Vegetarians

[KornOwnz]

So I got to thinking last night, (and I sadly don't have a lot of time to write this up and respond to everyone) what's the entire purpose of being a vegetarian?

I can understand, and respect a life decision as such. But it seems rather pointless. The vegetarians, who, follow this lifestyle by choice - should really think about it.

I can understand taking some meat out of your diet, but all meats? That's just ridiculous. Animals such as rabbits, deer, duck and many others, are here to feed humans. They're doing nothing to help the earth, other than be a food supply to us.

So what exactly motivates someone to become a vegetarian? Which is, I suppose the entire question of this thread. And I do hope some of you here are vegetarians..

[kRaZyAzN]

because they want a long, meat-less, and miserable life.

[Earfetish]

Because I don't see how you can be blind to factory farming.

[Planky]

They only do it so they can look down on meat-eaters.

[Zerok]

At 8/14/07 12:26 PM, KornOwnz wrote: So I got to thinking last night, (and I sadly don't have a lot of time to write this up and respond to everyone)

The beauty of a forum system is you can respond to people like, days after you make a post.

what's the entire purpose of being a vegetarian?

It varies. Some people do it for dieting reasons. Others do it because they love animals too much. Others feel its healthier.

I can understand taking some meat out of your diet, but all meats? That's just ridiculous. Animals such as rabbits, deer, duck and many others, are here to feed humans. They're doing nothing to help the earth, other than be a food supply to us.

Well, that's blatantly incorrect. They're all part of an ecosystem, with their own prey and affect on their niche and area around it.

[Earfetish]

At 8/14/07 01:03 PM, Planky wrote: They only do it so they can look down on meat-eaters.

I don't look down on meat eaters, but when I consider my ethics compared to someone eating a McDonald's burger, that blatantly had a shit life - I don't think they're psychopaths, I think they just blank it out when they eat and rarely think about all the animal suffering they have bestowed on the world by spporting the meat industry, and when they do they feel a pang of guilt and move on.

Some people say 'it's just animals' but I would challenge them to keep a pig in a tiny cage in their back garden and not feel bad about it.

[Sidorio]

I'm a vegetarian. I do it because I don't like the taste of meat.

[Sevkat]

Yay, lets diss the Vegans

[the-squirrel-ninja]

i have known a few vegans and its definately a choice lifestyle, however im a hunter and fisherman and enjoy both. and the taste of meat cant be beat.

also the barbarian in me cringes without some protein being on a plate.

[Earfetish]

By the way, the only vegan I've ever met could beat the shit out of all of you - built like a fucking triangle.

[the-squirrel-ninja]

At 8/14/07 01:31 PM, Earfetish wrote: By the way, the only vegan I've ever met could beat the shit out of all of you - built like a fucking triangle.

by that you mean he was hard to roll and often only landed on points>?

[snoopdogfan]

At 8/14/07 01:02 PM, Earfetish wrote: Because I don't see how you can be blind to factory farming.

So by sitting on your ass and not eating meat you plan to stop it?

Why not just throw a good old protest?

[Earfetish]

At 8/14/07 01:33 PM, snoopdogfan wrote:

At 8/14/07 01:02 PM, Earfetish wrote: Because I don't see how you can be blind to factory farming.

So by sitting on your ass and not eating meat you plan to stop it?

I would quite happily protest were I given a time and date to protest on. You're the one supporting it, anyway - I'm in morally neutral zone and you're in immoral zone.

[Haggard]

At 8/14/07 12:26 PM, KornOwnz wrote: I can understand taking some meat out of your diet, but all meats? That's just ridiculous. Animals such as rabbits, deer, duck and many others, are here to feed humans. They're doing nothing to help the earth, other than be a food supply to us.

You have absolutely no clue of the balance of nature, do you?

[TehreTard]

At 8/14/07 01:02 PM, Earfetish wrote: Because I don't see how you can be blind to factory farming.

Let me quote a Jim Gaffigan joke that relates to this situation.

"Do you know what they did to that chicken?"

"No, but it's DELICIOUS."

[HellSpawn]

I'm a veggie because I dont like the taste and because i don't like the texture of most meat.

[PantyWipe]

fuck those aenemic P.C. chumps.

Beef is good.

[The-Great-One]

It Had To Be Done

[Me-Patch]

If you don't make your food through photosynthesis you gotta eat somebody. Thats just nature.

But than again prepackaged chemical enriched meat* isn't exactly natural.

* meat may not actually contain meat.

[Tafari-dh]

its funny, lots a people talk about how humans are supposed to eat meat rigth?

how come were the only animal that has to cook it to digest it right, yeah, humans were made to eat meat alright :P

[PantyWipe]

At 8/14/07 02:18 PM, Tafari-dh wrote: its funny, lots a people talk about how humans are supposed to eat meat rigth?

how come were the only animal that has to cook it to digest it right, yeah, humans were made to eat meat alright :P

Cus it tastes better cooked, thats why.

[Tafari-dh]

At 8/14/07 02:25 PM, PantyWipe wrote:

At 8/14/07 02:18 PM, Tafari-dh wrote: its funny, lots a people talk about how humans are supposed to eat meat rigth?

how come were the only animal that has to cook it to digest it right, yeah, humans were made to eat meat alright :P

Cus it tastes better cooked, thats why.

oh, sorry, i thought it was cause you would get sick and possibly die, because your body couldn't handle it

[PantyWipe]

At 8/14/07 02:31 PM, Tafari-dh wrote: oh, sorry, i thought it was cause you would get sick and possibly die, because your body couldn't handle it

I dont have another joke planned, so Ill just post a picture of a tasty cow.

[I-Zombie]

Here is my rationality:

When a cow dies, one single life force ,that creature is able to feed many, but then think what happens when you go to the salad bar...

*MANY* different living organisms have to die for you to have a *single meal*. So what is the purpose? It is that vegetarians end up killing more organisms than the carnivore/omnivores. If you love *life*, then eat an animal.

Vegetarians are hypocrites. A salad bar is a Holocaust!!!! =O Coincidentally, since people eat so much, if you were to kill/eat another person, you would be doing the world a favor. Therefore, I suggest that everyone helps out the world by killing/eating their neighbor; in the long run, the world would be a much better place. =)

[Tafari-dh]

and don't forget the bacon!

[Sidorio]

At 8/14/07 02:41 PM, Tafari-dh wrote: and don't forget the bacon!

It's wrong how hard I laughed.

[Planky]

At 8/14/07 02:31 PM, Tafari-dh wrote: oh, sorry, i thought it was cause you would get sick and possibly die, because your body couldn't handle it

Name another animal that has invented fire.

[Tafari-dh]

At 8/14/07 02:41 PM, I-Zombie wrote: Here is my rationality:

When a cow dies, one single life force ,that creature is able to feed many, but then think what happens when you go to the salad bar...

*MANY* different living organisms have to die for you to have a *single meal*. So what is the purpose? It is that vegetarians end up killing more organisms than the carnivore/omnivores. If you love *life*, then eat an animal.

if you want to talk about enviromental impact go here

www.factoryfarming.com

eat you neighbor!!! :)

[Ghetto-Penguin]

My brother is a vegetarian. He looks at it as a lifestyle decision. He's not against others eating meat he just doesn't like to eat meat.

[Tafari-dh]

At 8/14/07 02:52 PM, Planky wrote:

At 8/14/07 02:31 PM, Tafari-dh wrote: oh, sorry, i thought it was cause you would get sick and possibly die, because your body couldn't handle it

Name another animal that has invented fire.

what does that have to do with anything in this thread?