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Originally Posted by Icarusbop
Agreed, but this is a choice not a reason. The stement was made 'There is no reason to not be vegetarian' (or similar), I gave a reason - we are eveolved omnivores. Because people choose to not go with that does not negate the reason.
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I disagree that we are evolved omnivores. Personally, I think we began as carnivores, evolved into omnivores and will continue to evolve into herbivores. We began as carnivores. As we learned to grow fruits and vegetables, adding them into our diets, we evolved into omnivores. As meat has been declared absolutely unecessary for our health, we are well on the way to being herbivores. It is simply habit and selfishness that retains our omnivore ways. There are some of us who have already "evolved" into herbivores. We simply got there faster!
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Originally Posted by Icarusbop
Yes,Yes,Yes - because we are higher in the chain than them. Why not - because they are/were alive? - so are/were vegetables.
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Because we are higher in the food chain, does that not give us the responsibility to protect and care for those below us?
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Originally Posted by Icarusbop
That fact that it had a face, parents, organs etc. Does not stop it from being food in my eyes. Cats - don't like, it's a bit too stringy, never tried dog (but there are a few place that eat both regularly), Babies have very little meat on them (it's all fat for protection), and it's illegal, and it's cannibalism. The fact that here (in the UK) it is illegal to eat horse (like they do in France) seems to be just a waste of a lot of good meat to me.
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This post seems designed just to start a fight, so I will not respond.
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Originally Posted by Icarusbop
Quite frequently, they look down their noses at me from their high pedastal or morality and exclaim 'How can you do such a thing?' or 'Are you aware you are eating the rotting carcass of an animal' trying to make me feel like a low life barbarian. My answers are usualy 'Because it's tasty' and 'Yes'. However, the reverse is also true meat eaters says things like 'Because they are made of meat' and 'I just don't get vergetarians' (both of these from me in this post), so here I am guilty as charged, but I don't try to take any moral high standing with my statements - it's just because I simply don't comprehend the mindset.
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Isn't what what a theory is? It makes more sense to us and seems superior to other ideas, so we adopt it as our own. Therefore, everyone who believes something believes theirs is the superior idea. So that is a moot point.