Okay, you're a vegetarian - cool. But the animal is already dead. Not eating it isn't going to help any, amirite?

For those of you who 'No Way'-ed it - can you make animals come back to life just by shutting your trap? o.O

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Nope but we prevent more animals from being killed. So technically if an animal dies of natural causes it's fine to eat. lol.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

if an animal dies of natural causes then most likely is was sick or old. eating meat from an unhealthy animal can make you sick and old animals produce old, tough meat that is not really very good.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

More vegetarians, Less animals being eaten, Less animals being killed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

and then the earth becomes overrun by animals

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It balances out the food chain - we are at the top, so we might as well act like it. Animals eat animals, so why is it so bad that Humans eat animals. We ARE animals.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"No! Bad lion! Stop chasing that antelo- STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" I mean really? XD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Seriously. It's like telling carnivores to give up their instinct. xD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Carnivores, omnivores, same difference...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah well, I was referring to the lion. =]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is the part of the conversation where we awkwardly keep acknowledging each other's posts so as to not be rude and ignore them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes it is. Soo... xD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'M not going to be the one to break the chain.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well I am. =) It was nice talking to you. xD I'm adding you as a friend, just so you know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay. ^^ See ya.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

this is a rllllyyyyyy dumb amirite question.... no further things to say

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wait, I already did. Well, this is awkward. xD bye!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

were not carnivores... humans are omnivores

by Anonymous 13 years ago

the difference is that we have the technology to make a vegetarian version of the meat with the same nutrients but meatless. Lions have no choice but to kill antelopes - we do.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

there's that arguement. But a morning star meat product has so many chemicals and crap in it I'd rather choose not to eat it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

actually morning star black bean burgers are fairly naturally made. not with a bunch of chemicals and crap

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The difference is that those animals kill the animal when they need to eat it. We, on the other hand, keep animals in inhumane conditions, kill them in mass numbers, and add extra hormones. It's disgusting.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As@346364 (Anonymous): as I said before, the majority of animals are treated humanely and there are several options that do not contain additives.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@338543 (Llama): Well because just we are the top of food chain doesnt make it right. Just because we're able to be cruel doesnt mean we ought to be

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The thing it does do (like at a restaurant) is if you eat it, the owner records another burger sold so they order more and the demand for burgers goes up. However, it's ridiculous when vegetarians don't eat someone else's leftovers or something along those lines.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As a vegetarian, I'll definitely eat people's meat leftovers.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I respect vegetarians who don't eat meat simply because it's healthier more than I respect the "animal-savers." When they go into the whole "don't torture animals" shit they (often, not always) get obnoxiously self-righteous.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm a vegetarian just because it's healthier. I mean, the animal is dead anyway, I would eat it, it's just not too healthy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And the whole idea of it grosses me out. I mean, that piece of meat that you put in your mouth used to walk around and poop. Gross.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

since when is meat all that bad for you? meat contains many nutrients that you can't really get (or it would be hard to get) without taking a supplement, vitamin b12, iron, without these nutrients you would likely become anemic. If you're a vegetarian you have to find a lot of other foods and supplements to fill the void of nutrients you create by not eating meat. But if you can, well more power to ya But then again, the healthy meat is only really the grass feed, hormone/antibiotic free meat.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I do have all the nutrients I need and stuff. Meat also has a lot of fat, and if not cooked properly, it is very unhealthy. And the healthy meat (like you said, grass feed and hormone free), is hard to find.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it really isn't that hard to find, you just have to look for it

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you go to walmart pretty much all of the beef is all natural meaning it is minimally processed and free of additives

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've never been to Walmart...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

oh, well then you will just have to look if you want grass fed or organic beef. but honestly, the only real difference in the 4 types of beef is the way they are raised. no matter what kind of beef you buy, it is always safe, wholesome, and nutritious.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If more people were vegetarian, demand would decrease so there would be less animals killed total. You should try to use logic sometime.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Couldn't phrase it any better. Thank you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Awwwwww thank you!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I already knew that. I'm just saying, there is currently not enough vegetarians in the world to help, and there never WILL be enough vegetarians in the world to help.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Um, you're forgetting a little thing I like to call "Hinduism". Everyone of those Hindus (or real Hindus) are vegetarian. India, which is mostly Hindu, is about 1/6 of the world's population. Combined with all the other vegetarians around the world, you have a hell of a lot of vegetarians. That's 1/6 of the world's animals being saved. Idiot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not enough. At least half of the world's population will have to be vegetarian because big companies will bend to the majority. They do NOT care about anything but money.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's still a significant difference that is being made. A lot more animals would be killed if there were no vegetarians. Also, did you know that vegetarians contribute a lot less to global warming? Yeah, they fucking rock, so don't be an asshole about them not being comfortable with eating animals. You're a judgmental fuck.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is exactly what I was gonna post, thank you for doing it :) It makes me happy that someone uses their brain.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

