Meet your meat!

[Siggie]

Sometimes I feel like people become vegetarian or decide that this is their cause because they want to seem like they are so noble to be giving up something they think is sooo wrong! There are readily available sources of meat and dairy products out there that don't come from chicken or beef factories and rather than give up meat it is very possible to keep on eating a diet one is used to without 'sacrificing themselves'. It is a matter of supply and demand and the more the demand for certain quality of products (like organic) increases the less it will be necessary to have factories that keep chickens and cows in such horrible conditions.Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a bad thing that people choose to speak out against certain things, as long as they adopt the practice completely, rather than doing it because it's the thing to do at the moment. Case in point: Pamela Anderson is known for speaking out against the inhumane practices of such chicken farms and is proud to be a vegetarian or whatever she is, but in the next picture she is wearing freaking Uggs, uglies, whatever those things are called. I guess someone forgot to tell her where sheepskin comes from. Give me a break!

I agree with you. The idea of eating animals bothers me a little, but that's not why I've started eating more "non-meat" products and less meat. Mostly it's because it's healthier. You get like a third or less fat and zero cholesterol.
And those uglies are so warm and comfy! What if you put your pants over them instead of tucking them in?

[Anonymouse]

so anony the people you speak about of hundreds of years ago didnt eat the TYPE of meat that we are eating today... and the fact of the matter is that only the rich had meat, the poor people's diet was mainly vegetables and fruits.

That is untrue. That is a false insinuation based on no evidence. If you study medieval Europe you would clearly see the diet of both the peasants as well as the lordly class. Don't make things up without knowledge. Have you ever heard of the Inuit peoples, or better known as Eskimos, who eat raw meat? 'Organic' food is an illusion, especially those who run to the 'Soy' train. Soy is harmful.

for example the dolma is a poor persons food and so are so many of the foods we eat today. what is the yogurt soup? the poor persons FOOD! do you think the rich person would forgo meat and eat yogurt? NO...

pizza is also a poor persons food, and they didnt put meat on it until it became the national dish of the US...

anywho, i think we should be careful about the meat we eat and no there arent any additional things that are in the meat that arent in other vegetables, and if there are any all i have to say is that the ARMENIAN people have survived on vegetarian food for thousands of years i think i can continue the tradition...

Armenian people are meat eaters my newbie friend. Meat has always been part of the human diet way before "vegetarianism" reared its ugly head. I do not have a problem with people who want to eat only vegetables, but when they start to spout the silly bromide of the "evils" of meat, and how "it's only recent we eat so much meat" I feel I have a duty for every carniverous human out there to speak out.

[CatWoman]

catwoman i dont think there is a word such as "vegetarianism" but i do see your main point

vegetarianism

Cows used for their milk are kept in conditions that are just as bad as those chickens in the video. They are hooked up to milking machines and injected full of vitamins and don't even get to see the light of day because they are caged in warehouses and hooked up to the milking machines all day long. I am telling you people, go organic.

I knoooow, it's in the video, it talks about how weak their muscles get cause they never walk and all that! So sad, but honestly I don't think me not consuming milk will change that, I think milk is an essential part of a healthy diet and very important for young women... I don't wanna have osteoporosis when I get old! So make sure with your organic diet, you get enough calcium and vitamin D. I'll go organic + milk, how's that? ... No one supports me, they all think I'm gonna look anorexic in a couple of months, haha.

Yeah, Pam is an animal rights activist... Are you sure she was wearing fur?? Is she blonde or something?

[sad_eyes]

I stopped watching it when they started to slaughter the cows. Thats disgusting. It really makes me think a second time around before I eat meat........which of course I will do anyway because I like meat, but ick!!!

[Sip]

I think milk is an essential part of a healthy diet and very important for young women...

Who said advertisements don't work! Milk is probably only "essential" when you are a new born as far as I know.

[Anonymouse]

Who said advertisements don't work! Milk is probably only "essential" when you are a new born as far as I know.

Milk is also essential for when you watch Looney Tunes. I always loved milk and Cocoa Puffs.

[hyebruin]

Who said advertisements don't work! Milk is probably only "essential" when you are a new born as far as I know.

i don't know about that, men seem to like it too

[Thai-Samurai]

Milk is puss, and it's actually bad for you.

[Hayq]

Humans are omnivore: we have canines in order to eat meat, our eyes are placed that we look straigh ahead instead of on the sides to watch out for predators.

Humans, since nomadic times, have eaten Meat. There is nothing wrong with eating meat, however, if you have some problem with torchering cows, just because you do not eat them does not mean they are going to be released or anything. Do something about it veggies, and open some farms where animals are treated respectively and not like machines.

In Armenia, all over the countrysides, cows and chickens graze in the open spaces and get slaughtered by hand just like it has been done when man roamed around.

If you eat correctly, get proper excercise, you will live a healthy life. Not eating meat does not secure anything.

[Anonymouse]

Milk is puss, and it's actually bad for you.

Do you know whats bad for you? Having a name "Thai-Samurai". Recently, 2 out of 3 scientists at Johns Hopkins concurred that its deleterious to ones health.