There are lots of different possibilities for solutions besides the either/or solution the extremists in this argument are offering. Surely there is a way everyone can have what they want and eat what they want without funchys fears of killing the the planet manifesting. I think it will take compromise for this to be worked out, on both sides. All the irrational/emotional fears will have to be set aside and that would mean looking at the progress that has been made in the agri-industry as well as the problems. It would also mean looking at the fact that not everyone would thrive on a veggie diet.
The real issue with many people is that they are just simply against eating meat because of personal issues with killing animals and this emotional based position polarizes them in a way that blinds them to everything thing except the negatives. I don't deny they are there, it's just a smaller part of the picture than some make it out to be. There are also solutions other than shutting down the meat industry and making the whole world going vegan....which seems to be the idea with some. It really shows what the motive is when there is no mention of compromise and all I read is about is the evil Ranchers and the government conspiracy to help them rape the earth for $$$. I suppose each argument has at it's heart two diametrically opposed ideas and that's what I see here, I'm sort of in the middle, I personally know people way out on the right and then I read several persistent posters here who are way on the left. The extremes cannot co-exist and likely cannot even see the others point, even when well made, because of their polarized minds.
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