Do you think you would be a vegetarian if factory farms didn't exist?!
I'm fairly new to this vegetarian diet!. It was my news years resolution and its actually the only resolution that I've stayed true to!. But I've been thinking and I don't believe that I would be a vegetarian if factory farms didn't exist!. I know its wrong to kill an animal, but if people would let animals roam free and live their lives normally and then hunt them I dont think that I would be so passionate about not eating meat!. It sounds bad, but does anyone else agree!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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I probably would still be a vegetarian because it would be more difficult to obtain meat, and I don't know if I would really want to go and hunt them!. also because I am so accustomed to this diet already, I don't feel the need to even have meat!. But I do agree with you!. It would be better to let them roam free, and just hunt like all other animals do!. Keeping them in cages is unnatural and doesn't give them a chance to have a life!. I think even free-range farms are typically still cruel to the animal!.
To Zacksta - The difference is that we keep them in cages, their quality of life is nill from the moment they are born to their death, whereas all other animals simply chase, kill and its over with!. Factory farming is very diff!. from the way animals obtain their meat!. Plus, we aren't wild carnivores!.!.we don't need hords of meat to survive!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
To Zacksta - The difference is that we keep them in cages, their quality of life is nill from the moment they are born to their death, whereas all other animals simply chase, kill and its over with!. Factory farming is very diff!. from the way animals obtain their meat!. Plus, we aren't wild carnivores!.!.we don't need hords of meat to survive!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I became a vegetarian about 10 years ago after learning about factory farms!. The more I researched how animals are raised for food, the more information I uncovered about animal rights in general!.
I used to think that it wasn't wrong to eat animals, if raised humanely, even after becoming vegetarian!. But after interacting with farm animals and realizing they are as intelligent and deserving of life as my companion animals, I now think it is absolutely wrong to kill and eat them!.
I have been vegan now for 5 years!. So I guess I can't really say for sure that I would have become vegetarian if it wasn't for factory farms!. I'm so happy that I am now though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I used to think that it wasn't wrong to eat animals, if raised humanely, even after becoming vegetarian!. But after interacting with farm animals and realizing they are as intelligent and deserving of life as my companion animals, I now think it is absolutely wrong to kill and eat them!.
I have been vegan now for 5 years!. So I guess I can't really say for sure that I would have become vegetarian if it wasn't for factory farms!. I'm so happy that I am now though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't agree with you!.
I'm vegan (for 9 years, and was vegetarian for 8 years previous to that) because I'm opposed to the exploitation of animals (humans included)!. Raising & killing animals for food/clothing/etc!. is still exploitation no matter how it is done!. also, a vegan diet is soooo much healthier, and I could never imagine biting into meat again!. Ick!. :)
And, could you imagine cows & pigs just roaming freely!? Where would they roam!? Forests, plains!? It would disrupt the entire ecosystem, and I, for one, definitely couldn't go out hunting if it wasn't necessary for my survival!. I'm not even sure if I could do it if it WAS necessary!. It's a "fight or flight" thing, I guess!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm vegan (for 9 years, and was vegetarian for 8 years previous to that) because I'm opposed to the exploitation of animals (humans included)!. Raising & killing animals for food/clothing/etc!. is still exploitation no matter how it is done!. also, a vegan diet is soooo much healthier, and I could never imagine biting into meat again!. Ick!. :)
And, could you imagine cows & pigs just roaming freely!? Where would they roam!? Forests, plains!? It would disrupt the entire ecosystem, and I, for one, definitely couldn't go out hunting if it wasn't necessary for my survival!. I'm not even sure if I could do it if it WAS necessary!. It's a "fight or flight" thing, I guess!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yeah, i would still be one!. Im 70% vegetarian because of animal rights, and 20% for health and 10% because i hate the taste and smell!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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I agree with the first responder!. Without the factories the animals are still dying!. Hunting, boiling, tacking in the head, regardless of how they die!.!.They do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
yes, because i grew up on a non-factory farm and discovered my allergy to meats!.
so much for that theory eh!?
think outside the lines!.!.!. dig!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
so much for that theory eh!?
think outside the lines!.!.!. dig!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
vegan, 34 years!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i would still be veggie cause when i turned veggie i didnt know anything about factory farmsWww@FoodAQ@Com
This question gets asked a lot!. I personally would stay vegetarian because I don't like meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i would still be a veggie, factory farm or not its still not fairWww@FoodAQ@Com
its something how most folks who are vegetarian/vegan do/have done so because of factory farms!.
what would yall have done if yall didn't know about it!?
