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teknotus

Vegetarian political power

Apr 30, 2008 15:31

I became vegetarian because of being disgusted by roadkill, and thinking wow I eat dead animals what am I thinking. Though it's true that a picture of something gross changed me I don't think that is the best way to recruit new members. I think the way to get new members to anything is to either make it fun, or show how it's going to save them ( Read more... )

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notorious_oit May 1 2008, 04:47:42 UTC

I see roadkill all the time and it never crosses my mind to equate roadkill with actual butchered meat. There is a HUGE difference. Roadkill IS gross, but it's never going to stop me from eating meat. I could NEVER be vegetarian or vegan, I love meat and dairy too much. I could cut out stuff like bread, veggies, and eggs, and be happy for the rest of my life, but try to take away my bacon and prime rib, and someone's pulling back a bloody stump ( ... )

Gross? cratermoon May 1 2008, 05:29:46 UTC

Man, roadkill is clean compared to the stuff you buy from the butcher at the grocery story. Read the whole "There is shit in the meat" part of "Fast Food Nation" , or hell, go back and read Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle", and realize that things haven't substantially improved.

Re: Gross? notorious_oit May 1 2008, 05:35:59 UTC

Not only were we forced to read that crapfest "The Jungle" in high school, we had to DRAW A FUCKING PICTURE of a scene from the novel. Stupid muckraking propaganda...that shit was the National Enquirer of its day.

I grew up on a farm, we butchered our own animals or sent them to a local butcher for sausage-making. I have no qualms about eating meat that I helped raise and butcher. The pain adds flavor.

Re: Gross? cratermoon May 1 2008, 05:56:59 UTC

*shrug* I retract my response to you, it's clear spending time discussing it with you is wasted effort better spent sharing ideas with open minds.

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cratermoon May 1 2008, 05:24:33 UTC

He detailed quite well how much of our resources were wasted on the inefficiency of animal products.

Yah. The relatively ancient book Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe discusses this at length in the chapter "A Protein Factory in Reverse". Good reading, if you ignore the bit on "protein combining" for "complete proteins" in another part of the book.

cipjik May 1 2008, 10:20:23 UTC

I am a vegetarian. This is a personal choice to make and it does make a lot of sense to me. I don't understand though why people get so uptight when I talk about it. They usually ask but it seems it is only to make fun about it or tell me that they like meat so much they would never stop eating it. I wouldn't try to convince anyone to become vegetarian or vegan but why should I have to go through these comments whereas I am only trying to listen to my own needs. This can't be a bad thing to do and could be beneficial for each of us.

cipjik May 1 2008, 10:33:54 UTC

I must say it isn't an easy thing to do to change our eating habits

Vegetarian political power anonymous May 2 2008, 00:40:14 UTC

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