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Slay Level: 25 Posts: 161/339 EXP: 85592 For next: 4028 Since: 04-28-05 From: Threshold Between Heaven and Hell Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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The Okilian says... You misunderstand the vegan mission statement. Most vegans are such for moral reasons; they don't particularly care about the health concerns of eating meat compared to the morality of raising animals in huge herds for slaughter and consumption. Vegetarians tend to eat the way they do for health concerns, which is why they tend to have no qualms about consuming dairy products or eggs; vegans tend to abstain from such products because it promotes the conditions they see as abusive towards farm animals. |
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Okilian Red Goomba Level: 10 Posts: 20/43 EXP: 3290 For next: 1124 Since: 06-19-05 From: Ohio Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Originally posted by SlayThe Okilian says... I thought that's what I said..but it could be misinterpreted. I have no problem with them being vegans...but it's when they try to force me into that style where i kinda get ticked. |
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Ben rhymes with ??? Paragoomba Level: 12 Posts: 24/69 EXP: 6845 For next: 1076 Since: 06-12-05 Since last post: 101 days Last activity: 3 days |
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Originally posted by ||bass Hence you imply that our present day morals and dietary culture should be dictated by the ancient past. Why should this be? As a biology student you are surely aware that nearly every Asian person (and many other races besides) is lactose intolerant. Caucasians however have adapted to a lactose-heavy diet. Were the Caucasians wrong for turning their backs on their lactose intolerant evolutionary history? Of course not, and likewise: have our recent ancestors committed any wrong by finding new diets and so shunning the use of their appendixes? So why should it be any different with teeth and vegetarianism? Is taking B12 supplements in place of eating meat any less natural than any of the other things that we human beings do in our strange modern lives? |
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ClockExplosion Red Goomba Level: 10 Posts: 5/46 EXP: 3573 For next: 841 Since: 06-24-05 From: Fort Worth, Tejas Since last post: 78 days Last activity: 60 days |
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Taking B12 vitamens are less natural because, some times, the vitamens are synthetic. My view is this - I don't care. You can eat our own shit. Just as long as you discuss without ad hominems and balant disregard to intelligence, I don't care. You can't deny though that we are designed to eat both meats and plants because of the inclusion of the incisors and canines, and also that if you compare digestion systems, you'll discover that we are missing an important element (the name escapes me...in the koala bear, it's a branch off of the long intestine and it's a big spiral). This element allows us to get the most nutrition from plants, but since we can't digest cellulose, a major combonent of plants, we lack the potential to get all the energy from plants. Now, if you want to eat go ahead. And if your ancestors do too, that's okay. You're family line, in millions of years will be completely able to function completely on plants, without vitamens. |
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