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offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 20:47 [#00410839]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker



uh, yeah. whatever, you l337 hax0r pack3t r3t4rd.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-20 20:47 [#00410840]
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"of course its natural, becasue we now have a method to
mass produce a product which starts off as alive. WE did,
humans did, and i don't see any cows or sheep or pigs
arguing about it either."


ha ha, thats really crappy reasoning.. by that
standard we could start eating babies..


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 20:48 [#00410841]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker



I think that somewhere in South America, in some extremely
poor country with eager to please servants, there's an
exclusive club where leftist nazis go to unwind. There
you'll find Noam Chomsky smoking a Cuban, drinking a snifter
of brandy and ogling strippers. Look, there's David Suzuki
and Jeremy Rifkin huffing glue and playing chess on a new
ivory board. Then Ralph Nader comes in wearing an apron that
says "Kiss the Chef" and carrying a platter of huge
raw-bloody steaks, and they all drop what they're doing and
converge on dinner.... they are all wearing Nikes...

Vegetarians are zealots. They don't think; they mouth
slogans. All their thinking is done for them and distributed
in convenient pamphlet form.

That is why I feel it is alright to eat them. That and
because their diet makes them docile and easy to whack.


 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 20:49 [#00410844]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker



oh no, I spoke my own mind about not being a vegetarian! How
dare I! truly that is just such a horrible thing for me to
do, what was I thinking? I guess I'll just go adapt to your
beliefs and follow the crowd (hey, I am a Conformist and
all!) because it's just not hip to have a differing opinion
these days. I eat meat, but ye, I have seen the light! Meat
is murder!... and goddamn it tastes good.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 20:51 [#00410849]
Points: 27799 Status: Regular | Followup to qrter: #00410840



qrtr - obviiously i was referring to cattle, sheep, pigs,
and i don't think its crappy reasoning, although i notice
you didn't say why, just made a joke instead


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-10-20 20:53 [#00410853]
Points: 24593 Status: Regular | Followup to Conformist: #00410839



save your geekspeek, Conformist


 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 20:55 [#00410854]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker



;) I love you, marlowe. It makes me proud to know I pissed
you off for simply stating something you didn't happen to
agree with. If you live your life that sheltered, can't even
accept the IDEA of a different opinion on subjects, then
just go back to your cave and eat your twigs and leafs.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 20:55 [#00410855]
Points: 27799 Status: Regular



they can feel pain and fear? really? all other animals do,
do they? you're sure of that are you? you implicitly know
this?

humans feel pain and fear, they also are a lot more capable
of chomping on some grass and being photographed for pink
floyd album covers



 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-20 20:56 [#00410856]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to earthleakage: #00410849



I know what you referred to and that wasn't a joke.. by
that reasoning, we could eat small babies, as they can''t
complain.. I just think, because we know animals can't
complain or object we have even more responsibility not to
abuse them..

oh well I'll just go and suck on a piece of wood..

I'm going to sleep now.. see you later aligator (unless
you've eaten it ha ha)..



 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 20:56 [#00410857]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker



marlowe; arguing on the internet is like running in the
Special Olympics - even if you win, you're still retarded.

Gotta love that quote. ;)


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 20:58 [#00410859]
Points: 27799 Status: Regular



*swivels in his leather chair*


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-20 20:59 [#00410860]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to earthleakage: #00410855



"they can feel pain and fear? really? all other animals
do, do they? you're sure of that are you? you implicitly
know
this?"


same goes for humans. how do you know other people feel what
you feel..? can they feel pain as you know it..?

yes. ladies and gentlemen, we're in philosophy world! YAY!

now I'm really going to sleep.

I still love you all and I won't ever eat you.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-20 20:59 [#00410861]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator



well.. probably..


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 20:59 [#00410862]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to Conformist: #00410844



There's this great book by Nietzsche called Beyond Good and
Evil. Like most Nietzsche, it starts off with a bang then
runs downhill with a couple off good bits later on.

