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i_x_ten
from arsemuncher on 2007-03-05 18:22 [#02058615]
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i just saw a cow being slaughtered on t.v. ew. i've always thought veggies were a bit daft, but i sure wouldnt like to be a cow. i'm not sure i'll be able to eat meat for a while. this makes me a total hypocrite but then whats new...
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Indeksical
from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-05 18:25 [#02058619]
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great story.
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oyvinto
on 2007-03-05 18:26 [#02058620]
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hippie!
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DirtyPriest
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-03-05 18:26 [#02058621]
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LOL
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hedphukkerr
from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-03-05 18:26 [#02058622]
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i stopped eating red meat on christmas when we had a lamb for dinner.
not just lamb, _a_ lamb, just its torso tired up and thrown in an oven. freaked me out.
birds are okay to eat tho because theyre stupid... and ugly.
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staz
on 2007-03-05 18:35 [#02058628]
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vegetarians are stupid gays
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-05 18:49 [#02058634]
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oh you poor things
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-05 18:50 [#02058637]
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im only happy if i have half an animal in the freezer
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edgey
from New York (United States) on 2007-03-05 18:51 [#02058638]
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vegetarians taste better.
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-05 18:53 [#02058640]
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and they cant run as fast
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staz
on 2007-03-05 18:54 [#02058642]
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veggie pussy tastes like apple flavored seltzer
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darkpromenade
from Australia on 2007-03-05 18:59 [#02058645]
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meat is murder
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rad smiles
on 2007-03-05 19:00 [#02058646]
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it's really easy.
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uviol
from United States on 2007-03-05 19:14 [#02058651]
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Yeah, go for it. I became a semi-vegetarian last week. Semi meaning, I'll eat meat if someone puts a plate of it in front of me. Etiquette n' all. I needed a change of pace though and I felt sorry for animals.. plus I was eating at McDonalds around 3 or 4 times a week.. which, from what I gather, isn't healthful.
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oyvinto
on 2007-03-05 20:16 [#02058667]
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killing animals is lush
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staz
on 2007-03-05 20:17 [#02058668]
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i hate other animals, kill them now please
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-05 20:33 [#02058669]
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eat chicken and fish and prawns
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 02:35 [#02058701]
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you can only be a vegetarian if you are privileged enough to be able to choose. in poorer countries you just have to eat whats there and not be so fucking fussy. the option of vegetarianism is a luxury.
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-03-06 02:43 [#02058705]
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Only if it's cannibalism: The definition of murder is the killing of a human, by a human (unlawfully).
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roygbivcore
from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2007-03-06 02:53 [#02058706]
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i dont even give a fuck about meat besides fried chicken
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 02:58 [#02058707]
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why isnt fish considered meat? does it have to come from a terrestrial vertebrate to be called meat?
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-06 03:00 [#02058708]
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it goes like this
poultry feathered game furred game farmed animals seafood reptiles
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-06 03:01 [#02058709]
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and i guess bugs as well
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2007-03-06 03:24 [#02058712]
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we (me and a girl) recentlie decided not to eat meat. just, eh, because 1) poor cows 2) meat costs a bit more than i'd like it to.
i think i could go veguitarioso much earlier if my fellow vegetarians and vegans wouldn't have annoyed me so much that I ate meat just to annoy them back.
(ees grammer OK in the next sentence?) How nice it would be if people didn't have to eat at all. This is fucking boring already. Buying, choosing, washing, cutting, boiling, simmering, frying -> defecating.
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 03:28 [#02058716]
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eating is great! if only you could enjoy breathing like you enjoy eating. life would be so fun
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-06 03:40 [#02058719]
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it really is all or nothing with vegetarianism if youre in it for ethical reasons. all farmed markets involve killing: and yet the fish markets are under the greatest threat. but i do believe it is natural for humans to consume all kinds of meat, and that there is no cause for judgement by extremist vegetarians as to what is right and wrong. personally i draw the line now on animal products that do involve deliberate and excessive suffering, such as foie gras, or the consumption of live animals.
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2007-03-06 03:56 [#02058721]
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yes, eating is great. i do enjoy it when i'm hungry. but it is an obligatory routine activity. takes some time and efforts..
ok, i don't have any more thoughts on this matter )
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 03:56 [#02058722]
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yep definately. battery farming is pretty nasty
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-06 04:00 [#02058724]
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thats a tough one though isnt it. even if you go out and buy eggs and poultry that is labelled 'free range', the likelihood is that the chickens are still not running around in luxuriously large pens. so is the solution to completely abstain from chicken and eggs? i dont think thats realistic ...
