Vegetarianism?

What's everyones views on eating meat? I personally don't really like the taste of meat anymore, used to eat it constantly when i was a lil kid but now not much..

Few reasons dont eat meat nomore:
. taste of it's pretty cack
. How they kill them is just dang! http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...112840&pl=true for example "/

What's everyones views? Post maturely please, and no flaming from either sides ^^

Thanks for that video =/

I used to like meat..ate it a lot but last few years I only eat chicken meat and fish ;)

I have all the views of a vegetarian I just can't become one! It sounds contradictory but my love for fish, and tuna in particular is strong. I eat Tuna probably once a day,maybe 5-6 times a week. Plus I can't resist some of the meaty foods on offer despite my views =/

I used to eat chicken till like when I was 8 yrs old. After that I became a vegetarian.

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Originally Posted by Craig

I have all the views of a vegetarian I just can't become one! It sounds contradictory but my love for fish, and tuna in particular is strong. I eat Tuna probably once a day,maybe 5-6 times a week. Plus I can't resist some of the meaty foods on offer despite my views =/

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what he said basically :]
I don't like much food, but the food i do like is mostly meat.

And that video is gross.

Been a vegitarian all my life.

I've been gonig off meat for ages now.. Only things i'll eat are eggs, as it's still a bit cruel keepng them in cages but at elast they have a life "/ and they're gunna try and get all chickens free range soon so the eggs will be nicer etc and theyll live happier lives.

but that video pmg there was liek 100 sheep lieing on the floor wreathing in agony, makes you wanna puke :l

I'm a veggie, have been for about 3 years. Just went off meat after I saw Jamie Oliver makin them chicken nuggets. Enough to make you question everything you eat.

If its on my plate i will eat anything accept if i dont know what it is.

Why does it matter how it's killed? In the wild, animals are ripped limb from limb, many predators incapacitate their prey before finishing them off, it's just natural. Humans are predators by nature, and so if you're against high pollution rates or nuclear testing or anything that changes the course of nature, then instead of complaining about how animals are killed for meat, eat it and stop messing with nature, because basically, if you don't eat meat you're just as bad as people who drop chemical waste in rivers - messing with nature is dangerous however you do it.

I Love meat, But remember the way them sheep were killed doesn't happen everywere, it Mostly only happends in Back-To-Frount countries.

a gazel can feed a familly of lions for a week...
Lions kill once or twice a week? we kill thousands a week and dude if you're going to be ignorant and not respect peoples views then leave

I'm not being ignorant, and I'm not disrespecting other peoples' opinions, I'm simply stating fact. Maybe a gazelle can feed a family of lions for a week, but humans need more than that. That's a solid fact, an evolutionary thing - we require lots of food. I don't see how I'm the ignorant one when you blindly look past the fact that humans, by nature, kill to eat, and do it a lot. You let morals get in the way of nature, that's just as bad as letting war get in the way of nature, because the natural way of how things work is still getting ruined.

Aint eaten meat since I was born, and dont intend to eat meat ever!

I like meat, Its has some useless sources of nutrition, But i dont eat it daily.

I LOVE meat. You can't change my views on it. </3 It's just too tasty.

+ FlyingJesus has a point, the food chain.

It is natural for animals (If you have to class humans as animals) to kill and eat meat.

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

I'm not being ignorant, and I'm not disrespecting other peoples' opinions, I'm simply stating fact. Maybe a gazelle can feed a family of lions for a week, but humans need more than that. That's a solid fact, an evolutionary thing - we require lots of food. I don't see how I'm the ignorant one when you blindly look past the fact that humans, by nature, kill to eat, and do it a lot. You let morals get in the way of nature, that's just as bad as letting war get in the way of nature, because the natural way of how things work is still getting ruined.

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Ok put it this way.

world war two. The nazis killed 10s of thousands of people by gassing chambers etc, truly dreadfull and was mankinds most sickening point in life, it was desgraceful and every knew it was, yet animals get put through the same thing but millions upon millions.

Puts things into perspective yes?

Also. If aliens came down started using us breeding us and making the world overpopulated and then slitting all our throats for their dinner how would you feel? You can't complain to be honest? Seems like you do the same thing o.O

I respect your opinions but I'm trying to put things into perspective ere.

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Originally Posted by Xelame

It is natural for animals (If you have to class humans as animals) to kill and eat meat.

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Yeah, we're sort of like animals, after all we're mammals.

Tbh I don't give a CRAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP about how they torture the chickens , break their necks or what not because the videos have been prove fake plus their tastey ! And thats what matters x] I loveeeeeee bacon ,turkey , chicken , beef , lamb and duck ummmmm meat meat meat and tbh you wouldn't be here if your ancestors didn't kill animals for food.

Actually you can live on fruit ect ^_^ plants were around when animals were around too yano o.o but although some vids are fake it is actually been proven that it does happen. was on gmtv a while ago

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Originally Posted by Ezzie.