Anyhoo, in the good bit at the start he questions the origin
of morality and our judgement of what is true, and good, and
proper, and comes to the conclusion that it is inextricably
intertwined with our survival--that what we perceive as
true, indeed our need to seek truth in the first place, is
driven by our desire to continue living. Hence truth is
rooted in the irrational, and questioning things like this
is very dangerous indeed, which is pronbably why he went
insane; that and syphilis.



 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 21:00 [#00410867]
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"brave sir qrter ran away, bravely ran away"


 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:01 [#00410868]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker | Followup to fleetmouse: #00410862



I own a copy of that book. ;)


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 21:02 [#00410869]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker



Hmmm, I had a point when I started typing, which is that
since our sense of the good and the true is derived from our
desire to survive, it makes sense that we should eat other
animals and not our own babies. Capice?


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 21:03 [#00410872]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to Conformist: #00410868



How far did you get into it?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 21:03 [#00410873]
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if only someone invented meat flavoured beer... mmmm


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:04 [#00410874]
Points: 3088 Status: Lurker



"Vegetarians are zealots. They don't think; they mouth
slogans. All their thinking is done for them and distributed

in convenient pamphlet form.

That is why I feel it is alright to eat them. That and
because their diet makes them docile and easy to whack. "

because some vegetarians dont think your saying its ok to
eat meat? that makes no sense. sure some vegetarians\vegans
dont really have a reason for not eating meat but many of
the messages are said or spread around for a reason.


 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:04 [#00410875]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker



All of it, the little quotes and such toward the
middle/end-ish of the book are what I like most in it
though. It's been a few years now since I read it though, I
should go through it again sometime, he makes a lot of
interesting points


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-10-20 21:04 [#00410876]
Points: 24593 Status: Regular | Followup to Conformist: #00410854



what are you talking about, Conformist? Pissing me off
because I disagreed with you? eh? aboot what? I think you've
misunderstood something or read too much into something.
hmmm, oh well. I haven't even proffered any opinions on this
thread....


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-20 21:05 [#00410877]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to earthleakage: #00410867



ha ha ha ha ha ha! :)


 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:05 [#00410878]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker | Followup to fleetmouse: #00410869



I think you have me confused with someone else in here
though, I never said we should "eat our own babies"...


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:08 [#00410882]
Points: 3088 Status: Lurker



haha, meat flavored beer, since im like the only
vegetarian\vegan out of people i eat lunch with at school we
always have a discussion about if the vegetable stuff im
eating is actually real vegetables or vegetables disguised
as meat.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 21:09 [#00410883]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to Conformist: #00410875



Hmmm, I should try another run at it... some of what he
writes makes me think he's the most insightful man who ever
lived; other times I could give him such a pinch...!


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 21:09 [#00410884]
Points: 27799 Status: Regular



the hippies are always gonna be moaning about something, it
gives them a reason to live, so it might aswell be about
something no-one bothers to listen or read about


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:11 [#00410887]
Points: 3088 Status: Lurker



he definately had some good points about humanity, i took
this philosophy class last year where we watched movies and
discussed different philosophies some of which by nietzsche.
that was such a great class too bad its not offerred this
year.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 21:11 [#00410889]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to Conformist: #00410878



Conformist, that wasn't directed at you... qrter is the baby
eater I had in mind.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 21:13 [#00410893]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to earthleakage: #00410873



I've often wondered if you could make alcohol out of the
sugar-rich blood of diabetics.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:13 [#00410895]
Points: 3088 Status: Lurker



its time for sleep, bye


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-20 21:14 [#00410897]
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no but you can make some nice gravy


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-10-20 21:17 [#00410903]
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That sounds like a good idea.

Goodnight, devil foetus!

Goodnight, donkey!

Goodnight, face pressed against scanner!

Goodnight, abstract grey swirl!



 

offline Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-20 21:21 [#00410909]
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See ya, girl in grey sweater!


 

offline neetta from Finland on 2002-10-21 14:44 [#00411804]
Points: 5924 Status: Regular



at home, vegan. at school, vegan. when out eating (rarely),
vegetarian.


 

offline neetta from Finland on 2002-10-21 14:51 [#00411810]
Points: 5924 Status: Regular



..but i really do not understand what is there to worry
about a vegan diet. it just comes automatically. all my
roommates are vegan and the school meat foods i see make me
want to throw up.

food is not the hard part for me - i make a fuss about
things like wines having animal ingredients, brushes being
made of animal hair etc.


