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12/24/2010 11:46:03 PM
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I just can't justify eating meat anymore
[quote]Heifer whines could be human cries
Closer comes the screaming knife
This beautiful creature must die
This beautiful creature must die
A death for no reason
And death for no reason is MURDER
And the flesh you so fancifully fry
Is not succulent, tasty or kind
It's death for no reason
And death for no reason is MURDER
And the calf that you carve with a smile
It is MURDER
And the turkey you festively slice
It is MURDER
Do you know how animals die?
Kitchen aromas aren't very homely
It's not "comforting", cheery or kind
It's sizzling blood and the unholy stench
Of MURDER
It's not "natural", "normal" or kind
The flesh you so fancifully fry
The meat in your mouth
As you savour the flavour
Of MURDER
NO, NO, NO, IT'S MURDER
NO, NO, NO, IT'S MURDER
Oh... and who cares about an animals life? ~Anon[/quote]
As Morrissey once said: "nobody can come up with a good argument for eating animals - nobody can. People as some kind of a joke say, well, 'It's tasty', but it's only tasty once you garnish it and you put salt and pepper, and you cook it, and you have to do 300 things to it to disguise its true taste. If you put garnishes on a chair or fabric, it would probably taste quite nice."
Animals who die for your dinner table die alone, in terror, in sadness and in pain. The killing is merciless and inhumane.
There is absolutely no reason why we should eat meat from an evolutionary or 'natural' perspective either. Our bodies are not designed to.
Just, how do I stop, I suppose you could say I'm addicted.
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*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. [Edited on 12.27.2010 10:46 PM PST]
