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Post by viruslabrat on Dec 30, 2007 10:31:21 GMT -5
Zoff <--------- the other white meat ;D
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Post by EA Observer on Dec 30, 2007 14:01:08 GMT -5
If one had to kill an animal to eat and survive, probably "yes" - even for a vegetarian. Most people cannot stand the cruelty or sight of killing an animal to eat in less extreme situations, so they let others, e.g., butchers, slaughterhouse, to do their dirty bidding. Hypocritical? Sure, but that's how the world is. It's the same way with killing other people. We pay to train and support soldiers, police, or assassins to kill others for us.
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Post by honeyviper on Dec 30, 2007 14:23:39 GMT -5
I've always been very aware of where food comes from because I come from a family of hunters, fishermen, and farmers. Unlike my parents, though, I have the ability to pick and choose what I eat. I prefer game meat over farmed because it tastes better, don't over-consume it, and the methods around it tend to be less dicey because I know exactly where it came from.
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Post by attilathehun513 on Dec 31, 2007 16:14:52 GMT -5
I have also given up pork and red meat for several years now. Chicken, eggs, and fish. It's much more recent. I still eat some occasionally. I have some concern for general diet balance though. I talked to a guy who has been vegetarian all his life, and he said he had no worries for things like B12. I believe there are amazing things to learn and to discover. It's amazing how cutting down on your consumption of animal products can result in better health from less nutritional inbalances, but unfortunately I still am a meat consumer, but limiting consumption.
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Post by fumanchu on Jan 3, 2008 10:11:19 GMT -5
my parents own a chicken farm of the variety that supplies (or used to when the co still had the contract) KFC. They don't stomp or kick the birds, nor do they throw them against the walls. This is wildly inaccurate and i take exception to it. In reality what my parents did is install a large wrestling ring in the middle of the shed and there my parents practice all manner of wrestling manoeuvres on the chickens. So more accurately, my parents drop kick, spinning back kick, and garvin stomp the chickens. They also prefer to sling them into the ropes and clothesline them, or maybe just throw them into a turnbuckle and finish them with a million dollar dream. So please, next time, instead of the usual anti-chicken farm propaganda write something more accurate! Of course, i can tell you exactly what does go on at a chicken farm if you want (bear in mind this isn't a battery farm). Personally, i don't have any problem with having to kill what i eat. Don't eat as much meat as i used to tho. I have a friend who doesn't eat meat because "he couldn't kill the animal if he had to himself". I notice he still wears leather shoes & belts though. Surely, the logic of the argument should apply equally? Did i mention i ate dog meat for the first time tonight?
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Post by TotalWar on Jan 3, 2008 21:55:03 GMT -5
If one had to kill an animal to eat and survive, probably "yes" - even for a vegetarian. Most people cannot stand the cruelty or sight of killing an animal to eat in less extreme situations, so they let others, e.g., butchers, slaughterhouse, to do their dirty bidding. Hypocritical? Sure, but that's how the world is. It's the same way with killing other people. We pay to train and support soldiers, police, or assassins to kill others for us. I don't see how that's hypocritical. Am I hypocritical for hiring a plumber to fix my toilet when I don't have the time, skills or stomach for it? Its very simple. Butchering a cow is messy, time-consuming and hard and its worth it for me to simply buy the pieces I want cleanly sliced and neatly wrapped on a styrofoam tray.
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