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Subject: I just can't justify eating meat anymore

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  • 12.27.2010 5:52 PM PDT

Banned and proud of it.

DAMN U EDIT FUNCTION

And now its 82

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  • 12.27.2010 5:52 PM PDT

Shakes Magic 8 Ball

This thread is still going? Seriously people, just let the thing die before it becomes a pinned topic.

  • 12.27.2010 6:00 PM PDT
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useless

Absolutely, completely, and definitely relevant.

  • 12.27.2010 9:53 PM PDT

Checking out my profile I see?

Meat tastes bad.

  • 12.27.2010 9:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Soviet Revival
the only thing philosophical about this thread is mister math.

Posted by: china
Posted by: Mister Math
Are any of the animals I eat even capable of metacognition? Didn't think so. Given this, what is the difference between eating a plant and eating an animal? [/quote]
Idiocy at its best.[/quote]Is that so? I have yet to see anyone provide me with a link that has a study proving that animals that are commonly eaten (e.g. cows, pigs, chickens, fish) are capable of metacognition. Until then, I'm afraid you should back up your claims with logic or evidence before attacking me.

*waits for proof they dont have the ability of metacognition*
*waits for justification of the philosophy that someone should be agnostic about a claim that has absolutely no evidence, or assume it true*

  • 12.27.2010 9:54 PM PDT

Bungie partners with Activi$ion...

"Betrayal!"

I can't believe anyone would hold such a high regard for animals like the cow or even fish. Stating that they have "feelings" and cry in so-called "sorrow" for the deaths of their loved ones. If you had any spec of intelligence in you, you would see that not one of these creatures we eat have any spec of intelligence in them!

There's a reason why we don't eat dolphins, elephants, apes, or horses: intelligence. If they can feel these emotions and if we feel they are truly precious and intelligent, then we won't kill them for our needs. It's that simple.

Now go ahead and save that cow from the production line and see if it thanks you...

  • 12.27.2010 10:09 PM PDT

Bungie partners with Activi$ion...

"Betrayal!"

[sorry, double post]

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  • 12.27.2010 10:12 PM PDT
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Ive had multiple B.net accounts dating to many years before this. Made a new one because my other accounts email got hacked.

Its the food chain.

  • 12.27.2010 10:16 PM PDT

I wanna keep this thread alive

see how long it will last

  • 12.27.2010 10:26 PM PDT

how did a thread like this get over 2000 comments!

  • 12.27.2010 10:30 PM PDT


Posted by: Pathetic Meat
Absolutely, completely, and definitely relevant.

1.What a waste of food
2.How are they not fat as hell
3.How are they not dead

  • 12.27.2010 10:33 PM PDT

*Sigh*

You're going to make me type my essay on why eating meat is not as big of a crime as people say it is? Fine. I'll type it again.

Animals are not human. I know, it seems pretty obvious, but they aren't. However, why do we treat them as human then? We put sweaters on animals, we give them treats all the time and just let them lie around the house all day. We think they're happy. We think that their excited yipping when we get home is them happy to see us. We think that the cat is rubbing against us to show just how much it loves us.

Well, time to break it to you: That dog that you let lie around the house all day eating treats is absolutely miserable. The dog that's yipping when you get home has anxiety and is frustrated. The cat that's rubbing against you is claiming you as its pet, and disgracing you. Animals are not humans, yet why do we label them as such? We don't see Scrappy as a dog, but as the name on the food bowl. The dog doesn't actually know that its name is Scrappy, it has been trained to respond to you saying "Scrappy!"

Now let's look at cows.

Cows are the lowest of the low on the food chain. They live in constant danger in the wild from MANY things. Animals brutally murdering them, starving to death, getting lost from the herd. It is quite dangerous business being a cow. Now, imagine you're a cow. Here is the list of what you want: Food, water, shelter, a herd, and preferably a mate. Here is what you don't want: To be separated from the herd, to starve, to be dehydrated. Now, in captivity, cows are given everything they need. Shelter, food, water, and they are with their herd, and many of them are bred. They aren't majestic animals galloping around in wide open spaces. This idea of animals wanting more is not the case. That's what HUMANS want.

Now let's look at chickens:

Chickens are quite dumb. I'm just going to tell you right now. They are dumb. They just don't know that much about the world. They'd much sooner walk straight into a wolf den as drown in a stream. However, in a chicken coop, they are unable to drown. They can't wander into dangerous places. I give you the same list of needs as the cows. The chicken coop gives all of that.

If we are to look at animals properly and make them truly happy, we need to throw away this notion that animals are humans. Animals are not humans. They don't dwell on death the same way that we do. Sure, the animals don't WANT to die, but there are a lot of things that they don't WANT. They know that they will die one day, and they are fine with that. And if animals were smart enough to be able to relate complex ideas to us, I'm sure they'd prefer a life of safety and captivity with everything that they could ever want, knowing that they will die one day from a butcher to be fed to many people than living in the wild where none of that is guaranteed.

Also, humans are omnivores. That doesn't just mean vegetables, and that doesn't just mean meat. It means we need both to live a healthy life. I'm sorry to break it to you, but we aren't herbivores. We would be made very differently if that was the case.

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  • 12.27.2010 10:42 PM PDT

*claps*.......OP you are the master troll of the flood. No one can be so stupid as to say that our bodies are not designed for meat. We are Omnivores, there for we are ABLE to DIGEST BOTH forms of food. IF we were not designed for meat as you have previsouly stated then we counld NOT DIGEST it properly by gaining nuitrents and protien. Our teeth may be dsigned for fish but our stomach can digest meat regardles of the ways we aquire it. If your are serious then logic FAIL.

  • 12.27.2010 10:44 PM PDT

Congratulations, the most pointless thread in existence. Seriously, this brings up memories of my old neighbor who used to intern for PeTA, makes me wanna punch both her and the creator of this thread.

  • 12.27.2010 10:48 PM PDT