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2002-10-21 15:19 [#00411847]
Points: 2901 Status: Lurker



I'd like to end this topic with a nice little quote, guess
y'all know where it comes from:"Opinions are like assholes,
everybody's got one"


 

offline aperson from Brentwood, TN (United States) on 2002-10-21 15:26 [#00411852]
Points: 1134 Status: Lurker



You know machine, you really are a close minded idiot. You
want to know why we were meant to eat meat. Okay put your
goddamn fingers in your mouth and feel around for these
things called 'canines,' yes that's right. You know what
those were built for? Yes, that's right. And what about
those 'proteins n' fibers' you miss out on. Is it an issue
of convenience and I should be eating 20 servings of your
faux tofu bullshit instead of a serving of meat to get the
same nutrients just because some stupid cow has to die for
it?

Next time you see an animal killing another animal beat the
shit out of it so it'll be a message to all the other
animals like it that eating meat kills you.

Oh and then go read a ton of books about Gandhi, shave your
head, make your own fucking clothes so you make sure no
animals were hurt in the process and go protest
slaughtehouses, faggot.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2002-10-21 15:35 [#00411859]
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hrm.. looks like im getting in a tad late on this one, but
here goes:

I'm vegetarian... almost. I still eat fish and eggs. The
eggs come from the chickens at my mom and dads house though,
so I know they are happy eggs.

Which leads me to my reasoning for my diet.. I'll allow
Chris Parker to explain:

Beef
What a relief

When will this poisonous products cease?

This is another public service announcement
You can believe it
or you can doubt it

Let us begin now with the cow
the way that it gets to your plate and how

the cow doesn't grow fast enough for man
so through his greed he makes a faster plan

he has drugs to make the cow grow quicker
through the stress the cow gets sicker

21 different drugs are pumped
into the cow in one big lump

So just before it dies, it cries
in the slaughterhouse full of germs and flies

of with the head, they pack it, drain it and cart it
and there it is
in your local supermarket

red and bloody
a corpse neatly packed
and you wonder about heart attacks?

come on now man let's be for real
you are what you eat is the way I feel

but the Food & Drug Administration
will tell you meat is the the perfect combination

see cows live under fear and stress
tryin' to think what's going to happen next

fear and stress can become a part of you
in your cells and blood this is true

so when the cow is killed believe it
you preserve those cells
you freeze it

thaw it out with the blood and season it
then you sit down and begin eatin' it

**in your body its structure becomes your structure
all the fear and stress of another**

any drug is addictive by any name
even drugs in meat, they are the same

the FDA has America strung out
on drugs in beef no doubt

so if you think that what I say is a bunch of crock
tell yourself your going to try and stop

eatin' meat and you'll see you can't compete
it's the number one drug on the street

not crack, cause that was made for just black
but brown beef for all American teeth


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2002-10-21 15:35 [#00411860]
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life brings life and death brings death
keep on eatin' the dead and what's left?

absolute disease and negative
read the book How to Eat to Live

by Elijah Mohammed it's a brown paperback
for anybody either white or black

see how many cows must be pumped up fatter
how many rats gotta fall in the batter
how many chickens that eat sh*t you eat
how much high blood pressure you get from pig feet

see you'll consume, the FDA could care less

they'll sell you donkey meat and say it's fresh

For 1990, you suckers
-----

indeed...


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2002-10-21 16:53 [#00411943]
Points: 2901 Status: Lurker



if that is the lyric to a song please tell me what song it
is.
Masterful lyrics


 

offline Neto from Ecatepec (Mexico) on 2002-10-21 17:01 [#00411955]
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meat make me have sex ideas all the time, sometimes I wanna
kill people


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2002-10-21 17:09 [#00411968]
Points: 2478 Status: Lurker



I'm a vegetarian but I don't preach about it because I think
people should be able to make their own decisions


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-10-21 17:14 [#00411977]
Points: 4904 Status: Regular



I'm not a vegetarian. I don't eat all that much meat,
though. Mainly a hamburger every now and then.

