What They Never Told You

[mfqr]

I don't mind vegetarians, given that they don't bother me about how I eat meat.
The thing that they don't seem to understand is that everything feeds on everything to stay alive (web of life). We humans are just the predators of Earth. Just like predators have evolutionary advantages to their pray, we do as well, but more on the lines of technological advantages. They call meat eaters inhumane for supporting the meat industry, but they never bring up people who physically abuse their dogs or cats, or whatever.

However, this is one thing that I have noticed over the years. It seems as if hunting nowadays is too far-fetched, such as people who just go out to shoot deer and other animals just for the sport of it. I am very against that. I don't understand why there's a sport to killing other living things, but it really bothers me sometimes. Other than that, we have adapted to our environment (the whole planet in general), and have found ways to catch our prey. Our bodies are made to eat meat AND vegetables. Somehow I think that eating vegetables alone leaves one malnourished, but I could be wrong.

I ate a lot of fillet mignon on Mother's Day. It was delicious.

[afghooey]

I don't mind vegetarians, given that they don't bother me about how I eat meat.
The thing that they don't seem to understand is that everything feeds on everything to stay alive (web of life). We humans are just the predators of Earth. Just like predators have evolutionary advantages to their pray, we do as well, but more on the lines of technological advantages. They call meat eaters inhumane for supporting the meat industry, but they never bring up people who physically abuse their dogs or cats, or whatever.

However, this is one thing that I have noticed over the years. It seems as if hunting nowadays is too far-fetched, such as people who just go out to shoot deer and other animals just for the sport of it. I am very against that. I don't understand why there's a sport to killing other living things, but it really bothers me sometimes. Other than that, we have adapted to our environment (the whole planet in general), and have found ways to catch our prey. Our bodies are made to eat meat AND vegetables. Somehow I think that eating vegetables alone leaves one malnourished, but I could be wrong.

I ate a lot of fillet mignon on Mother's Day. It was delicious.

I'm not even vegetarian, but that came off as a bit condescending. Of course most vegetarians, at least all the ones I know, are well aware that humans have to feed on other life to survive. The point of being vegetarian (at least the most common one I've encountered) isn't to preserve life, but to preserve quality of life by preventing more animals from being born into a life of senseless misery and inhumane slaughter. A lot of animals suffer in incredibly dirty, crowded conditions, without proper veteranary care, without enough exercise or stimulus, being fed hormones and the remains of other animals (Mad cow disease is spread by feeding the ground-up spinal columns of cows to other cows), only to end up being processed while still alive. Granted, some meat industry operations are much less gruesome than others, but for the most part animals could be treated a hell of a lot better than they are.

I think what a lot of people overlook is that animals aren't meat until they're slaughtered. Just because we breed animals for the purpose of eating them doesn't mean they're objects to be used and abused. Until they're actually dead, they're living, breathing, feeling creatures. Actually, I think the fact that we consciously bring these animals into the world should impose some responsibility on our part to ensure that they're treated well, or decently at the very least.

Besides, this is the food that you're using to nourish your own body. For YOUR sake you should show it some respect.

[TallulahGreen]

It always makes me laugh seeing how militant and annoyed people get over eating meat.

I was vegetarian for 10 years. I didn't have to supplement my diet, i didn't try to stop anyone else eating meat, it was all my choice. i also had all the arseholes saying "yum, meat tastes SO good" and all the other shit to wind people up.

It's just a food, you're pretty sad if it's that big a deal to be eating meat... like it makes you better because you eat it? lol.

I do eat meat now, but only organic free range meat. I do it because the animals are raised in better conditions, not pumped full of steriods or fed on other animals.

The reason PETA are so militant is because there are so many arseholes out there. Fuck humans, they can defend themselves. At least there are people out there who actually care enough about a cause to get involved.

The rest of you can enjoy your Big Macs, but remember to destroy property at McDonalds equal or greater in value to what you've purchased there...
(and go for a jog afterwards, you fat fucks)

Unfortunatly...at least as far as I know...at this point in time there are no legal regulations or restrictions for free range cows.

At this point in time I believe the only legal restrictions and regulations for free range meat are egg laying hens.

Otherwise...ya never know.

Still though, organic is better for sure..not nitrates or hormones...etc...Which is just absolutly sad and disgusting that people at meat pumped of hormones/nitrates..etc.

[Stellar]

We are very much concerned with getting growth hormones taken out of the diets.

Even free range cows are known to be pumped full of it.

It causes long term damage to the liver, interferes or advances puberty, and that is all in humans, not to mention the actual animals. lahdeedah. Its a major concern.

Lots of pollutants and toxins get into the animals, and, in turn, us. People forget to remember that, sometimes. It is why clean living conditions and proper nutrition are important. We try to keep the chemicals out of you and the animals. Its become more of a concern as the years tick by and long-term studies have been able to progress. the concern seems to be starting to die down a bit, tho, which alarms me.

Yeah, its cool to give a cow a queen sized bed, or, whatever. But, its more important to me that its healthy and eating right.

[TheAtomicPunk]

Coincidentally I watched Supersize Me in school today, because I go to public school and they offer no actual education, only movies. Parts of it made me disgusted and I never wanted to eat McDonald's again, but then I thought, wait, I haven't had McDonald's in about a year... Then it made me really want an Oreo McFlurry... So I went to McDonald's... (It was so good, but I passed on any "real" food)

[LuckyG]

My sister used to be on a big vegan trip. "Meat is murder!" she'd cry. "Meat is neat," was the reply she got. Don't tell me what to do based on ethics, there are hundreds of things in everyday life that we take for granted that other people and animals have had to suffer for for it to get to us. I could spend all my time feeling guilty for the ones getting screwed over, but instead I enjoy life.

Which probably makes me a horrible person.