kain_kusanagi said:
We aren't meat eaters, we are omnivores.
We evolved to be able to survive by eating both pants and animals. That's why we have the teeth for both tearing and chewing meat and grinding veggies, nuts, etc. We digest some plant material more easily than raw meat, but we evolved based on cooking meat which helps break it down.
I agree that the corporate farming of animals often mistreats animals. You can avoid that by buying local meat and animal products. Real farmers and ranchers don't mistreat their product because they have a respect for the life they help grow.
I personally only respect a vegetarian's choice if it's for health reasons. I still disagree with their opinion on what's healthy to eat, but I respect their choice. I don't have any respect for people who refuse to eat meat because they thing baby cows are cute. The wolf cares not if it's prey is cute and we should not either. Humanity is alive today because in hard times we were able to eat meat when no edible vegetation was available or vise-verse.
People need to get out of the bubble that separates nature from today's human. Cities hide the wonder and truth of our world and the way life works. To live you must take life. That is the cruel truth of our existence. Regardless of how modern life makes you feel we are part of the circle of life. Everything eats something else. We are at the top of that chain and because of that we are the Earth's stewards. People forget that sometimes. It is our job to maintain the world and it's creatures. Hunters are the first to fight for the preservation of wild lands because they want to maintain nature so they can harvest from it. Family owned ranchers graze their herds on open land and BLM lands. They don't cram them into feed lots where disease spreads like crazy.
My point is this. You should not question whether eating meat is right or wrong, but instead find ways to eat meat that doesn't contribute to the mistreatment of animals. Believe me there are plenty of ways to do that.
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Thank you, this is the best post I've read that describes about this topic. It's a non sensical argument to say that the "animals eat other animals" argument doesn't apply to us humans. I like to see someone convert a meat hungry lion into veganism before they get eaten.
I love meat and I don't plan on converting to vegan or vegetarinism at all. But like you said (which I agree) we do have a problem with corporate farmers mistreating animals for meat. I also agree with you on the perception of meat eating among other. I can also understand a person's reason to go vegetarian. But I have a really hard time with vegans who don't even use animal byproducts that doesn't invlove in the killing of an animal such as eggs, milk and wool. Given that they haven't been mistreated.
Plus I would also like to add to your argument in that going vegan is not 100% healthy as vegans can suffer from a vitamin B12 defincency. B12 originates from animals after digesting vegetation in their body's from bactieria. Though I'm not saying that eating meat doesn't have it's drawbacks. the bacteria that makes B12 is also found in miniscule amounts in the dirt and even lakes but I don't think its enough to aqquire which is why its better found in animals.