I don't personally see anything wrong w/ eating meat.
Humans were designed as omnivores, like someone said up
above we have the teeth to prove it. The conditions in most
slaughterhouses do bother me, especially after reading
Fast Food Nation


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-21 17:53 [#00412054]
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I'm getting really sick of the "its natural for us to eat
meat"-argument.. I mean, I do think its natural, nothing
wrong if you want to eat meat, but don't say you do it
because its natural.

just because you have the equipment doesn't mean you have
to use it.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-10-21 20:30 [#00412188]
Points: 3489 Status: Lurker



i try to eat as little meat as possible for health and
because, though i do enjoy it, it's not something i crave.
that doesn't really work out though because, like zeus, i
live in a dorm and am stuck with a cafeteria meal plan. if
i could i'd eat much less meat and only meat that was hunted
wild. the condidtions that animals are brought up in are
rude and i don't like the fact that they are raised in
captivity for the sole purpose of being eaten. seems a bit
like raising a slave to me.


 

offline two from Rataq (Qatar) on 2002-10-21 21:43 [#00412220]
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though i'm not a vegetarian, i agree with qrter there. it'd
be like saying, "well, i have a penis. that must
naturally mean i'm designed to rape anything i can
fit my pecker into!"


 

offline perceptor from North Liberty (United States) on 2002-10-21 23:16 [#00412292]
Points: 134 Status: Lurker



okay...my 2cents

was vegetarian for about 4 years
reason:got into straight-edge hardcore in mid-90's. most of
my friends were either veget/vegan. worked out until I
moved away. choose to consume meat again because my budget
would make it difficult to eat a diverse veg. diet.

earthleakage-I agree that human-beings are superior to
animal-beings but I'm not sure that this is the reason we
eat(or should eat) meat. some might say because we are
superior that we shouldn't eat it.

martin heidegger-human-being existence superior to other
beings existence because we ask about other's being and
about our own being. others don't ask about our(human)
being.

sorry...just couldn't resist. had an midterm over him
today.

New Ethic


This is the new ethic.
Animals' lives are their own and must be given respect.
Reject the anthropocentric
falsehood that maintains the oppressive hierarchy of
mankind
over the animals. It's time to set them free. Their lives
reduced to biomachines in the factory, farm and laboratory.
Dairy, eggs and meat, fur, suede, wool, leather are the end
products of torture, confinement and murder.
I abjure their use out of reverence for all innocent life.
Wildlifes' right to
live in peace in their natural environment
without this civilization's interference can no longer be
denied.
Must no longer be denied.
To make a civilization worthy of the word civilized the
cruelty must end,
starting within or own lives. Reject the
anthropocentric falsehood that maintains the oppressive
hierarchy
of mankind over the animals. It's time to set them free.
Veganism is the essence of compassion and peaceful living.
The animals are not ours to abuse or dominate. I abjure
their use
out of reverence ... I abjure their use out of reverence
...
I abjure their use out of reverence for all innocent life.

machine of god...a little earth crisis for you


 

offline neetta from Finland on 2002-10-22 01:33 [#00412377]
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i don't want to preach, but the fact is that
mass-production of meat and dairy products is not natural in
any way.

that is my reason of being vegan in the first place.

if i'd hunt down my own moose i'd probably eat it


 

offline od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2002-10-22 01:43 [#00412392]
Points: 3803 Status: Regular



Some vegetarians are really holier than thou and thats one
thing I want to avoid (whoa!)

also
meat is tasty and apparently you can't get a decent vitamin
supplement with only pills and mushrooms.
ie a lot of vegetarians are not as healthy as omnivores.

humans are naturally omnivores. we naturally eat both.

the "i have a penis so i should be fuckign everythgin it
fits into" statement is a good argument against meat
eating.....I have a sort of argument against it but i'm
having trouble putting it into words!

sorry!

Vegetarians get no my nerves a bit sometimes though, it's
similar to the left wing 1st year uni movement.
highschool girls get all liek "oh no youre killing a cow"
etc.

I'm considering being a carnovore just to irritate about
100% of the earth's population.

then i'd eat it all.


 


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