Yes Siam
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This attitude grates on me and I find it rather childish.
I absolutely and passionately endorse the brutal torture and disposal of people who stamp on the heads of calves in bash cows with iron bars in slaughterhouses the same as I absolutely and passionately endorse the brutal torture and disposal of people who torture and murder cats, dogs and innocent humans but I'd sooner have these horrible people beaten and brutally gang raped than having my coffee black.
I think murder is actually the antidote to such evil, yet nobody does anything to make this happen. I don't see any lynch mobs or saboteurs or vigilantes getting together to rid the world of such human filth, though there is the occasional attack on an animal testing laboratory or fur protest, but it isn't enough.
As much as I love all vegetables and the occasional visit to a vegan restaurant (very hard to find in Asia) I also eat meat but I wouldn't call myself a murderer the same as I wouldn't call a smoker suicidal or somebody wearing Nike's an advocate of the slave trade.
I think entire food industry is vile and I hate knowing that our food is controlled, modified, tampered with chemically and synthesized but what can we do unless the majority thinks collectively and becomes immune to advertising and social conditioning? I wholly admire people who are 100% vegan, for whatever reason they do it. I hope some day that vegan restaurants are omnipresent and we can all live like Woody Harrelson.
Cutting meat from my diet would not be impossible, but very very difficult in this part of the world. Also (and this is an old classic) if I quit eating meat it would not save one creature from death. The usual vegetarian reply would be 'Oh if we all had that attitude then nothing would get done', well nowhere near enough seems to be done anyway.
I recently heard that the dog industry is growing. I'm not going to boycott China or South Korea, though they don't appeal much anyway. I doubt there were many, if any, vegetarians on that Air Asia plane - how much do you think that will effect the meat industry? It's all out there in the supermarkets, I don't think anything is going in the bin because a couple of hundred omnivores are no longer with us. No chicken is being rescued and set free in a forest because of a fractional lull in demand that would barely even register even if all those passengers were from the same Indonesian sub-district.
There needs to be a huge sea change. McDonalds and KFC et al need to be shut down globally and those at the top jailed for life. Those in contact with the animals and treating them with indifference need to suffer on a level I don't think I should publish.
Kill or imprison bad people - it's very simple, but it doesn't happen. Commerce needs them and is them.
I don't believe we are NOT supposed to eat meat. We have an omnivore teeth and predatory front facing eyes. However, I do firmly believe that we should have compassion in all that we do and, for want of a better example, have a similar attitude to that of the Na'vi in Avatar. The more vegetarians and vegans the better and perhaps someday i'll move to Europe and be in a better position to join those of you who are.
I remember as a kid being upset at watching my beloved cat toying with a mouse with complete difference and even boredom, frequently distracted and returning to paw the mouse only when it twitched occasionaly during the final death throes. That isn't nice either, but it happens all the time. I was in tears as a child witnessing ants carrying a live caterpillar to their nest on a family holiday to Spain in the 80's, and as a result of my distress I was not allowed to attend a bullfight with my father that evening - something I am now grateful for though I am somewhat disgusted that my father was going with his friend and if he were still alive i'd morally grill him.
Finally, during a wet walk home in the UK one afternoon I felt a wet crunch underfoot as I unwittingly trod on a snail and was very upset by it. There was still life in it so I had to end it's suffering with a stamp.
I despise suffering (unless earned) but to boycott meat is not the answer, it's a personal statement and a step in the right direction at least but it is more a protest against a particular type of suffering yet there are so many other types of suffering that AREN'T seen on YouTube or Facebook posts. Sadly we can't boycott it all and nothing will change until we rise up and rid the world of nasty greedy c***y bastards, but sadly in my lifetime I think that will only be a dream shared by not enough people and that loveable twat Russell Brand.
I'm doing my bit for the planet by not having kids or driving a car, both of which is potentially sparing a lot of animal lives. Give me more vegetarian and vegan restaurants, stop making it a f***ing novelty and make it more affordable and i'm in.
I eat meat, but I'm not a murderer. I am merely a consumer with few options to be anything but.
