The argument over eating meat and using animal byproducts thrives in sociopolitical discussion in the United States. Interest groups, news media outlets, advocacy organizations and scores of medical researchers continue to barrage us with a torrent of conflicting information pertaining to the consumption or other use of animal byproducts and their alternatives.
Well to start off I am a vegan. Its been pretty good so far...I feel really good about it, but its kinda hard to find vegan friendly places. By I mean about that is that to me being vegan means :eating nothing that comes from animals! and when I say nothing I mean NOTHING!
1 year, and 1 month ago I became a vegetarian. I think i've gained more than people realize. Yes, I love animals; unfortunately that's not the sole reason for my change. Honestly, I only did it because my friend did. Little did I know-she was not going to follow through with it. I had already started this habit, and was not about to just give it up.
I recently read a blog by another ProU user titled “Meat is...manslaughter?” encouraging others to reduce their meat consumption based on the prominence of E coli. This blog, though very well-written, is an excellent example of alarmist material written by vegans and vegetarians to force others to make the same choice that they have. It leaves out some very important information about E coli, and when this information is included the original poster’s argument against the consumption of meat falls apart at the seams.
In this sequel post to follow up "Attacking Anti-Smoking Propaganda and Anti-Smoking Hypocrities", I am focusing on one of the several arguments in particular put forth: the argument that eating animal products kills more people than smoking.
Woe to many pigs and chickens callously sacrificed in the name of family reunion. Did anyone ever stop to think that THEY might dream of one day being reunited with their family also?
Some would argue that humans are the most evolved creatures on this planet, and therefore we have morally and physically bypassed the need to kill another animal for the sake of eating. I argue that even cauliflower screams when you steam it. It’s important that we are able to see both sides of the story, and be able to agree to disagree. I’d like to present to you today the side of the meat eater.
By Stewart N. Thorpe of Citizen Press Revolution