*congrats to the people who became vegetarians or vegans NOT because of factory farms!. then i believe it was THEIR choice to do so instead of following!.*
i have no problem with someone being a vegetarian or vegan, only if they are doing so for genuine reasons!. animal rights!? yea, i agree, somewhat- animals shouldn't be mistreated (beat, things like that), but animals have the same rights as us!? nope!.
we have the higher-order thinking, animals don't- that's why we're on the top of the food chain!.
i wouldn't be a vegetarian if factor farms didn't exist!. i'm following my 'roots'- i hunt and fish- like my ancestors did and it's more natural!.
besides, that farm land were veggies are grown didn't just come that way- it used to be a forest- where animals lived, and when that area was logged, animals were killed!.!.
and for the person who said something about not eating an animal because it's dead!.!.!. well, veggies are living things too, and you have to kill those before you eat it!. if you really didn't eat anything that wasn't dead- regardless if its meat or veggies- you'd be deadWww@FoodAQ@Com
what would yall have done if yall didn't know about it!?
*congrats to the people who became vegetarians or vegans NOT because of factory farms!. then i believe it was THEIR choice to do so instead of following!.*
i have no problem with someone being a vegetarian or vegan, only if they are doing so for genuine reasons!. animal rights!? yea, i agree, somewhat- animals shouldn't be mistreated (beat, things like that), but animals have the same rights as us!? nope!.
we have the higher-order thinking, animals don't- that's why we're on the top of the food chain!.
i wouldn't be a vegetarian if factor farms didn't exist!. i'm following my 'roots'- i hunt and fish- like my ancestors did and it's more natural!.
besides, that farm land were veggies are grown didn't just come that way- it used to be a forest- where animals lived, and when that area was logged, animals were killed!.!.
and for the person who said something about not eating an animal because it's dead!.!.!. well, veggies are living things too, and you have to kill those before you eat it!. if you really didn't eat anything that wasn't dead- regardless if its meat or veggies- you'd be deadWww@FoodAQ@Com
No!. I killed 2 whitetail deer last year!. There is nothing wrong with killing an animal to eat it, and whoever convinced you that it is wrong is an evil person!. Funny how liberals who support the murder of babies through abortion say I should not kill a deer to eat it!.
Vegetarians are responsible for more animals being killed than the average meat eater!. Every time a field is prepared for planting thousands of animals are killed!. Worms are dismembered!. MIce are chopped up!. Some small birds are smashed in their nests!. Baby deer are ran over and crushed because they are terrified and freeze, hoping the tractor will miss them!. Then when the crops are growing, chemical weapons are used to kill the insects that are trying to survive by eating the only thing in the field, the soybeans that make your tofu!.
stop feeling guilty about eating real food!. Go to a restaurant and get a good salad!. Enjoy it and then thank God for the main course that is to follow, a nice big juicy steak from a farm raised moo cow!. I recommend Heinz 57 with your steak!. That way you can feel better about it knowing some of the money went to Teresa Heinz Kerry, a liberal who profits from the slaughter of animals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Vegetarians are responsible for more animals being killed than the average meat eater!. Every time a field is prepared for planting thousands of animals are killed!. Worms are dismembered!. MIce are chopped up!. Some small birds are smashed in their nests!. Baby deer are ran over and crushed because they are terrified and freeze, hoping the tractor will miss them!. Then when the crops are growing, chemical weapons are used to kill the insects that are trying to survive by eating the only thing in the field, the soybeans that make your tofu!.
stop feeling guilty about eating real food!. Go to a restaurant and get a good salad!. Enjoy it and then thank God for the main course that is to follow, a nice big juicy steak from a farm raised moo cow!. I recommend Heinz 57 with your steak!. That way you can feel better about it knowing some of the money went to Teresa Heinz Kerry, a liberal who profits from the slaughter of animals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would absolutely still be a Vegetarian/Vegan
In answer to your thinking!. Yes it would be nice that they are not tortured !.!.But how long are you going to let them live before you shoot them!? Do we kill the babies !? Do you give them 1 year of life!? 2 years!? 3 years !? 4 years !? 5 years !?
You get the idea !.!.
What happens to the babies when you accidentally kill the Mom!?
