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Well, seems as how we've been eating meat for millions of years(if you include man's ancestors as well), and as we are indeed animals ourselves, why not? You certainly don't seen lions hunting down Tofudabeasts and such(Far Side joke).
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No the debate sure is about the handling, and you know what? I think they have a point. Many animals are being mistreated on their WAY to the slaughterhouse, plus some elements up until the moment of death can get it stressed and frightened (bored, ignorant and perhaps sadistic workers, insensitive and noisy machinery).
The catch is that if we invest more resources in offing little pigs gentler (Personally I like pigs, especially piglets, despite not having seen "Babe") and complicate the execution-method furthermore then the price of the meat will go up to make it worthwhile, and then people buy the cheaper, less considerate meat anyway, and the slaughterhouses that tried to be more humane have to close.
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Good lord, look at the ultra-right winger ...
I've got no problem with rifles. God knows we've got too many deer. Shoot 'em, by all means, keep the population in check. It's semi-autmotic handguns with fifteen "cop-killer" rounds in the clip that scare me. And that's all I'm going to say about that, let us no more mention "guns" in this topic again.
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Never mind that the so-called "cop-killer" bullets have never been actually used to kill a police officer...
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Top Ten Reasons We Should Eat Animals 10. They like being eaten. Really! 9. Only dumb animals get eaten. The smart ones have all grabbed automatic weapons armed with cop killer bullets and defended themselves. 8. Because I'm hungry, that's why. 7. Monica likes sausage, so it must be alright. 6. Because Al Gore invented the steak, so its OK. 5. If we didn't eat them, we'd put countless USDA meat inspectors out of work. Think of the children! 4. The slaughterhouse is really the animals equivalent of St. Peter's gate. They have to go there to be saved! 3. Prepared properly, they don't spoil. 2. They're happier as SPAM. 1. Animals were put on Earth for one reason: to feed me.
Yeah, pretty sick, but... I really don't care. They just taste soooooooooooo good.
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I'm at uni, and there's still a few people hanging onto their "trendy teenage vegeterian" phase, although most have dropped it by now.
The ones that still are vegetarian are almost all women. I wonder why? Are they more caring, more sensitive? Or stupid winging cows who want to be special, and then spill their drink over me while I'm dancing, then laugh about it. Laugh. Laugh. The evil bitches.
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Another side to this argument is that feeding animals so that we can eat meat is wasteful in terms of natural resources like water etc. The figures are there, with the amount of it takes to create a hamburger, you could have 40 showers etc. etc. etc.
I'm not saying we shouldn't eat meat, I myself am not vegetarian, but I think people should moderate their intake of meat for the sake of their own health and, well, just because we'd all be better off if everyone used less resources
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Isn't vegetarianism actually unhealthy? I mean, like I said before, we're omnivorous. We're designed to eat both plants and animals. If you cut one out, you're missing something that you're supposed to have.
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