On a side note, we as humans are not at the top of the food chain. ZOMBIES ARE.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Best. Comment. Ever. >.<

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm a meat-eater, and I'm TRYING to cut out the meat and stuff. But you really gotta think about all the horomones get put into that meat before slaughter... Nasty.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

HEHEH "horror" mones

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You could get grass-fed meat. no horomones - it's organic. It tastes better, too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And the cows are treated better - open fields and lots of grass to feed on which is their natural diet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The more you eat the more they order. If you don't eat it, then they don't order it. Simple as that. Invalid post. >:P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

if you dont eat it then there is no demand so they dont kill it. youarentrite

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And how do those animals die? Natural causes? You're dumb. People kill animals because people eat meat.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Most livestock are treated and killed inhumanely and the meat industry is also responsible for a good deal of environmental damage, not to mention the negative health impact of eating meat. So really, is it at all illogical that I wouldn't want to financially support such a detrimental industry? There might be plenty of animals that have already been killed for meat but that doesn't justify killing anymore of them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As said before me, if you don't buy it the company will produce less since it loses money. But unless you've been a vegetarian for YEARS and you'd get sick if you ate a little meat, it's just stupid not to eat meat that's already right in front of you, like if it's someone else's leftovers or something like that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

if a majority of people became vegatarians, meat companies would go out of buisness and stop killing animals as the demand for meat would be very small. thats the whole point of vegatarianism- if enough people stop eating meat, less and less animals will be killed for each person that has stopped buying the product.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think the problem is simply that humans eat meat, rather they way they go about it. Humans eat too much meat... it used to be so they could survive, but now it's just to satisfy their greedy appetites. It's also how the meat is produced. As if farming animals isn't bad enough in the first place, it's now done very cruelly a lot of the time.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I never thought about it that way, but you are absolutely right. The problem isn't that humans eat meat... lots of animals do, it's just the circle of life. Humans eating too much meat *is* the real problem here... But by the way, people keep referring to animals that are treated inhumanely as cows... what about like pigs and chickens and stuff? Sorry, just hadda say that...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(i<3toystory): Oh, I know. Animals from all different parts of the farming industry are mistreated. I've never understood how people believe they have the right to "own" an animal.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

do you have a dog or cat? Or even a fish or bird or any other pet?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I have a cat. One that invited itself into our family. He comes and goes as he wishes, so I don't believe that I "own" him. It's not the same as detaining animals for your own purposes and trading them around. It's different, so please don't try to accuse me of being hypocritical.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

just asking the question. There were no accusations made yet, its just when people talk about this particular subject I get pretty fired up.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm not a vetatarian, but I were it would be because of the messed up production system we have. I do try to cut back and buy "free range" (though I am not sure how sincere that label is) eggs, and it is also healthier. As people have said before, there is in fact logic behind not choosing meat over other foods.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Three words: Supply and demand.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Stupid post.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People don't become vegetarians to help the dead animals - they think it's healthier or don't like the taste of meat or whatever. Anyway, if you saw a dead bird on the road you wouldn't eat it because you would think it's disgusting. That's how I feel about meat.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I became a vegetarian when I was 11, and I have been ever since. I originally did it for the animals, now I do it for the animals, the environment, and the fact that it lowered my high cholesterol (we have a family history) from 210 to 176 in 2 years.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

meat is actually healthy and production is good for the environment

by Anonymous 13 years ago

WHAT!!!??? well ya meat is good for u but i mean come on the production is SOO not good for the environment its actually one of the friken main REASONS this world is going into jeapordy

by Anonymous 13 years ago

the entire American agricultural sector accounts for only 6.4% of greenhouse gas emissions. Livestock production as a whole accounts for only 11% of US water use. This includes not only water directly consumed directly by the livestock but also water used to produce crops fed to the livestock. Because some land is not suitable for raising crops, grazing animals doubles the are of land we are able to use.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

uummm yyyaaa helping the animals is one of the main reasons for those who choose to become vegetarians

