Vegetarianism? O_O

[baalboy5]

It's nature were all animals, you choice to eat veggies only and I chose to eat meat and veggies you just have a different nature of food, all animals do.

[silver_wits]

I have no problem about eating a huge, meaty looking burger infront of someone that's vegetarian with a puny veggie burger infront of them...

 

Infact I'll take pleasure in it.

 

Unless of course I actually like that person, because they don't advertise their vegetarianism.

 

As far as I'm concerned, be discreet.

 

I've felt like turning vegetarian sometimes.. and I don't eat meat for a while.. then after a couple of months.. I'll get the craving.

 

After all.. you don't want to be thought of as a hypocrite.. do you?

[venomai]

I think it's horrible how they treat certain animals. I love eating meat, I just try not to think of how it got there. :)

 

 

 

Wow I have just proved that it is possible to debate about anything on this forum and people actually take you seriously

 

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Nevermind the fact that what I was saying is competely ridiculous and not even worth a comment.

 

It's not hard to provoke a debate when you make such a ridiculous claim in such a serious tone (sarcasm is difficult to detect in text).

 

 

 

If you find this surprising you have a lot to learn about the human ego.

[RayOxide]

Bacon is cruelty, although I like to eat it, like Venomai, I can't think about the pigs, and if I do, I can't eat it.

[Fat_Slug]

on a personal note, i could never become a veggie, simply because i like the taste of meat too much. i don't like to eat alot of it, but i do like it,

 

 

 

the ONLY time i would not eat a animal, is if i had seen it killed then cooked in front of me.

 

the meat i buy from the stores does not look like a animal, therefore does not sicken me to cook and eat it. if i had seen that animal killed, the thought of the cruelty involved in the killing of that animal would put me off.

 

 

 

 

 

btw try going around the chinese quarter/outdoor market in brum. huge quantities of veggies there, at low prices. i buy my veggies in the chinese quarter for less than half price than the stores.

 

gotta be better than sainsburies/morrisons bumped up prices in northfield/rubery :XD:

[TotalTalker]

I went vegetairian for a few months, but then one night I was bursting for a ham sandwich :?

 

 

 

I went veggie because i hate that people think that animals have no rights. If we didnt have all these weapons and machines, we would have no chance against animals like whales.

[IGoddessI]

Your farts would reek :P

[venomai]

the ONLY time i would not eat a animal, is if i had seen it killed then cooked in front of me.

 

It's opposite for me. :| I'd feel better knowing the animal hasn't been suffering its entire life just to taste better.

 

 

 

I went veggie because i hate that people think that animals have no rights. If we didnt have all these weapons and machines, we would have no chance against animals like whales.

 

Humans have been eating meat long before weapons and machines existed. Whales I'm not sure of... But I don't think too many humans eat whales. :-k

 

 

 

I'd be a hypocrite to say I stand for animal rights, as I own a pet dog. :-# Although I do have a certain level of respect for animals, even if I enjoy eating them.

[assassin_696]

Merc's spot on, what you need is quality local organic produce from a butcher, make sure it's been hung long enough for it to go tender.

 

 

 

I said earlier I can't eat meat as guilt free, that's pretty much because I know that growth hormones that they inject into most meat now make your chances of getting prostate cancer shoot up, as well as eating too much red meat in general.

[Demeige]

I've been a vegetarian for 3+ years now and I never had a single regret.

 

 

 

Meat puts you at all sorts of risks including high cholesterol(when you have too much it blocks arteries and blood which can cause a heart attack), heart disease, diabetes, even cancer. Not only is it packed full of fat and unneeded calories but your body can't digest it as quickly as other foodstuffs, like vegetables and fruit :idea:, which in turn makes you fatter. But being skinny isn't a sign of being healthy. It's a sign of a fast metabolism. The true danger is in the actual meat and what it does to your body.

 

 

 

 

 

A single serving of Pork Chops(about the size of a deck of cards) has 86 mg of Cholesterol. Compare that to an ENTIRE container of 2 cups(114g) of Cottage Cheese. A serving has less than 5 mg of Cholesterol and the entire container has less than 20mg.

 

 

 

My dad had to go on a prescription medication called Crestor recently for his high cholesterol. His triglycerides(bad cholesterol) was something like 300 which is very high. After I told my mom to completely cut out meat from any food she makes him, in 2 months time his tryglycerides went from the 300 to 180(along with his meds). He still isn't at the optimal level but he's definitely getting there.

[katsuro0]

 

 

 

I was looking over a menu in a restaurant the other day when I saw a section for vegetarians; I thought to myself "boy, I sure am glad that I'm not a meat-hating fascist" and I skipped on to the steak section (because I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $15 for an alfalfa sandwich, slice of cucumber and a scoop of cold cottage cheese), but before I turned the page something caught my eye. The heading of the vegetarian section was titled "Guiltless Grill," not because there were menu items with fewer calories and cholesterol (since there were "healthy" chicken dishes discriminated against in this section), but because none of the items used animal products. Think about that phrase for a second. What exactly does "guiltless grill" imply? So I'm supposed to feel guilty now if I eat meat? Screw you.

