Sunday, April 29, 2012
PETA drops a dooce.
I hate peta. I love animals, but PETA is over the top and would like to bomb innocents, including those animals caught in the research facilities. Fuck you PETA. I don't wear fur, but I do eat meat. Because the meat industry uses more of the carcass than the Native Americans did. Ride on an air plane? Like those breaks. Thank the bovines. And if you ride in a plane, you should wear leather and eat meat. And be ok with "cat gut suture" which is bovine tendon. So PETA, laid a big old dooce. Divorce your ideals, embrace treating other creatures with dignity.
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Hahaha I love this post, but what got you going in the first place?
ReplyDeleteI got sick after eating at a vegan restaurant. And was sentenced to a lecture about how much more ethical vegan food is and how wonderful PETA is and blah blah blah. THEN I got puking sick about 2 hours later. It was like a double insult. And since I know that cows are able to take things like cellulose (if you remember biochem, those beta 1,4 linkages that we cannot break and therefore not digest) and the microbes in the rumen can turn it into protein, I know that those cows eating grass in a pasture is a better use of energy and a higher number of essential amino acids.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to eat vegan food just on principle. And phrases like "vegan cheese" and "vegan meat" piss me off immensely. If you want something that tastes like cheese, or tastes like meat, or has the proteins and nutrition of meat and cheese, then EAT MEAT AND CHEESE!!!!! Grrr. If I keep going this comment will be longer than your post.
ReplyDeleteOh. My. God. I totally agree. Nothing annoys me more than a vegetarian who says, "I had tofu and it tasted just like chicken!" S.T.F.U.
ReplyDeleteMoney spent on humanely-raised animal products goes so much farther to change the industrial ag system than abstaining from all animal products. I returned to meat eating after 15 years once I was able to reliably find pastured, humanely cared for animals and I happily fork my money over directly to those farmers.
ReplyDeleteDitto here. For eggs too..
DeleteMy family buys half a cow/steer from a farmer....grass raised and whatnot. The beef is processed at a USDA plant. We also use the same butcher for deer.
ReplyDeleteMeh. I've been a vegetarian for 17 years now. It was a private, personal choice and has always been a private, personal choice for me. My husband eats meat and I buy & cook the outrageously expensive but humanely raised/slaughtered, locally sourced products. So I guess we're probably evening things out in the grand karma scheme or something like that.
ReplyDeleteAnd I, for one, appreciate your lack of judgment against us meat-eaters. If only you were the rule and not the exception...
DeleteI was a vegetarian for about 10 years, myself.
DeleteI don't know too many judgmental vegetarians (I typed "veterinarian" here twice), actually. Vegans -- sure. But I also don't know anyone who has managed to stay vegan for any period of time.
DeleteI think the longer you abstain from meat, the more you realize how hard it is to really...abstain from meat and other animal products. (As mentioned in the OP). So it all boils down to what makes you happy and/or what you feel like you can live with.
DEEP THOUGHT OF THE DAY.
I'm a vegan, but my other half eats meat and other animal products. We keep chickens. I don't eat the eggs, but he does. I just like to look after them :-)
DeleteI have never tried to convert him, but he loves to try new things. We often have a vegan cheesecake, which is rather scrummy. Dr M might step in here and tell me to eat real cheesecake. To which I might ask why? Cheesecake is a name given to a type of dessert. There is no hard and fast rule to say it MUST have dairy. Same with nuggets. Much as I like green beans, they just don't taste as nice coated in breadcrumbs and dipped in ketchup.
If I find something I REALLY like, I like to share it with others (whether it be a film or food). I have found far more judgmental people in meat-eaters than in vegetarians. People associate the word 'vegan' with 'disgusting'. I've given up trying to share with anyone other than my partner, now; it's very hurtful when you cook something delicious only to have someone turn their nose up in disgust because they *think* it's vegan. Well, guess what, your orange juice is vegan, but you still drink that!
*sigh* Sorry. Not having a go at anyone on here. You just hear so much about how judgmental vegetarians and vegans are, but it's just as true the other way around. And it's a shame, because my other half makes the best mash potato in. the. world. ;)
I agree with time-out's comments. I HATE meeting new people in a situation where one of the first things they find out about me is that I'm a vegetarian. Some people are OBSESSED!! I get a LOT of snide comments and people who will not let the subject go. To me, It is just not something that is that interesting, people. Can we not talk about something else? I don't ask them why they choose to eat meat, and what made them decide to have a hamburger. I don't give a fuck. I feel like people become overly defensive in my presence if they learn I'm a vegetarian, and concerned that I am judging them, then I get to hear about it forever. I have met a LOT of meat eaters who judge the vegetarians and are very open and vocal about it. I also know a lot of vegetarians. I don't know a single one who tries to preach to meat eaters about converting to vegetarianism. (if vegetarianism is a word)
DeleteIt's something that is *not* that interesting (above, not that is that)
DeleteI took the civil service exam for my state a few weeks ago. One of the questions on the test was
ReplyDeleteEmily's cat is sick. She takes it to a
a. Veteran
b. Veterinarian
c. Vegan
When I wrote about this on my blog, a friend commented that at least a vegan wouldn't eat the cat.
I'd argue that they don't have to like cat gut suture since it's highly reactive and all that. But that's just nitpicky.
ReplyDeleteLittle tidbit: apparently they do not make vegetarian-friendly pool sticks. I haven't researched it, but a friend who became what I refer to when she is not around as a "battle vegan" lamented to me that she could no longer play. I told her she could, but chose not to and that there's a difference.
I'm a vegetarian and a veterinarian. I think they go well together. It doesn't mean that I believe that I never use an animal product, I'm not that ignorant. However, I do like the idea of LIMITING my impact on the environment. And, why do I work so hard to save some animals and then turn around and eat others?
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