be omnivorous.
What I find to be wrong, however, is the amount (and type) of meat people consume.. Westerners, on average, eat something like 8 times the amount of protein as is needed. And most of them eat meat that is so chemically contaminated that, were it a vegetable, it would be illegal to sell it... There is nothing, health-wise wrong with eating meats, but as with everything, moderation is key, and being an informed consumer is key as well.
And as far as vegetarianism, there is nothing wrong with being a vegetarian either, except that I have known all kinds of vegetarians, and a very small percentage of them were actually healthy... Being a vegetarian means that you have to be a conscientious consumer, meaning that you have to be extremely careful with what you eat.. Humans need protein, and unless you take supplements or balance your diet carefully, you run the risk of making yourself very sick.. The number of "bread and cheese"-atarians I know is ridiculous.. Just because you eliminate meat does not make you automatically healthy, nor does it make it ok to live off of cheese pizza and grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries. |
dude totally agree on the last part about Veg. being extremely unhealthy and the "bread and cheese" diet is HOORRRIIBLE. you might as well bathe in bacon and eat nothing but the fattiest steaks forever b/c its just as damaging.
I'm very fortunate i grew up in a food-loving house where everything was balanced well and i got to try a zillion different things, even being a vegetarian...
I still crack up when people ask me, completely ignorant of the subject matter, "what do you eat? salad? pasta?" like if you eliminate meat that leaves nothing? thats old school 1950's meat and potato culture still lingering...and that whole concept of nutrition has been outdated and completely horrible for people for a few decades now.
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there comes a time when the operation of the machine is so odious that you cannot even tacitly participate. you've got to place your bodies on the gears, the wheels, all the mechanism. you've got to indicate to those who own it and those who run it, that unless you are free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.
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