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Topic: Meat-Eater or Veggi? Posted: October 27 2010 at 04:20
I've made the choices a bit broad in order to keep the voting simple. Whichever option seems closest to your eating habits, just pick that one.
Oh, I do hope this sparks some debate. There has to be a few folks here who think acting on our nature and eating meat is wrong. And I'm genuinely curious.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 04:38
What do you mean 'acting on our nature'? Man has always killed animals and eaten them. Well, ever since he's worked out how to. Man is part of the natural world.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 04:43
Both. But you need an extra vote for vegetarian. What I mean is one that doesn't eat fish. Because a vegetariajnn that does eat fish is not a vegetarian.
So I can't vote as i am an omnivore as is natural.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 04:46
Blacksword wrote:
What do you mean 'acting on our nature'? Man has always killed animals and eaten them. Well, ever since he's worked out how to. Man is part of the natural world.
So . . . isn't that natural? Doesn't that kind of answer your own question?
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 04:51
Snow Dog wrote:
Both. But you need an extra vote for vegetarian. What I mean is one that doesn't eat fish. Because a vegetariajnn that does eat fish is not a vegetarian.
So I can't vote as i am an omnivore as is natural.
I've made the options much more broad so you can feel better making a choice and not be so picky.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 05:20
JLocke wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Both. But you need an extra vote for vegetarian. What I mean is one that doesn't eat fish. Because a vegetariajnn that does eat fish is not a vegetarian.
So I can't vote as i am an omnivore as is natural.
I've made the options much more broad so you can feel better making a choice and not be so picky.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 05:28
Snow Dog wrote:
JLocke wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Both. But you need an extra vote for vegetarian. What I mean is one that doesn't eat fish. Because a vegetariajnn that does eat fish is not a vegetarian.
So I can't vote as i am an omnivore as is natural.
I've made the options much more broad so you can feel better making a choice and not be so picky.
In that case option 1.
I'm so glad you don't seem to take my way of conveying myself too negatively. A lot of folks here do.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 07:44
JLocke wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
What do you mean 'acting on our nature'? Man has always killed animals and eaten them. Well, ever since he's worked out how to. Man is part of the natural world.
So . . . isn't that natural? Doesn't that kind of answer your own question?
What else would I mean by 'acting on our nature'?
Maybe we're getting our wires crossed. Do you mean that although eating meat is natural for man, it is nevertheless wrong on a moral level?
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 08:15
Omnivore.
(The video is not really on topic - the association is merely by the name of the song, and because it's an interesting video that deserves to be plugged in a prog forum.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 08:55
I checked the second option, I am almost what you would call a vegan, although I occasionally eat fish or cheese and even BBQ chicken now and again.
I haven't eaten beef, pork, lamb etc in decades, and I don't care for milk or eggs either.
You won't get any moral argument from me though, I just like to eat food that is lean and clean, I don't care for heavy foods like I encountered in Northern Europe, the Japanese diet is more to my liking.
The end result is I am in excellent physical condition for my age and have more energy than most. I also avoid caffiene, nicotine, commercial sodas made with corn syrup, fast food, packaged foods with infinite shelf-life and heavy consumption of alcohol.
None of this takes any effort or attitude, I just don't enjoy putting garbage in my body, even as a kid I didn't care for pork or heavy dishes made with mystery meat.
I just eat what I enjoy eating, thats all.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 16:30
Blacksword wrote:
JLocke wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
What do you mean 'acting on our nature'? Man has always killed animals and eaten them. Well, ever since he's worked out how to. Man is part of the natural world.
So . . . isn't that natural? Doesn't that kind of answer your own question?
What else would I mean by 'acting on our nature'?
Maybe we're getting our wires crossed. Do you mean that although eating meat is natural for man, it is nevertheless wrong on a moral level?
If that is what you meant, then I disagree.
No! That's not what I mean! Please read my original post again, and carefully this time.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 16:34
Easy Money wrote:
I checked the second option, I am almost what you would call a vegan, although I occasionally eat fish or cheese and even BBQ chicken now and again.
I haven't eaten beef, pork, lamb etc in decades, and I don't care for milk or eggs either.
You won't get any moral argument from me though, I just like to eat food that is lean and clean, I don't care for heavy foods like I encountered in Northern Europe, the Japanese diet is more to my liking.
The end result is I am in excellent physical condition for my age and have more energy than most. I also avoid caffiene, nicotine, commercial sodas made with corn syrup, fast food, packaged foods with infinite shelf-life and heavy consumption of alcohol.
None of this takes any effort or attitude, I just don't enjoy putting garbage in my body, even as a kid I didn't care for pork or heavy dishes made with mystery meat.
I just eat what I enjoy eating, thats all.
Well, surely, I do think a lean, semi-vegetarian diet would do me some good if I put it into practice sometime. I might try it out in the future and see how long I can manage, and also see if I feel significantly healthier or not. For now, however, I've always been an Omnivore with heavy meat-eating habits.
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Posted: October 27 2010 at 17:17
I've cut down a lot on meat, but I went with omnivore. I like milk, cheese, eggs and use them a lot.
I'd rather starve than eat mystery meat, don't care for seafood, except for a bit of fish once in a while. And legumes are so tasty than I eat them a lot instead of meat too. I almost exclusively cook meat when I have people over for dinner.
Stupidly enough, one of the other reasons why I almost don't eat any meat is because my sh*tty apt has even sh*ttier ventilation and air circulation, and the kitchen fan is barely there for show, so if I cook a steak, my place smells like steak for a week. Can't stand it.
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