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Are you vegetarian vegan, eat meat? Discuss.

~The Video~

My Intention is simply to let the truth get out about inhumane treatment of animals... I am not completely sure people know this is happening. I know I didn't neutral
I have nothing against meat eaters and I am not a member of PETA.

This is done by PETA, so yes it is bias. But they can't make alot of this up. I know if I would have known sooner I would not have been supporting the larger inhumane industries.

Here are very graphic images of how they treat the animals, before slaughter arrow

http://www.meat.org/

Now that I know about what's going on, I only support my local farmers. I can see how they keep the animals in a humane way. It makes me feel alot better to be eating the product (milk,eggs) 3nodding

I've seen countless videos on brutal methods in factory farming and the inhumane treatment given to the animals within the factories. While they once persuaded me to not eat meat, I have realized now that, as Skeksis said, that not all meat comes from these types of factories. It is also an inevitable occurance; as long as there are humans on this earth, there will always be factory farming. I faced reality once and I dearly wish other people would. I'm not condoning or even approve of what goes on in these factories or meat processing plants, but some people just expect this big miracle to happen and want factory farming and perhaps even meat to die out. It will never happen, at least not in our lifetime. If and when there comes a time for this miracle occurance to come about, I will welcome it with open arms. Until then, I'm going to do what humans naturally do, and that is consume meat. We are ominvores by nature's design, and I don't see the world becoming vegan any time soon or ever. It's a nice fantasy, but it's time reality hit some people in the face.

I'm so lucky to live where I do. Many people have organic farms.. Most are your neighbors so you can go over and see their humane treatment for the animals...I support my local farmers and I buy their eggs milk.. I still don't meat. I'm not trying to save the world or anything.. I just feel moraly wrong to eat an animal. I mean it is murder, in a sense thattheyu have no choice... But I do respect alot of the farmers here who take good care for all their animals 3nodding

Videos like that are depressing, I know there are other organic farms out there, but I still can not bring my-self to eat red meat and pigs. As others have said this calls for a miracle. I am sure that someday someone will stand up in a sensible way and make that difference. Unless the entire population becomes vegitarian or vegan there is always going to be inhumane farming, I doubt thats going to happen.

That's fine, my best friend eats meat also 3nodding . I just thought, in case people hadn't already known, they should see what is going on. Yes PETA is a very bias group, but they can't make that stuff up, a lot of it anyways. I never watched the end where it was like "be a vegetarian or your evil or what ever" My friend told me about that.. After the cows I couldn't watch any more of it. Apparently what they did to the pigs was the worst (in Elfie's opinion (my friend)). I don't want to know what they did. I just gathered from the amount I saw, what industries are doing. I would feel bad supporting this. But I agree with humane meat farmers, who don't unnecessarily torture the animals before the slaughter.

I eat meat and I always will. You don't have to be, but the thing about modern society is the fixation on skinniness. I'm not saying that being fat is healthy, far from it, but being skinny isn't either. The percieved "health" in vegetarianism/veganism comes from the emaciation of poor nutrition. The ideal body is lean, muscular, and capable of running long distances without tiring. Meat is often an absolute nessecity when you're trying for the best figure. I guess it's possible to carefully replace your vitamins with vegetable ones, but it's difficult.

Consider vitamin B-12. It's a needed vitamin that only comes from meat. Supplements you say? Guess where the supplements get B-12 from. Yep, you guessed it, meat.

I love animals, but meat is something I won't give up. I've been vegetarian and sickly, and I love being athletic and healthy.

Only in our society. It's not unheard of in others.

If you are to attribute human concepts to animals in that manner then every single predator must also be considered barbaric.
Sorry, doesn't wash with me.

Regardless of your diet, animals are going to die for it. Life can't exist without killing other lives.