t3h_Fergus wrote:
Yeah, how about we don't play the misquote game? kthx. Lions also savage other animals, get into primitive fights and generally aren't humans.
When did I misquote you? Let's not play the jump to wrong conclusions game. I was merely showing that eating meat is natural.
And humans don't kill each other and get into fights...
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Rats knaw through steal, why arent' we? Oh yeah, we're capable of being above the elvel of animals, right?
Two words: non sequitur. We don't have the capability to knaw through steal, or I bet plenty of people would make use of that skill. We have the capability to eat meat and it's not harmful to us in any way. In fact, it tastes good to some people and it can be healthy in certain amounts. Our genetic ancesters were omnivours and so are our closest genetic relatives.
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My case was: Eating vegetables is not murder like some people like to accuse because vegetables where made to reproduce through being eaten, animals were not.
What you said was some kind of misquoted half-baked counter argument. Sure, liosn eat zebra's, just cause it doesnt make zebra's reproduce, doesn't mean suddenly animals were meant to be eaten.
D'ya really think Zebra's evolved to be lion food?
And plants evolved to be zebra food? Plenty of plants don't want to be eaten. Why do you think peppers are spicy and roses have thorns? Many plants have chemical defence, though humans and many herbivores have evolved to overcome such obsticals.
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LAstly, our sewer system doesn't support the vegetable system, but at least I'm eating something survives by being eaten, instead of otherwise.
so I've we could stop playing the misquote the opponent so I look good game that'd be great ^_^
P.S Lets not be a grammar nut about meat is murder eh? If you can't handle simple english techniques like that I really hope you don't read any books with metaphors. It'll keep you up at night. 'The moon was NOT a fading canle in the night sky, it was a MOON dammit!'
You're eating something that survives by being eaten, but it's
not surviving. You're breaking the cycle. You're not helping the plants in any way shape or form by eating it. The only way it's reproducing is through replanting, but that's the same way livestock reproduces, through controlled breeding. Besides, eating animals help control the population so there is enough recourses for everyone. So the real "enemy" isn't eating meat. It's agriculture.
I'm not messing with your metaphors, I was mearly unhappy with inaccuracies. If people don't understand what a term actually means, they often don't fully understand the metaphor.
Again, I'm not saying the only correct diet is an omnivorous diet. I'm saying that there's nothing wrong with eating meat. However, if you choose to not eat meat, there's nothing wrong with that either.
Don't be afraid to see the truth, even if no one wants you to. Be yourself and not a fool. Don't ever be afraid to speak your mind and listen to criticism. Dissent is keeps our country progressive and willingness to challenge yourself is what keeps yourself ever evolving.