Ok put it this way.

world war two. The nazis killed 10s of thousands of people by gassing chambers etc, truly dreadfull and was mankinds most sickening point in life, it was desgraceful and every knew it was, yet animals get put through the same thing but millions upon millions.

Puts things into perspective yes?

Also. If aliens came down started using us breeding us and making the world overpopulated and then slitting all our throats for their dinner how would you feel? You can't complain to be honest? Seems like you do the same thing o.O

I respect your opinions but I'm trying to put things into perspective ere.

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Humans are sentient beings, meaning we have a full range of emotions and understand why things happen and why they affect us. You can say that animals feel pain too, but what happens in normal animals is that their nerves are triggered, and they react in such a way that we see it and recognise it as being in pain (because of how we react ourselves). However, animal "pain" is simply an instinctive reaction to attempt to get away from the source of whatever it is that threatens their continued life. As far as scientists are aware, the closest thing to a sentient life form on Earth that isn't humans is the dolphin, and no-one I know eats dolphins.

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

Humans are sentient beings, meaning we have a full range of emotions and understand why things happen and why they affect us. You can say that animals feel pain too, but what happens in normal animals is that their nerves are triggered, and they react in such a way that we see it and recognise it as being in pain (because of how we react ourselves). However, animal "pain" is simply an instinctive reaction to attempt to get away from the source of whatever it is that threatens their continued life. As far as scientists are aware, the closest thing to a sentient life form on Earth that isn't humans is the dolphin, and no-one I know eats dolphins.

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My cat has kidney/bowel desease (the vets think) And you can see in his face he is in pain... to say that animals don't feel pain, just a natural reaction to run is arrogant :s Do you know any humans who were a sheep/chicken? i mean lol how would they know -.-

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Originally Posted by Ezzie.

Actually you can live on fruit ect ^_^ plants were around when animals were around too yano o.o but although some vids are fake it is actually been proven that it does happen. was on gmtv a while ago

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Yes well plants are alive , just because you can't hear them scream or moan doesn't mean that they do not feel pain and I highly doubt it cavemen would be able to survive on just fruit.

I don't actually think they can feel pain o.o (plants) Because all they are is a living organism with no brain or anything.

I am not a vegitarian, but I do agree that the video isn't that pleasant.

Why can't they kill them with a bullet or somthing? not pleasent but it's humane and they wouldn't know what was going on.. leaving em to die there kinda . ;l

I am not a vegetarian and to be honest, some videos that show violence to chickens and cows etc doesn't really turn me off meats or chicken.

If plants can't feel pain as we do, why do animals? Some plants shrink away from touch, and if you've listened to your biology teacher at all you'd know that plants are reactive to light and heat. They have a system of nerves just like any other living thing, it's just as arrogant to say plants don't feel pain as it is to say animals don't.

But they thrive on light/heat and tbh i'm not sure whther they DO feel pain, noone really knows? Their "life" is totally different to ours, it's quite confusing. But would you like to be a tree lol? peed on by dogs all day <3

A pig's life is completely different to mine, just because we have similar organs and structures doesn't mean we're the same.

Yes but i meant as in a trees life, it stands still for 80 years if it's an oak thrives on moisutre etc. And we never eat "plants" we eat the products of a plant, so we're not causing them pain whatsoever. Unless you take the whole plant our of the dirt which would obviously cause it to die

So you don't eat carrots, potatoes, or any other root vegetable? Or lettuces? And eating their fruits is like eating a foetus, it's the fertilised seeds of that plant.

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

If plants can't feel pain as we do, why do animals? Some plants shrink away from touch, and if you've listened to your biology teacher at all you'd know that plants are reactive to light and heat. They have a system of nerves just like any other living thing, it's just as arrogant to say plants don't feel pain as it is to say animals don't.

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Well said <3333333

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

So you don't eat carrots, potatoes, or any other root vegetable? Or lettuces? And eating their fruits is like eating a foetus, it's the fertilised seeds of that plant.

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But potatoes aren't like trees etc, they just grow and that's it? correct me if i'm wrong.

I Agree with FlyingJesus 100%



The animals only feel abit of pain when their thouts are slit, And most Countries use Sharp knives so the animal doesnt feel ANY pain.


In the wild sheep get ripped to pices, Also we kill more animals than lions etc.. do because we are the domantant species.

I wanna know how they don't feel pain ^_^ they have a nerve system you know? :s

If you have your throat slit with a sharp knife and the slit is deep you dont feel pain, Same with breaking your neck, if you snap it completey your dead, But if you snap it in a certain area you can be alive and in agony.

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/pain/microsite/culture2.html
Good for and against for pain in animals. The pain in plants is bull as they don't have a brain to relay pain back to them so that arguments flawed.
But if you watch the video, the people aren't just slitting their throats they're beating them dragging them acros the floor letting them be trampled on and everything .