I don't like eating animals :)

Discussion in 'Vegetarian' started by kaitlinmichelle, Jun 18, 2011.

  1. kaitlinmichelle

    kaitlinmichelle Member

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    I love being a vegetarian, to be honest. It's one of the first big independent choices I made in my life, and I am proud of it.
    There are so many good reasons to be a vegetarian.
    Personally, I just hate the idea of eating an animal. And for me, that includes fish.
    I never really understood why fish would not logically be classified as meat, though. They are living animals with a face.. to me, that means that if you kill it and eat it, it's meat.
    This post doesn't have a point, really.. just thought I'd share this.
    Peace :peace:
     
  2. Duck

    Duck quack. Lifetime Supporter

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    Scientists from the University of Michigan have discovered a nerve system in plants; in a peer-reviewed botany journal Bill Williams of the Helvetica Institute was quoted as saying, "plants not only seem to be aware and to feel pain, they can even communicate."

    Source (it's a really interesting article, read it!)

    I don't mean to knock your lifestyle choice at all; in fact, I think you should be proud for doing what you feel is right. Just don't forget that all life is life, we are all in the cycle; and no matter what you choose to eat -- or what others choose to eat -- all forms of life deserve respect. :)
     
  3. kaitlinmichelle

    kaitlinmichelle Member

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    Really? That;s some crazy ass shit! But I believe it!!
    My mom always ranted about something called "cries of the carrots"
    I guess she was right! :)
    That's really interesting, dude
     
  4. Duck

    Duck quack. Lifetime Supporter

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    It makes me feel bad that I like to pick leaves off of bushes and trees, but it's a hard habit to break!
     
  5. kaitlinmichelle

    kaitlinmichelle Member

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    :O I would sometimes do the same thing! I agree, it's kind of hard to stop.
    What about if we walk on grass?
     
  6. Plasticfantasticlover

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    So when people say plants have feelings to i cant say otherwise,
    well, that kinda sucks.
    But nonetheless, is really interesting man.
     
  7. kaitlinmichelle

    kaitlinmichelle Member

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    I know. If there was a way for me to survive without eating anything that had lived, I would do it. But there isn't a way for that, haha. So vegetarianism suits me just perfectly.
     
  8. Duck

    Duck quack. Lifetime Supporter

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    And here I just feel bad that I can't afford free range meat =P
     
  9. kaitlinmichelle

    kaitlinmichelle Member

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    You're insightful. You're my favorite omnivore of the day.
     
  10. walsh

    walsh Senior Member

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    I only eat synthetic food, personally. Eating life is wrong, no matter what it is.
     
  11. Shivaya

    Shivaya Y'a rien de trop beau pour la classe ouvrière.

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    Seriously?? Like what?


    I wanted to be a vegetarian once because of the animal rights stuff, but I honestly just can't. Or I'm just not ready. I love meat so much.
     
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    walsh Senior Member

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    tricknologist menace to sobriety

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    [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1N6QfuIh0g&feature=player_embedded
     
  14. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    i read somewhere that grass was meant to be walked on, as well as cropped [mowed by animals], some sort of evolutionary trick aiding in propogation or whatever

    [wish my brain was awake]
     
  15. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    where does one draw the line between alive and not-alive?

    proteins can self-replicate, are they alive?

    i'm eating nothing but rocks

    [no crystals either!]

    all joking aside, there are days when i wish breatharianism worked . . .
     
  16. walsh

    walsh Senior Member

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    Proteins can self-replicate? How?
     
  17. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    my bad, oversimplification, they help nucleic acids replicate, it all gets so confusing for the layman

    still, what's alive mean?

    as regards the op, i can pull weeds, but find killing flies an impossibility

    so i eat where i'm comfortable - plants, fungi and yeast, bacteria, etc.

    and incidentals - rice cultivation is said to be bloody work for the aquatic life in the paddies . . .
     
  18. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    We all knew nature was cruel but it's wrong now as well? If eating life is wrong, nature is wrong.
     
  19. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    mankind transcends nature

    [does or can]
     
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    How does mankind transcend nature? I'm a part of nature, but I also eat meat.
     
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