All very well mate, some might say that is natures way...a good, free, natural life ended with a quick kill. What I get upset about is the absolute cruelty involved in the way animals are kept indoors with nothing natural in their lives at all, no room to even stretch their legs or wings, no daylight or fresh air then the way they are transported packed in with no water often for hours on end and the way they are slaughtered quite amateurishly at times and sometimes with deliberate cruelty on a massive scale.
All very well mate, some might say that is natures way...a good, free, natural life ended with a quick kill. What I get upset about is the absolute cruelty involved in the way animals are kept indoors with nothing natural in their lives at all, no room to even stretch their legs or wings, no daylight or fresh air then the way they are transported packed in with no water often for hours on end and the way they are slaughtered quite amateurishly at times and sometimes with deliberate cruelty on a massive scale.
I get just as hacked off with what you describe pal and those who buy meat produced in such a way have got the fromnt to call me cruel for what I do. You couldn't make it up!
I'm a vegetarian. Mostly due to working within conservation and feeling pretty hipocritical about eating animals. I don't really talk about it, never try and push it on anyone, but it is something that really seems to piss a lot of people off, like you have to prove yourself to be able to be a veggie. Just worry about yourself and not what I eat!
I'm so educated and I'm so civilized cos I'm a strict vegetarian
No. I've been vegetarian since 1989 along with my wife. It was a choice. It doesn't make me more civilised or more educated. It has probably given me more time on Earth (reduced cholesterol, reduced animal fat etc.) I am vegetarian not for beliefs, or simpathy for animals. It was the preferred easy health choice. I like and wear leather - ooh! Just recently I went to my doctor because of joint pain (cue jokes). It was diagnosed as has having arthiritis in various forms and areas of my body. Apart from the I think usual anti-inflamatory drugs he said eat oily fish. Well in the not-to-distant future I will eat oily fish. My only problem is finding a sustainable species of oily fish. I don't want to contribute to much to this planets problems. Thanks for listening and sorry if I mis=read your post. I seem to have done that a lot lately!
My missus has been a vegetarian since she was about 5 years old. It's not an ethics thing at all with her but rather it's all about the texture. She's not even fond of mushrooms because of the texture. Anyway, this has helped me because now I find if I'm going to eat non veggie I tend to stick to chicken or fish. Can't remember the last time I had a steak and I used to love a nice juicy one.
There are a few places that aren't very veggie friendly. Two that spring to mind are the world meat eaters convention in Vegas and English football matches.
I'm so educated and I'm so civilized cos I'm a strict vegetarian
No. I've been vegetarian since 1989 along with my wife. It was a choice. It doesn't make me more civilised or more educated. It has probably given me more time on Earth (reduced cholesterol, reduced animal fat etc.) I am vegetarian not for beliefs, or simpathy for animals. It was the preferred easy health choice. I like and wear leather - ooh! Just recently I went to my doctor because of joint pain (cue jokes). It was diagnosed as has having arthiritis in various forms and areas of my body. Apart from the I think usual anti-inflamatory drugs he said eat oily fish. Well in the not-to-distant future I will eat oily fish. My only problem is finding a sustainable species of oily fish. I don't want to contribute to much to this planets problems. Thanks for listening and sorry if I mis=read your post. I seem to have done that a lot lately!
Unfortunately you have kind of misread my post. It’s an obscure lyric from a kinks song. 'apeman'. It came to my head when reading through the thread.
Know what you mean about the fish though, won’t be any left at the rate us humans eat them. well, saying that its all the fishing trawlers who plough the sea bed for all the fish then they end up throwing millions away each year. not intent on just killing all the fish but also the small time fishermen who need the fish so they can live. (small fishing villages on the west coast of africa for example).
You can get omega 3 tablets which is in fish oil. might help.
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push the people to the side of your plate and finish yer greens and potatoes ... boom boom !"!
Apparently it tastes just like pork anyway.
;o)
Meat eater, btw - always have been, always will be.
That is because we do have the moral high ground (on both counts).
cos I'm a strict vegetarian
There are a few places that aren't very veggie friendly. Two that spring to mind are the world meat eaters convention in Vegas and English football matches.
It came to my head when reading through the thread.
Know what you mean about the fish though, won’t be any left at the rate us humans eat them. well, saying that its all the fishing trawlers who plough the sea bed for all the fish then they end up throwing millions away each year. not intent on just killing all the fish but also the small time fishermen who need the fish so they can live. (small fishing villages on the west coast of africa for example).
You can get omega 3 tablets which is in fish oil. might help.