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Originally Posted by WereBear
Vegans obviously MISS real food. Because they are always eating processed imitations of animal foods.
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Our two non-preachy vegan friends said they used to eat vegan meat substitutes but one day they woke up and said, “Why are we eating something that tastes like what we are trying not to eat?”
Although personally, I think they are doing it all wrong, unlike most vegans, they don't get on their high horse. In fact, when we meet them at a restaurant, we go to places that have vegan for them, and omnivore for us. We just accept each other's preferences. No questions asked, and talk about things we have in common.
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Originally Posted by WereBear
And -- this is the part that frustrates me so -- they aren't helping animals.
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You are correct. If it wasn't for omnivores, there wouldn't be any of the animals we have domesticated. No cows, no pigs, or anything else. These animals are alive because we want them for food.
Sure, we eventually take their lives, but they would not have one if we didn't breed them. You don't see Holsteins in the wild.
I do have a problem with growing a chicken in a tiny cage, so I don't eat chicken.
For cows and pigs, they are protected from the kind of predators that traumatize them before death with tooth and claws(pumas, wolves) and kill them quickly.
No chasing them down and tearing into the neck like a puma, or biting their leg tendons as they run for their life until they collapse the way a wolf pack does.
So we are actually doing a service to the animals. Giving them lives, and lives without fear.
Vegans are not being kind to the environment, either. Contrary to what the covert advertising media tells us, the fertilizer industry emits 100 times more than all the cow farts and burps combined. If we took grassland, and converted it to veggies, we would need a lot of fertilizer, insecticide, and herbicides.
I have nothing against vegans as long as they don't try to force their 'religion' on others. They are nothing more than picky eaters, and I can relate, I'm a picky eater too. I don't eat sugar, and high glycemic starches. I won't try to convert the vegans, and as they don't try to convert me, everything is OK.