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<blockquote data-quote="ian90" data-source="post: 23682882" data-attributes="member: 79190"><p>I love meat and I still eat it when I'm offered it (my house does communal cooking) but I've decided not to buy it anymore.</p><p></p><p>I don't think animals are people and God commands mankind to kill them for food in the bible so I have no ethical or moral objections to the consumption of meat. Eating meat is essential for people like eskimos where it's their only source of food, but with the amount of meat-free protein available to me it's not actually neccesary for me to do so. When I realised I didn't have to eat meat to maintain a healthy lifestyle the only thing stopping me becoming a veggie was visceral enjoyment and convienience.</p><p></p><p>I realised this when I asked myself "if I had to kill every animal I ate would I still eat as much meat?" I probably would not eat that much meat, maybe turkey at Christmas and other occaisons but not as much. I was happy to eat all the animals I wanted though if other people killed them, so I think I was holding double standards there.</p><p></p><p>I've seen animals have their throats cut in front of me and I'm not squeamish but still, I prefer the idea of live cows to dead ones and I know that the animals reared for our consumption are not treated with the respect they deserve in modern slaughterhouses.</p><p></p><p>The reason I have decided not to buy meat is the same reason I buy fair-trade. I do not believe modern meat production is environmentally sustainable. Certain countries eat an excess of meat (I think Americans eat something like 40 times more meat then Indians) and I think it's important that I support the idea that food should be grown for the intention of feeding starving humans rather then feeding animals which are being bred for the well fed. I think it's possible that by supporting the meat industry I'm supporting an injust one.</p><p></p><p>I still eat red fish - Jesus caught fish and I know better then to judge his actions as wrong, but this is purely for health reasons as I go running every day and I'm trying to get fitter and stronger. I've been a semi-veggie for a week now and it's going OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ian90, post: 23682882, member: 79190"] I love meat and I still eat it when I'm offered it (my house does communal cooking) but I've decided not to buy it anymore. I don't think animals are people and God commands mankind to kill them for food in the bible so I have no ethical or moral objections to the consumption of meat. Eating meat is essential for people like eskimos where it's their only source of food, but with the amount of meat-free protein available to me it's not actually neccesary for me to do so. When I realised I didn't have to eat meat to maintain a healthy lifestyle the only thing stopping me becoming a veggie was visceral enjoyment and convienience. I realised this when I asked myself "if I had to kill every animal I ate would I still eat as much meat?" I probably would not eat that much meat, maybe turkey at Christmas and other occaisons but not as much. I was happy to eat all the animals I wanted though if other people killed them, so I think I was holding double standards there. I've seen animals have their throats cut in front of me and I'm not squeamish but still, I prefer the idea of live cows to dead ones and I know that the animals reared for our consumption are not treated with the respect they deserve in modern slaughterhouses. The reason I have decided not to buy meat is the same reason I buy fair-trade. I do not believe modern meat production is environmentally sustainable. Certain countries eat an excess of meat (I think Americans eat something like 40 times more meat then Indians) and I think it's important that I support the idea that food should be grown for the intention of feeding starving humans rather then feeding animals which are being bred for the well fed. I think it's possible that by supporting the meat industry I'm supporting an injust one. I still eat red fish - Jesus caught fish and I know better then to judge his actions as wrong, but this is purely for health reasons as I go running every day and I'm trying to get fitter and stronger. I've been a semi-veggie for a week now and it's going OK. [/QUOTE]
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