Friday, March 21, 2008
...this might offend some people
The topic of our Q & A this week was about the subject of meat-eating. Honestly, I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with eating animals, and while I can understand the viewpoint of vegetarians and vegans, I really don't believe that not eating meat is going to help anything. Sure, it may be considered "wrong" that animals are slaughtered for us to eat, but are any less animals gonna be slaughtered because some people choose not to eat them? Probably not. Furthermore, it's not like we kill every single species of animal, we kill the ones that are beneficial to us. Vegetarians, and especially vegans, miss out on many of the nutrients the rest of us get from animals, and they have to take pills to make up for it. Whether or not meat-eating is 'morally right' is a completely personal opinion based on your own chosen morals, but honestly, I don't see how vegetarians and vegans can see it as morally wrong considering the fact that most of these people ate meat for a minimum of ten years of their life. I honestly think vegetarians are crazy and vegans are even crazier (sorry megan!) if they really think that giving up meat is going to change anything besides the level of their nutrition.
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:) you forgot to also point out that in the wild animals are slaughtered even more cruelly than what we do...many animals eat their prey while they are still holding onto their last breaths. i agree that there is nothing wrong with eating meat. I do think that we should be less cruel about it though, and that vegitarianism is healthier for us.
*~Nikki~*
I don't think it makes sense to say, N-P, that animal-on-animal violence is cruel. Rather, it is morally neutral and entirely a reflex of natural inclinations. The question for humans, however, is different: viz., Can we think of alternative, less cruel or harmful, ways of satisfying our needs?
I feel that it is relevant that we cause far less suffering than the wild does. People never take into account that compared to the natural world we are not all that cruel.
How do we decide which animals are "beneficial to us" and which aren't? What makes a pig so different from a dog?
Nutritionally, a vegan diet (when done right) is a lot healthier than the meat based one of the avergage American. All the nutrients you need are easily found in plants and fortified foods.
Finally, I think our morals are in a sad state when it is acceptable to not at least try to change something we think is wrong. This apathetic attitude is degrading to the human species.
(And to nicole-patricia: we are far crueler since we know that what we do causes pain)
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