What happens when the first shot doesn't kill them !? inexperienced shooters !? What happens when they want to start using bows and arrows !? and then you also get the inexperienced shooters !? imagine being shot with a gun or bow and arrow !? the pain !? the fear !? And all because someone wants you as dinner !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Hummmmmm!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
You are still Taking it's life and killing it to satisfy your taste buds !.!.!. So you are saying you would be willing to do that because you have allowed them to live free for!.!.!.!.!.however long !?
I understand your point that it is the better of the two evils!.!. live free and die !.!.!.vs factory farm and die !.!.
My Point is they should not have to die because we enjoy how their bodies , their flesh tastes !.!.!. Seems extremely selfish !.!.
I know you are new to this and I think in a year or two from Now , you might have a different view !. I am not trying to put you down !. I was wondering how far you thought this through !.
Last remember when you give man an inch !.!.!. you know what he does !.!. Example , My Uncle was a hunter !.!. Got the permit to kill 1 dear , would Kill 3 dear because He ENJOYED killing them and then just leave the dead dear !. He also did not care if it was a new Mother or a young one !.!.!. He liked the kill period !.!. and he is Not the only hunter I know who did this!.!. I am not saying "all "hunters do this!.!. some are careful and try to kill quickly !.!.But what do you do with the ones like My Uncle!.!. no one ever Caught him or his friends! He did this year after year !.
!.!.it is still barbaric no matter what !.!. You know what a bullet does as it tears through your body !? If you do not die immediately it is very bad !.!.!. We are more evolved then this I hope !.!.!.!.
So , No Under No circumstances would I ever eat the Body of a dead animal!.
Just how I see it, and I hope I gave you a few things to consider
Vegan ForeverWww@FoodAQ@Com
In answer to your thinking!. Yes it would be nice that they are not tortured !.!.But how long are you going to let them live before you shoot them!? Do we kill the babies !? Do you give them 1 year of life!? 2 years!? 3 years !? 4 years !? 5 years !?
You get the idea !.!.
What happens to the babies when you accidentally kill the Mom!?
What happens when the first shot doesn't kill them !? inexperienced shooters !? What happens when they want to start using bows and arrows !? and then you also get the inexperienced shooters !? imagine being shot with a gun or bow and arrow !? the pain !? the fear !? And all because someone wants you as dinner !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Hummmmmm!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
You are still Taking it's life and killing it to satisfy your taste buds !.!.!. So you are saying you would be willing to do that because you have allowed them to live free for!.!.!.!.!.however long !?
I understand your point that it is the better of the two evils!.!. live free and die !.!.!.vs factory farm and die !.!.
My Point is they should not have to die because we enjoy how their bodies , their flesh tastes !.!.!. Seems extremely selfish !.!.
I know you are new to this and I think in a year or two from Now , you might have a different view !. I am not trying to put you down !. I was wondering how far you thought this through !.
Last remember when you give man an inch !.!.!. you know what he does !.!. Example , My Uncle was a hunter !.!. Got the permit to kill 1 dear , would Kill 3 dear because He ENJOYED killing them and then just leave the dead dear !. He also did not care if it was a new Mother or a young one !.!.!. He liked the kill period !.!. and he is Not the only hunter I know who did this!.!. I am not saying "all "hunters do this!.!. some are careful and try to kill quickly !.!.But what do you do with the ones like My Uncle!.!. no one ever Caught him or his friends! He did this year after year !.
!.!.it is still barbaric no matter what !.!. You know what a bullet does as it tears through your body !? If you do not die immediately it is very bad !.!.!. We are more evolved then this I hope !.!.!.!.
So , No Under No circumstances would I ever eat the Body of a dead animal!.
Just how I see it, and I hope I gave you a few things to consider
Vegan ForeverWww@FoodAQ@Com
I agree with you actually!. My reasons for being vegetarian is because animals are treated cruely and are filled with growth hormones!. If this is how you feel you may consider buying kosher meats!. These animals are fed a natural diet and are raised in humane conditions!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
How is it wrong to kill an animal!? Animals kill each other in horrible, violent ways, usually eating their prey alive!. Animals go to war with each other!. Animals do a lot of things we would never consider doing!. But what makes them wrong!? And if it doesnt make them wrong, why would it make us wrong!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
I became a vegetarian at 12, because I never liked the taste of dead animals!. I have more respect for hunters, then I do for people who buy their meat in lastic bags and try and fool themselves buy calling it pork and beef instead of dead cow and pig!.Www@FoodAQ@Com