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Originally Posted by yossarian  Would it be accurate to say that you enjoy this way of life so much that you're willing to kill numerous animals?
I get the feeling that people are simply unaware of the fact that humans can be perfectly healthy on a 100% vegan diet.
There is simply no reason to eat meat besides one's own pleasure and/or habitual response.
Claiming some kind of ownership over the birth process of animals doesn't change the ethics of the situation at all. You can't claim birth. Ultimately the animals themselves drive their birthing process and just because you interfere in numerous ways does not put you in any kind of God-like position of life or death judgment over them.
Certainly there have been times when animals have chosen to die so that humans can survive - but those days are long past.
Today meat is eaten for pleasure and pleasure alone.
Would you agree with the statement that you raise, kill, and eat animals entirely for your own pleasure? Both the pleasure of the "way of life" and the pleasure of the taste of flesh? |
Well, it isn't true that people can be 100% healthy without eating meat. My ex's naturopath actually insisted he eat meat (he'd been vegetarian for a long time, and was becoming more and more ill) because he was allergic to all of the vegetarian protein alternatives, as well as all seafood.
Personally, I've been vetegarian at different times in my life. If I want to weigh 500 pounds, and feel awful, than it is a good diet for me. Since I don't want to weight 500 pounds and prefer to feel physically good, it is best I eat some meat.
Please don't make a lot of assumptions about people you know nothing about, make food choices all about some sort of ego gratification, and try to propose that your assumptions are true for everyone. It is not respectful.
Belle,