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not killing it in the first place in some giant slaughterhouse would help many.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Meat is gross in general. If you a eat it because it's your instinct, got out and hunt the animal yourself. It might as well be artificial shit when you buy meat. It's farmed, raised by humans solely for the purpose of slaughtering and eating. It may as well not even be a real living being. Being raised only to feed something else is a terrible life to live. I wouldn't want that, and I wouldn't want to be the thing that it's being raised to feed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm just really an emotional person, and I love animals so much that the thought of eating them makes me sad.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hahhaahhahaha lol id love to meet the retard who wrote this. pure gold.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...hello, retard speaking?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're more of a bitch than a retard actually. Why the fuck is everyone so mean about vegetarians? It's their choice, and it helps the fucking WORLD, so shut your trap.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My friend is a vegetarian, not because of dead animals, but because she hates the taste. And she does love animals but that's not why she's a vegetarian.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm a vegetarian for political reasons- not for the ethical treatment of animals. I dont like the meat industry, and I dont like the abuse of farmers by huge corporations. so for me, not eating meat does help...not in that the animal is any less dead, but in that the corporation which killed it does not profit from me. (:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't eat beef because of my religion, and pork because it makes me sick. i eat chicken and turkey and seafood for protein, but mostly vegetables and others.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well first of all, those animals were put on the earth for people to eat. Secondly, meat is actually very healthy if you don't eat an excessive amount. Beef in particular contains 51% of the daily value of protein plus high percentages of several other nutrients. Not all meat contains hormones. Back to the beef example - you can get grain fed, grass fed, organic or natural beef. Natural beef is minimally processed and free of any additives and organic beef must meet very stringint usda guidelines. Also, most meat producers do not treat their animals inhumanely. People who work in the industry are under high standards to treat animals properly and those who willfully mistreat animals are not tolerated. In slaughterhouses the animals are still treated and slaughtered humanely. As for footage shown by animal rights organizations, some of it is very old from before several laws and standards were placed on the industry and some of it is just made to look bad. For example, the pigs all i...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Those animals? Those animals have just as much right as we do to be alive.Living beings were not put onto this earth to solely be eaten. Beef may contain 51% of your daily intake of protein, but hemp contains more and also does not have fat, chloestoral, sodium, or the guilt of the fact that you allowed something to die for no reason. Most meat does contain hormones, not matter how they were fed. Meat producers may not mistreat animals, but the people they hire sure do. How can you be so sure that they have high standards that will be followed? The laws are not followed by all organizations, not all producers will accept the circumstances. And actually, not all of the film is old because it still happens. Sorry for being so uptight about this but it is a subject in which I have highly researched. I would love to not have cancer caused by additives in my food.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

excuse me, but I have researched it as well and used sources that are strictly factual. I di not say all of the footage is old and I am not saying that every single producer treats the animals humanely, but the majority of them do and the ones that don't are looked down upon. If the people they hire mistreat the animals they sure do get rid of them. And livestock were put on the earth to provide food and other essential items for humans. If we aren't meant to eat meat then explain why we have incisors. And if everyone were to become vegetarian and the animals weren't killed anymore, what do you expect will happen to them? And protein is not the only thing you get from beef- iron, zinc, niacin, vitamins b12 and b6 and much more. There are plenty of options of meat that is free of additives. You might want to do a little more research and not rely on peta and hsus websites.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

oh, and if you're so worried about the animals being killed I hope you don't plan on wearing clothes, showering, playing sports, brushing your teeth, wearing cosmetics or deodorant, using paint, glue or crayons, driving, eating marshmallows or jello, chewing gum, reading magazines, etc. And heaven forbid you end up being diabetic. Insulin is not able to be recreated by man so it must be produced by cattle and pigs.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well actually God put animals and plants on the Earth, we got a choice, and people are choosing what to eat. Plain and simplw

by Anonymous 13 years ago

simple*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well first of all, those animals were put on the earth for people to eat. Secondly, meat is actually very healthy if you don't eat an excessive amount. Beef in particular contains 51% of the daily value of protein plus high percentages of several other nutrients. Not all meat contains hormones. Back to the beef example - you can get grain fed, grass fed, organic or natural beef. Natural beef is minimally processed and free of any additives and organic beef must meet very stringint usda guidelines. Also, most meat producers do not treat their animals inhumanely. People who work in the industry are under high standards to treat animals properly and those who willfully mistreat animals are not tolerated. In slaughterhouses the animals are still treated and slaughtered humanely. As for footage shown by animal rights organizations, some of it is very old from before several laws and standards were placed on the industry and some of it is just made to look bad. For example, the pigs all i...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Sorry, didn't mean to post that twice.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Quite untrue. Not all grass fed meat is free of additives and not all meat free of additives is grass fed. Example - there are 29 cuts of lean beef. It is all very healthy as long as it is not eaten excessively.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You know some vegetarians don't eat meat because we don't like the taste of it. Like myself

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, I'm just speaking for the majority of vegetarians.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

not true bcuz if a person doesnt eat meat then the stores will sell less meat then there will b less demand and they will kill less animals

by Anonymous 13 years ago

look ppls LET PPL BE WHO THEY WANT TO BE!!!!!! THIS POST IS STUPID SO JUST DONT EVEN TRY!!!! but ya being a vegetarian is better for the environment cause what lelsblog said is true and the major meat slaughter companies kill and breed less cattle cause the cattle produce methane gas which causes global warming... ssooo yyyaaa just let ppl be who they want to be and dont try to do anything bout it its just causin more problems but im just saying, being a vegetarian is better for the earth or just eat locally slaughterd meat that has not been made in big factories ;)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ummm, I'm pretty sure humans produce methane gas too. actually, American agriculture accounts for only 6.4% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The only reason I don't eat meat is the fat content =)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

there are lean cuts of meat. Beef for example has 29 lean cuts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You people should really do a little bit of research before you go running your mouth.

by Anonymous 13 years ago