 

 

 

What pisses me off so much about this phrase is the sheer narrow-mindedness of these stuck up vegetarian a-holes. You think you're saving the world by eating a tofu-burger and sticking to a diet of grains and berries? Well here's something that not many vegetarians know (or care to acknowledge): every year millions of animals are killed by wheat and soy bean combines during harvesting season. Oh yeah, go on and on for hours about how all of us meat eaters are going to hell for having a steak, but conveniently ignore the fact that each year millions of mice, rabbits, snakes, skunks, possums, squirrels, gophers and rats are ruthlessly murdered as a direct result of YOUR dieting habits. What's that? I'm sorry, I don't hear any more elitist banter from you pompous (edited out). Could it be because your (edited out) has been RUINED?

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's right: the gloves have come off. The vegetarian response to this embarrassing fact is "well, at least we're not killing intentionally." So let me get this straight; not only are animals ruthlessly being murdered as a direct result of your diet, but you're not even using the meat of the animals YOU kill? At least we're eating the animals we kill (and although we also contribute to the slaughter of animals during grain harvesting, keep in mind that we're not the ones with a moral qualm about it), not just leaving them to rot in a field somewhere. That makes you just as morally repugnant than any meat-eater any day. Not only that, but you're killing free-roaming animals, not animals that were raised for feed. Their bodies get mangled in the combine's machinery, bones crushed, and you have the audacity to point fingers at the meat industry for humanely punching a [bleep]e through a cow's neck? If you think that tofu burgers come at no cost to animals or the environment, guess again.

 

 

 

To even suggest that your meal is some how "guiltless" is absurd. The defense "at least we're not killing intentionally" is bs anyway. How is it not intentional if you KNOW that millions of animals die every year in combines during harvest? You expect me to believe that you somehow unintentionally pay money to buy products that support farmers that use combines to harvest their fields? Even if it was somehow unintentional, so what? That suddenly makes you innocent? I guess we should let drunk drivers off the hook too since they don't kill intentionally either, right? There's no way out of this one. The only option left for you is to buy some land, plant and pick your own crops. Impractical? Yeah, well, so is your stupid diet.

 

 

 

Even if combines aren't used to harvest your food, you think that buying fruits and vegetables (organic or otherwise) is any better? How do you think they get rid of bugs that eat crops in large fields? You think they just put up signs and ask parasites to politely go somewhere else? Actually, I wouldn't put that suggestion past you hippies. One of the methods they use to get rid of pests is to introduce a high level of predators for each particular prey, which wreaks all sorts of havoc on the natural balance of predator/prey populations--causing who knows what kind of damage to the environment. Oops, did I just expose you moral-elitists for being frauds? Damndest thing

 

 

 

A number of people have pointed out that the amount of grain grown to feed animals for slaughter every year is greater than the amount of grain grown for humans. So I guess the amount of grain grown for human consumption suddenly becomes negligible and we can conveniently ignore the fact that animals are still ruthlessly murdered either way because of your diet, right? Not to mention that the majority of grain grown for livestock is tough as rocks, coarse, and so low-grade that it's only fit for animal consumption in the first place. Spare me the "you could feed 500 people with the grain used to feed one cow" line; it's not the same grain. Then there are the people who jump on the bandwagon with "you could plant billions of potatoes on the land used for cows"--good point, except for the fact that not every plot of land is equally fertile; you think farmers always have a choice on what they do with their land? Also, many vegetarians don't know (or care to acknowledge) that in many parts of the United States they have "control hunts" in which hunting permits are passed out whenever there is a pest problem (the pest here is deer, elk and antelope) that threatens wheat, soy, vegetable and other crops; this happens several times per year. Then some of you throw out claims that "we are trying to limit the suffering." How about you limit MY suffering and shut the hell up about your stupid diet for a change; nobody cares. Even if the number of animals that die in combine deaths every year isn't in the millions, even if it's just one, are you suggesting that the life of one baby rabbit isn't worth saving? Are you placing a value on life? Enjoy your tofu, murderers.

 

 

 

 

 

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haha what a man

[Nadril]

I am pretty much in agreement with merc, eat what you would like.

 

 

 

I don't eat many veggies, I know this. I'll have olives on a sandwich or corn with my meal but I just don't like most of them. However I'm not going to call my self a carnivore and limit my self to only meat.

 

 

 

 

 

Point is eat what you enjoy and what is good for you and don't worry about being a certain thing. Don't worry about being a "vegetarian" but just eat. If you end up not eating meat almost all the time, cool, just keep an open mind about it.

[justcallmedaddy]

 

 

 

I dont hate all vegitarians, just the ones who preach about it or say something like "i haven't eaten meat in 7 months" i mean i havent eaten a carrot in like 2 years but i dont go around bragging about it. quote]

 

 

 

 

 

:XD: , that made me laugh.

 

 

 

Anyway, I love meat.