I would rather eat one. It's the amount of animals being killed and their impact on the environment that bothers me, not the prospect of eating the flesh. And yes, I am actually a vegetarian.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'd rather you kill two. The vegetarian thing for me is about health (mine), not the animals suffering.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As the comments above kind of explain, it depends on why you're a vegetarian. I, (not being one in the first place) guess it's just the idea of either eating other living things, or killing other living things.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"eating other living things"? What the hell are vegetarians supposed to eat then? It's not like they're autotrophs.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well excuse me for my incorrect wording. "Eating the dead flesh of other sentient beings, also commonly referred to as 'meat,' or killing said sentient beings, which will most likely result in their dead flesh being eaten by one of the millions of other humans who don't have a problem with eating their 'meat'."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sentient means aware of one's own existence; intelligent. Sorry if I'm being pedantic. I go to a french school so I'm not sure what the correct term for living beings that aren't plants, funghi or bacteria is.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yummy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fauna.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's it. :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do plants know that they exist? Anyway... "Eating the dead flesh of, for lack of a better term*, any animal or species of intelligent or semi-intelligent life that produces what shall be referred to from here on as 'meat,' or killing said meat-producing being, which will most likely result in their meat being devoured by one of the millions of other humans and/or meat-eating animals that require meat, water and/or air to sustain life." Anyone have problems with the way I worded that one? Honestly, if you would just quit nit-picking and take two seconds to think "Hm, maybe what he's saying is obvious, but I'll just take every word literally and find some way to find a different meaning from it." I would make an obvious religious joke here, but it would probably ignite another argument from some other random person with too much spare time to spend browsing the internet. Like me. *Never mind. The correct term is Fauna. Thanks Brettward95 for that bit of not-useless-anymore knowledge.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't eat meat because it is disgusting, not because I like animals...if you were going to eat the chickens after you killed them, that's fine, but killing then for fun is wrong.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't like chicken, i would rather have bacon.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I understand the principle of this post, but eating chicken would probably make many vegetarians very sick, unless they like just started being a vegetarian. A vegetarian's body is not used to digesting things as tough as meat. The shock of eating meat after so long without it can cause many digestive issues for them. I think if I were a vegetarian, the health problems it would cause might not be worth the life of the two chickens.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't eat meat because heartbeats weird me out. When I used to eat animals, I could feel their hearts in my mouth.. I know it's all in my head, but I couldn't get past the first bite without having like a panic attack. So you can go ahead and kill all the chickens. fun fact: one of the leaders of PETA is a diabetic who uses cow insulin. She says that the cows sacrifice themselves courageously so that she can save other animals. So PETA only cares about animals as a whole, not the individual.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Have you been to a psychiatrist?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No. why would I?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because you think you can feel an animals heartbeat in your mouth.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But I know its all in my head. Why would I pay someone to tell me that if I already know? Honestly.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think I meant therapist because they can help you know why this happens.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because a heartbeat is mortality and I've been near death for times in my life.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Maybe a therapist could help you get over your fear. Listen, go or don't go. I'm just trying to be helpful.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't really see it as something I need to get over though. I just changed my diet and avoided meat. Its not enough of an issue to warrant paying someone an obscene amount of money, to me, anyway.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Chickens are hilarious.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, only a true vegetarian wouldn't eat the meat. A "hypothetical" vegetarian would. It doesn't matter why you don't eat meat, the point is you don't. Anyone who won't eat meat is a true vegetarian, whether or not they love animals and do other things to help them. They might be "hypothetical" animal lovers, but they are definitely real vegetarians. I'm not trying to defend either side, I'm just saying your wording makes no sense.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't understand. Are you saying I have to choose between eating meat, or watching you kill animals just to prove your point? That's a little harsh.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am all for eating meat if the animals are treated morally and aren't forced to eat corn or other foods they can't properly digest. Industrial meat companies disgust me in the way they inject chemicals that make the animals sick but lead to more profit and keep them so cooped up they can't even walk around. I personally am a vegetarian for these and diet reasons, but I am all for free range and cage free meats. And even hunting if the animal dies without suffering and it's meat and other materials are eaten and used. Killing an animal just because you think it's "fun" or to hang it's head in your living room makes me sick. At least make the animals give up its life for a reason.

by Anonymous 12 years ago