The 4 Ways People Rationalize Eating Meat

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by tomwalker • 11 years ago

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duncan_bayne2• 11 years ago

I've hunted myself - a little. Shot, skinned, butchered, cooked and eaten small game. Mmmmmmmm, rabbit pie.

I have never understood people who eat meat, but can't stomach the idea of killing and preparing it themselves.

JoeAltmaier• 11 years ago

Take it in context, its not so weird.

I don't like to wash my own dishes - gross. Does that mean I should stop eating entirely?

I won't build my own car either - greasy, hot and dangerous. I don't weave cloth to make my own clothes. I don't cut my own hair. I don't do my own plumbing.

All of these are unpalatable for one reason or another. I guess I'll walk naked, hairy and hungry and dump on the ground.

duncan_bayne2• 11 years ago

"Does that mean I should stop eating entirely?"

No, but to continue that simile, you should probably stop bitching about people who choose to wash their own dishes.

JakDrako• 11 years ago

Industrial agriculture also implies an animal death toll, even if only indirectly: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ordering-vegeta...

The 4 Ways People Rationalize Eating Meat

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