As a beef farmer's son i can only say that the only reasons i can see someone becoming a vegan is that:
1. They eat only vegetables not because they love animals, but because they hate vegetables or;
2. They have no testicles
I somewhat like this comment,
I think an important thing to be noted (and I'm sure you can hopefully agree...) as pointed out as a result of current media events, farmers deeply care for their animals too. They're not monsters wanting to slay animals for fun. With the recent debate of protecting animals being sent overseas, an overwhelming amount of beef farmers (amongst other livestock farmers) called ABC talkback radio to express that they too care for their animals wellbeing; something I don't think the public believes for whatever retarded reason.
I think people should go watch "Jimmys Farm". Clearly every farm isn't like this, but it's a humbling example of mans relationship with our meat.
Good people and their practices shouldn't be ignored or punished for what others do.
It's one thing to not like what meat
is (like myself), it's another thing entirely to not like
where it comes from (supplier/farmer etc). Ultimately, one of those things can change, the other cannot.
I personally can't justify the consumption of meat for myself, I watched a rabbit get skinned alive when I was 4 (I clearly wasn't MEANT too see that), and ever since I can't stomach it on MY plate. But I can more than see peoples reasons for eating it too.
Not for "health", but for culture, for memories, for enjoyment and because that's what higher predators do; we eat things.
People over complicate things when we forget that we are, in essence, an animal the same as everything else.
I don't believe it's a practice that should be eradicated (meat eating/farming); it's not even a practice that is plausable to eradicate.
All we can do is scale it back down to the way it once was; a respectful practice.
Really don't get why vego's/meat eaters can't just get past it...shutup, and move on. It's certainly not something that always has to be on the table; just stop talking about it and everyone is happy.
You can't force someone to listen to you dribble on about religion...why can we/do we/should we force people to listen to dietary views.
I likely seem as though I'm fighting against vegetarianism...in reality, I'm just so sick to death of Vego's and their FRICKEN SOAPBOXES.
As for the Vegetarians and having carnivore pets thing;
Not all Vegetarians do so because they love animals...I actually have a friend who won't eat meat because she hates animals. She doesn't want too hurt them, she just doesn't want them anywhere near her including on her plate.
Some don't like the taste, some can't afford it, some have religious reasons etc.
But even people who care for animals can still keep meat eating pets.
The thing about this is, humans can survive without meat. Plain and simple, they can; Doesn't mean they choose too or want too, but they can. This is also a decision they make for THEMSELVES (well..except for the annoying soapboxers mentioned earlier)
To deprive an animal of meat, e.g. snakes, is cruel. It denies it the nutrition it REQUIRES to survive, and it is selfish as you're deciding you don't like it and there for it can't occur.
Other animals CAN'T survive without meat, so in order to care for them you must supply this.
Although I must admit to finding it odd that people who insist on forcing their vego views on other humans keep meat eating animals...if you can't respect a humans individuality and needs, I don't know how or why you can/do respect another animals.
There was an episode of Animal Cops once where a vegan woman tried to make her cat vegan by feeding it rice and flour...clearly we shouldn't all adopt that idea. Because it is cruel (amongst other things).
haven't had meat in years and years, and favored fine as a vegan too.