Just my personal outlook..
Peace.
I absolutely and passionately endorse the brutal torture and disposal of people who stamp on the heads of calves in bash cows with iron bars in slaughterhouses the same as I absolutely and passionately endorse the brutal torture and disposal of people who torture and murder cats, dogs and innocent humans but I'd sooner have these horrible people beaten and brutally gang raped than having my coffee black.
I think murder is actually the antidote to such evil, yet nobody does anything to make this happen. I don't see any lynch mobs or saboteurs or vigilantes getting together to rid the world of such human filth, though there is the occasional attack on an animal testing laboratory or fur protest, but it isn't enough.
As much as I love all vegetables and the occasional visit to a vegan restaurant (very hard to find in Asia) I also eat meat but I wouldn't call myself a murderer the same as I wouldn't call a smoker suicidal or somebody wearing Nike's an advocate of the slave trade.
I think entire food industry is vile and I hate knowing that our food is controlled, modified, tampered with chemically and synthesized but what can we do unless the majority thinks collectively and becomes immune to advertising and social conditioning? I wholly admire people who are 100% vegan, for whatever reason they do it. I hope some day that vegan restaurants are omnipresent and we can all live like Woody Harrelson.
Cutting meat from my diet would not be impossible, but very very difficult in this part of the world. Also (and this is an old classic) if I quit eating meat it would not save one creature from death. The usual vegetarian reply would be 'Oh if we all had that attitude then nothing would get done', well nowhere near enough seems to be done anyway.
I recently heard that the dog industry is growing. I'm not going to boycott China or South Korea, though they don't appeal much anyway. I doubt there were many, if any, vegetarians on that Air Asia plane - how much do you think that will effect the meat industry? It's all out there in the supermarkets, I don't think anything is going in the bin because a couple of hundred omnivores are no longer with us. No chicken is being rescued and set free in a forest because of a fractional lull in demand that would barely even register even if all those passengers were from the same Indonesian sub-district.
There needs to be a huge sea change. McDonalds and KFC et al need to be shut down globally and those at the top jailed for life. Those in contact with the animals and treating them with indifference need to suffer on a level I don't think I should publish.
Kill or imprison bad people - it's very simple, but it doesn't happen. Commerce needs them and is them.
I don't believe we are NOT supposed to eat meat. We have an omnivore teeth and predatory front facing eyes. However, I do firmly believe that we should have compassion in all that we do and, for want of a better example, have a similar attitude to that of the Na'vi in Avatar. The more vegetarians and vegans the better and perhaps someday i'll move to Europe and be in a better position to join those of you who are.
I remember as a kid being upset at watching my beloved cat toying with a mouse with complete difference and even boredom, frequently distracted and returning to paw the mouse only when it twitched occasionaly during the final death throes. That isn't nice either, but it happens all the time. I was in tears as a child witnessing ants carrying a live caterpillar to their nest on a family holiday to Spain in the 80's, and as a result of my distress I was not allowed to attend a bullfight with my father that evening - something I am now grateful for though I am somewhat disgusted that my father was going with his friend and if he were still alive i'd morally grill him.
Finally, during a wet walk home in the UK one afternoon I felt a wet crunch underfoot as I unwittingly trod on a snail and was very upset by it. There was still life in it so I had to end it's suffering with a stamp.
I despise suffering (unless earned) but to boycott meat is not the answer, it's a personal statement and a step in the right direction at least but it is more a protest against a particular type of suffering yet there are so many other types of suffering that AREN'T seen on YouTube or Facebook posts. Sadly we can't boycott it all and nothing will change until we rise up and rid the world of nasty greedy c***y bastards, but sadly in my lifetime I think that will only be a dream shared by not enough people and that loveable twat Russell Brand.
I'm doing my bit for the planet by not having kids or driving a car, both of which is potentially sparing a lot of animal lives. Give me more vegetarian and vegan restaurants, stop making it a f***ing novelty and make it more affordable and i'm in.
I eat meat, but I'm not a murderer. I am merely a consumer with few options to be anything but.
Just my personal outlook..
Peace.
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