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 04:11 [#02058728]
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i live on a chicken farm, and have been to two others. all three keep their chickens in pretty good conditions - a bit crowded when inside maybe but a massive field for them to run around in outside.
over summer theres always a few running round my back garden and they are free to do so.
dunno about other farms though. commercial farms are probably different.
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 04:11 [#02058730]
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we sell our eggs to Harrods in London, so they must be good!
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-03-06 04:21 [#02058732]
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yeah my friend's family keeps chickens, and feed them well. every so often ill get a dozen eggs and they taste out of this world. especially compared to some eggs ive bought or had in hotels, with tiny flavourless yellow yolks.
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 04:24 [#02058733]
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You lucky man! I want to live on a farm. The best I've got is playing "Harvest Moon".
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 04:33 [#02058736]
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home sweet home. i love it.
the only downside is the roads, with potholes that destroy a new set of tyres within 3 months and the fact that the roads literally wash away in a storm, leaving mushy puddles that flood your engine and making transport impossible except by tractor. if you can put up with the occasional isolation, its amazing.
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Refund
from Melbourne (Australia) on 2007-03-06 07:31 [#02058781]
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I worked at a abotoir and I don't eat meat anymore, I've got nothing against the taste, but the texture of meat now makes me want to throw up, there were heaps of vegetarians that work there, the gutting room smells pretty bad.
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HmND
from your mom (Israel) on 2007-03-06 08:28 [#02058804]
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Vegetarian Snares.
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edgey
from New York (United States) on 2007-03-06 08:34 [#02058807]
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^^ level up
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2007-03-06 08:43 [#02058817]
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sheep are really cute animals and i can imagine having one as a pet. pigs are the same, they are just as intellectual as dogs. they like to have fun, run around playing, chasing each other. but then i'm at a braai and the meat has been marinating in a sauce for hours and it comes out all juicy and flavourful then you kind of forget these sentiments. i have some friends who are vegeterians. some do it for health reasons, others do it because they simply don't like the taste of meat.
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-03-06 09:10 [#02058840]
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<3 MEAT!
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darkpromenade
from Australia on 2007-03-06 14:20 [#02058991]
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I think you missed my point ;)
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 15:49 [#02059029]
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I just watched "Kill it, Cook it, Eat it". I can see what you mean i_x_ten; it's really affected me. I've always had a problem eating pigs, though, because they do behave as intelligently as pigs and people have kept them as pets and actually developed bonds with them.
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 16:22 [#02059041]
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they are bred to be killed and eaten. that is the only reason they exist. to not eat their meat would mean they lived and died for no reason at all.
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-06 18:13 [#02059079]
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You could farm humans and say the same thing. Or rear them as slaves and claim that they're MEANT to be slaves; that that is their purpose.
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michelnicholas
from 'Round the Bend... on 2007-03-06 20:39 [#02059127]
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I've been meat free for a little over 2 years now... It's amazing that about a week after I stopped, my body felt lighter, not in terms of weight, but almost cleaner or something. Now I'm a big hypocrite, because I eat fish, eggs, milk, and cheese. Not to mention cigarettes, weed, and others sometimes. Oh well...
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imdex
from Argentina on 2007-03-06 20:47 [#02059129]
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LOL! vegetarian-quotes.htm and that draws...
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retape
from http://retape.net (Norway) on 2007-03-07 04:54 [#02059226]
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as long as no one eats my dog, fuck animals.
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-03-07 05:05 [#02059227]
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It's probably just your body reacting to malnutrition.
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WarpKari
from Planet Goo (Malta) on 2007-03-07 06:27 [#02059249]
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There's plenty of room for all god's creatures... LAZY_IMAGE
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ijonspeches
from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2007-03-07 08:47 [#02059341]
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one unmentioned reason to be veggie is:
to deliver people (many of them livin in the first world) with meat, huge amounts of crops and so are needed. therefore lots of forest and jungle is being cut down (also for letting cattle destroy and desertify the landscape), plus huge amounts of water are used for the wheat. in most countries this doesnt help the people at all, neither it helps our planet to stay the beautyful place it is
in short terms: meat costs our planet and the people livin on it lots of ressources
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michelnicholas
from 'Round the Bend... on 2007-03-07 17:42 [#02059531]
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Yeah ^^^
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