Well, yesterday, as i dragged my exhausted and extremely hungry self home from work, and as i was going into our building, i noticed we had something in the mail.
I thought it was either gonna be the greeting cards we’ve been waiting for ever since before New Years or Tunisie Telecom telling me that they’re coming to install my phone line.
Needless to say it was neither, instead i found a little PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) vegetarian starter kit, some sort of magazine that aims to convince me to become a vegan and give up eating meat.
I had ordered the starter kit a while ago out of curiosity and i was interested in seeing what would be in it and how they would try to convince me to quit meat-eating.
I’m sorry to say this, and i mean no offense to vegans, vegetarians or to PETA, but this whole thing is really nonsense.
Some of the reasons given for not eating this or that are so dumb and use a very twisted logic.
I’m totally for the protection of animals against all forms of bad treatment and i totally support the efforts to stop hunting down animals for furs, fun and other cruel reasons.
But i also think that some animals were created to produce things that we can use for our everyday life, things like: eggs, milk, silk, wool and even meat.
Anyway, after going through the whole kit, i am more of a meat-eater than ever before; there’s no way i’m gonna quit eating meat, drinking milk or whatever else these guys want me to quit for the reasons they wrote.
I’m not gonna go eat fake mock meat, soya whatever or tofu rubbish that tastes like shit when i can have a juicy steak, chicken tikka or a milk shake.
And to stress my point and my commitment to meat-eating, i went out last night for a good delicious meal at Baguette & Baguette, where i had a Chicken Burger and a Hamburger (actually Cow meat burger in muslim countries), and it was very very Yummy 😛
I also ate some really great french fries. But hey wait a sec ? Don’t vegetables have feelings ? They’re alive creatures too, aren’t they ?
Maybe someone should think of starting PETVF = People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables & Fruits 😛
http://petv.org
People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables
Hmm… i dont eat dead animal flesh, nor do i drink milk that was never intended for human consumption, but intended for cow’s calves… or, you know… eggs, that are supposed to be baby chickens… Animals literally scream when they’re being hurt, they have brains and nervous systems that are very capable of feeling pain as much as we are… fruits and vegetables, nope. I’m lactose intolerant – as is a huge percentage (majority even), which proves to me that we are not intended to drink milk. I’ve never heard of an apple intolerance, you?
Hmm… i dont eat dead animal flesh, nor do i drink milk that was never intended for human consumption, but intended for cow’s calves… or, you know… eggs, that are supposed to be baby chickens… Animals literally scream when they’re being hurt, they have brains and nervous systems that are very capable of feeling pain as much as we are… fruits and vegetables, nope. I’m lactose intolerant – as is a huge percentage (majority even), which proves to me that we are not intended to drink milk. I’ve never heard of an apple intolerance, you? You should watch peta’s ‘Meet Your Meat’ video on goveg.com. It’s very informative. Not that I mind you eating meat, (believe it or not, a lot of vegetarians arent obsessed with trying to change every single human) It really is just the choice for me… but i honestly did take offense at your blog entry. By the way, colon cancer is pretty much unheard of in vegetarians and vegans. Why? Because meat sits in your intenstines and colon, undigested for a very long time. Oh, and in every package of chicken, there’s a little poop. Bon apetit! Thats Good Eats!
sorry for the double comment, thought my computer froze while saving the first one, and decided to add some more. feel free to delete.
Have a nice day.
I do not mean to offend any zealous meat-eaters, but “Just a compassionate person” is right.
I personally am a vegan and though you say you did not intend for anyone to be offended, your proceding words were slightly offensive to me.
I’m not trying to change your opinion or anything of the sort, but I would like for you to try and be a little more reasonable and openminded when discussing topics such as these, instead of using biting and sarcastic quips such as “Don’t vegetables have feelings ? They’re alive creatures too, aren’t they ?”.
I would also like to ask a question, if I may. You said that you are for the ethical treatment of animals (“I’m totally for the protection of animals against all forms of bad treatment and i totally support the efforts to stop hunting down animals for furs, fun and other cruel reasons.)
yet you approve of the slaughtering and butchering of living animals for human consuption. You do not considder that cruelty?
You also said, “But i also think that some animals were created to produce things that we can use for our everyday life, things like: eggs, milk, silk, wool and even meat”. Where do you get your logic for that? I personally think that: animals who produce eggs do so to bear young, animals who produce milk do so to nurture their offspring (which the majority of are taken to slaughter soon after birth) and is not for human consumption, silk is produced from the Bombyx Mori’s cucoons which are somewhat of a chamber for a maturring moth (the cucoons are not produced for human use), wool produced by sheep is basically the hair off their back, and as you know hair is usually used for warmth and protection for the creature it belongs to and noone else (sheep raised for wool also have the majority of their offspring taken to the slaughter soon after birth), and meat…well that’s pretty self explanitory.
By your logic, milk and meat producing animals produce for human consumption. So therefore, you apparantly wouldn’t mind if someone were to take milk from a pregnant female woman’s breasts for their own consumption (who is not her child) and then have her own child taken from her and killed soon after. You also seemingly wouldn’t mind if someone were to murder someone, let’s say a family member of yours (after murdering your new born child and extreemly violating your wife ofcourse) and prepare the meat off their bones for consumption. Am I right?
If so, you need serious psychological help, my friend.
If I am wrong, I apollogize. I must have not understood the point you were trying to make.
Once again, I do not mean to offend any meat-eaters. I would just appreciate it if you thought before you type.
Most vegans and vegetarians are so full of self-righteous BS it makes me sick. I’d love it if, just once, they could try to make a strong point that doesn’t involve lying. I think I’ll have KFC tonight in honor of “A slightly offended vegan” and “Just a compassionate person”.
Humans > Animals, always.
Who ever said they have never heard of apple intolerance, let me tell you. I’m doubled over in agony any time i eat an apple or something that has come into contact with apples. There is such a thing as fructose intolerance so i’d prefer to eat meat and drink milk than be doubled over in pain when i eat something that has been saturated in apple or pear juice because it is cheap.
Its all about supply and demand, you keep eating animals… they keep ordering more for slaughter.. how many people are there on this earth. When will it end? I think people should cut down on meat!