[ save a cow, eat a tofu snack ] //rant
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note: before reading this entry , know that I have no problem with meat eaters. I was one for a good chunk of my life. my dad eats meat with every meal and a fat juicy steak about 4 times a week for dinner and I still love him. just don't be retarded about it.
that said :
So, for the past few months I've kinda been an ass. I got completely sick of people asking me WHY!?! I was a vegetarian, like it really matters to them.( flesh eaters)
So, insted of being honest. Like I usually am.. I decided to mix up my answers and see what kinda of reactions I got. So here it goes.
A #1 : MY reason for being a vegetarian is that I simply am against animal cruelty and slaughter houses. The cocept of suffering animals makes me view each piece of meat as a painful bloody unnecessary death, therefore I have no desire to eat it. A # 2: I say:" I just don't like meat." A# 3 : " ugh too many calories" - mind you I said this while scarfing down a cheese pizza. A #4 : "I'm allergic to it" - hahaha.
when I gave answer #2 , I got no reaction , maybe an " oh, or thats cool" - no one cared.
when I gave answer #3, same thing. People accepted this answer?! I was eating a cheese pizza, I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure a grilled chicken breast has WAY less calories than that pizza.
when I gave answer #4, people just nooded their head, or gave a "thats strange" look and left it alone. Are some people allergic to all forms of meat? I don't know but I gave the answer anyways.
and finally when I gave MY true answer, people acted like the fucking world was going to end, like they usually do. I don't understand since when people has such a problem with a person caring about the deaths and treatment of innocent animals. On many many occasions people will sit there and ARGUE with me over my own lifestyle decision. " It's the food chain" "It's EVOLUTION?!!?" " They are going to die anyways" "Humans were hunters" " They die right away in slaughter houses" BLAH BLAH BLAH. the evolution one really killed me. I mean sorry but I laughed in this kids face. Lets see...ohh yeah...he told me it's "Darwinism." um hello, he was a christian and was telling ME about darwinism. Heres my theory: Yes Humans are the most evolved ANIMALS on earth. We are given the ability to have advanced complex mental processes. But aren't we also the only animals that have the ability to feel empathy? I'm not sure if thats the exact word but you know what I mean. We have the ability to feel for another creatures and understand when we've hurt something emotioanlly and physically. So , in turn, dosen't that mean that we should be using our brains to produce enough fruits, grains and vegtables to feed our population? We aren't hunters anymore, we have technology because of this "evolution".Dosent that mean that we are smart enough to be able to stop animal suffering, produce our own food and eat what is better for our bodies? Does this not make sense to anyone else. basically any of the arguments I've gottin are just plain retarded.
I gave rediculious answers and people were ok with those. Why dosen't anyone sit around and argue with me for an hour saying " no you are wrong meat is delicious and yummy" or " well actually meat has less calories and fat than that pizza you are eating" or question the fact that I claimed to be allergic to all meat. Why are those answers acceptable? and animal rights isn't?