Posted by Nixx_is_a_girl at pipp-p-203-54-229-199.prem.tmns.net.au on May 02, 2004 at 12:30:14:
In Reply to: I'm sorry :-( I didn't mean posted by Suplee_Mental on May 02, 2004 at 11:20:33:
that I will forever be the butt of people's 'what about head' jokes
: to put down vegetarians.
: I honestly have always had a great deal of respect for them. To me, it is like you really are doing something about what you believe. I mean, I've always believed that their really isn't a reason to slaughter animals for meat. Sure it's tasty and has protien and what not, but so do soy products, and misc nuts, and prolly tons of other stuff. Still, I could never give up meat. I love it so, and even if I thought I didn't need it, I still hunger for it and use the typical excuses for myself, like my shoes are cow leather and my wallet is
: eel leather and what not.
: I guess I felt stupid watching the show because I had never heard this thing about meat before, and if it is true, it forces me to change my view of vegans and meat and eating in general.
:
: : : so I'm watching this show on discovery or science or whatever they are calling it these days, and they say that the reason we have evolved into competitive, smart, reasoning humans all came from early man deciding to begin eating meat.
: : : so, if meat eating is being creditied to the evolution of our minds, why would anyone decide to go back to the diet we had (plant life) back when we grunted at eachother and basically had the reasoning ability of a 3 year old
: : : (they actually drew that comparison, because a humans competitive instincts don't kick in until after 3 years of age, before that they have no ability to imagine how other people see them: the ability that gives birth to so many of our instincts)
: : : I used to have a great respect for non-meat eaters. Now I worry that they are working against human evolution, even trying (unwittingly) to set our species back.
: : : thoughts?