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The 4 Ways People Rationalize Eating Meat

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3 points by tomwalker 11 years ago · 4 comments

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duncan_bayne 11 years ago

I've hunted myself - a little. Shot, skinned, butchered, cooked and eaten small game. Mmmmmmmm, rabbit pie.

I have never understood people who eat meat, but can't stomach the idea of killing and preparing it themselves.

  • JoeAltmaier 11 years ago

    Take it in context, its not so weird.

    I don't like to wash my own dishes - gross. Does that mean I should stop eating entirely?

    I won't build my own car either - greasy, hot and dangerous. I don't weave cloth to make my own clothes. I don't cut my own hair. I don't do my own plumbing.

    All of these are unpalatable for one reason or another. I guess I'll walk naked, hairy and hungry and dump on the ground.

    • duncan_bayne 11 years ago

      "Does that mean I should stop eating entirely?"

      No, but to continue that simile, you should probably stop bitching about people who choose to wash their own dishes.

JakDrako 11 years ago

Industrial agriculture also implies an animal death toll, even if only indirectly: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ordering-vegeta...

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