Do you eat meat?

Do you eat meat?

  • Yes

    Votes: 391 82.0%

  • Yes, but I try to minimise it

    Votes: 60 12.6%

  • No, I am a vegan/vegetarian

    Votes: 20 4.2%

  • No, I just don't enjoy it

    Votes: 3 0.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 0.6%
  • Total voters
    477
Geoff.D said:
There are a few things you don't want to see, ever—most food manufacturing plants. Abbatoirs, sausage, polony and vienna factories are probably the worst.
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Doesn't bother me, to be honest. I don't live in a delusion that our meat is carefully and graciously cared for, animals are painlessly put to sleep, etc. You buy cheap meat, it gets produced cheaply, and everything that goes with it.
 
Geoff.D said:
There are a few things you don't want to see, ever
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My visit to the abattoir in Brits when I was in standard three was awesome. It gave me appreciation of where my food comes from. Not at the time, obviously, I wasn't self aware much back then, but looking back on it with experience.
 
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epah said:
@HunterNW Do you eat meat?
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Do you?

Harold and Kumar Cock Meat Sandwich Scene on Make a GIF
 
Toxxyc said:
Doesn't bother me, to be honest. I don't live in a delusion that our meat is carefully and graciously cared for, animals are painlessly put to sleep, etc. You buy cheap meat, it gets produced cheaply, and everything that goes with it.
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It really is painless - what I witnessed is a gun shot to the head. Instant
 
I am vegetarian, was just a natural transition for me.....as I cultivated a bit of more awareness within myself...-on one dimension. I started feeling the heaviness and rather acidic after my normal/favourite meals...just got to a point, where I went...ok lets try no meat for a couple of weeks...could feel the ease at which my body started running... started eating consciously....not mixing acid and alkaline producing food stuffs at the same time....cut out milk,., started replacing my meals with a balance of fruits/nuts/veggies/legumes...

on occasions when I am out, I eat whatever vegetarian options are available/offered.. usually cardboard look and feel like meat, when fish and a quick salad would have worked, but appreciate people's effort .My staple food is dahl in winter and whatever seasonal veggies are available... really inexpensive...you eat what the body requires, not what the tongue demands - not that the tongue does not at times win the debate.... eating should not be a philosophy, find out what works for you and run with it...
 
While I do eat meat I find myself thinking more and more about the ethics of it.

Whether you believe in God or evolution, clearly the existence of carnivores means that it's not completely unethical to eat meat. We've got the right teeth for omnivores so we are intended to eat at least some.

But I don't think it's right that factory farming produces so much meat so cheaply. I try to stick to ethically-sourced (free range) meat as much as I can, with the result that I end up typically eating rather little of it. I don't always succeed, and good meat is really really expensive, but it's something I'm working towards.
 
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