Help me out here Veggies?!


Question: Help me out here Veggies!?
Why do alot!.!.!.and i mean alot of vegetarians use the old classic!.!.!."oh if we were meant to eat meat then why dont we have claws and teeth capable of bringing down prey"

You seem to rely on that almost religiously!.!.yet the answer is simple

Lions have teeth and claws to catch prey!.!.!.we were gifted with intelligence to make tools to hunt!.!.!.!.after all its safer to let an arrow do the hunting than risk yourself

Why then do vegetarians not understand this

And to pro my point here

http://uk!.answers!.yahoo!.com/question/ind!.!.!.

Best answer with 3 thumbs up and none down and he says exactly what i am going on about!.!.!.why then do you only pounce on flaws made by meat eaters but conviently forget those by veggies!?!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
I've never even heard that argument before, but I do agree with you that it is completely irrelevant, since we have even more reliable means to catch prey!. Even though I believe we were meant to eat meat, I'm a vegan!. I recently made the switch a couple weeks ago after watching a video, which showed how factory farms operate!. I don't really have a problem with people who hunt there food, but factory farming is just f*cked up, and I don't wish to contribute to such cruelty!. I also don't enjoy taking a life so I can have a meal, when there's a perfectly good alternative that provides the same nutrients!.

Here's the video link if you're curious:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=VIjanhKqV!.!.!.

If you don't think peta is legit then check out this one:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Z-cor1uZ2!.!.!.

also, being veggie benefits the environment:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=U6_hjA4cd!.!.!.

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Hm!. I have been vegetarian for at least 8 years, over the past 13, i was also raised Vegetarian, I wouldn't know why people bring that up, but maybe more as something to say, if we were supposed to not eat meat, why would the people of our world have eaten meat for the past!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!? I have a neighbor who is vegetarian and is constantly glaring at people who eat meat!.!.!. and trying to convert them to vegi!.!.!.!.ect!.!.!.!. Meat is healthy, But being a Vegetarian is just as healthy as eating a + meat diet!. Im a vegetarian, i understand that!. To much generalization!. My parents, brother and bf as well!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Indians would hunt for survival, now times are different!. Meat packing co!. and slaughter houses are processing meat at a higher rate than ever!. We don't necessarily need meat these days to 'survive'!. Our resources make it possible to live meat free and on a healthy veggie diet!.
The reason why I am a veggie is not because I believe humans were never meant to eat meat, but because I can not be a supporter of the horrific cruelty these animals endure today!.
I never would say hey you are wrong for eating meat!. But I would try to maybe convince someone of eating free range organically fed meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

there is more reasons for being a vegetarian than the ethical reasons!. For example religious reasons, and like me - medical reasons - since I had major surgery (brain tumour removed) my digestive system has not been able to tolerate meat so eating meat makes me violently sick!.

I know that most veggies are vege because of the ethical reasons but its unfair to label everyone stupid or ignorant without knowing WHY they are a veggieWww@FoodAQ@Com

Vegetarians don't have to qualify their chosen diet to you or anybody!. Its there choice what they eat as it is yours to eat meat!. From personal experience it is the meat eaters that start this criticism so live and let live!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I hate that answer and I'm a veggie!.

I don't give reasons about why I don't eat meat!. People only every ask me while I'm eating and I just tell them that I refuse to discuss it at the table!. Everyone forgets to ask me later, so it works pretty well!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've been a veggie and have never heard of or used that claws claim!. Nor have I ever said that meat is bad, just the way it's obtained!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Personally I rarely eat anything that didn't have a face!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think some vegetarian use that point b/c it can be evidence that we may not be made to eat meat!. I do not think anyone can really say either way what man was meant to live as!. In this day and age we have a choice to eat as we choose, and it does not really matter what mans original diet was(unless you are studying anthropology)

Each group uses arguments that make their belief seem correct!. It the same thing as the people who eat meat grasping tight to the old argument of "Look at our eyes and teeth"!. There are animals that eat meat, but have eyes on the side of their head, such as snakes, sharks, etc, which means the position of the eyes is not a concrete argument!. These people also fail to take into consideration that humans are evolved from primates, therefore forward facing eyes may not indicate how we ate, but rather our need to live within the trees and use peripheral vision for climbing and jumping There are other herbivore animals with canine teeth, so people having canine teeth(if that is even a fair term for the small dulled teeth we have) is not valid either as concrete proof!. Even with the eyes and teeth not being definite proof, people still cling to the argument as if it is a definite assertion that we are made to eat meat!.

Unless we are able to go back in time and see for ourselves, we are never going to know for sure if man was meant to eat meat, ate meat out of necessity only(such as times of famine), or was never meant to eat meat!. Personally I do not see how it matters in the long run Opinion is never fact no matter how it is presented, or how much someone wants it to be fact!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

i am a vegetarian because it is very wrong for an animal to die just because most humans like the taste of meat!.

is meat unhealthy!? everything is if you eat to much of it!. also, regardless of weight, smoking, ect!. ect!. vegetarians/vegans live an estimated 5-7 years longer than omnivores!.!.i would like to live those extra 5 years while being cruelty free also!.

humans are meant to eat meat!. if we werent our stomachs would not make the juices needed to digest meat!.
eating meat is inhumane!. it kills me whenever i see a living creature in pain, whether it human or animal!. i have heard some people say that animals are happy to die because they were meant to and know it!.

me:

i am 13!. i live with farmers!.!.!.!.nope, not veggie farmers!. angus beef farmers!. it is very depressing tpo look out my window everyday and see the calves prancing in the pasture and know thier destiny!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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