However, I am no longer glad when that same person decides that the whole world should be just like him or her and that s/he/it is going to protest and make a nuisance of themselves to stop "(enter political/spiritual agenda of your choice in the space provided)____________________".
Vegetarianism, as a discipline, is highly respectable and I don't begrudge anyone who became a vegetarian because they "felt like it, and it works for them". Good for you! You are on the Good Path.
Those Vegetarians who believe that being veggie makes one morally superior to those who would dare to eat meat, on the other hand, have unknowingly booked passage on "The Sanctimonious Hypocrite Scumbag Express". And there are plenty of seats on board! This train is always on schedule!
The same judgemental people who become militant "veggie-totalitarianists" are also of the same fabric of the "prayer in schools", "Pro-Life/Bomb Iran", "we have the freedom to be us - now assimilate or die in the name of our Cause" "Ban Same-sex marriage"- scumbags that they try to distance themselves from.
They don't eat meat, therefore they are more civilized...oh yeah? Explain the Caste system in India, for example! Not very civilized, are they? They don't eat cows, but allow others to die because they are "too poor" to interact with! Real Classy! Look it up under "28 year old woman dies with newborn because of being 'untouchable'." The medical staff wouldn't even touch her because she was so low in caste! Hindus don't traditionally eat cows or any other animals, but too many of them follow the caste system. I only need one example to deflate the self-righteous delusion that vegetarianism = instant spiritual supremacy!
It matters not.
Once I see a pale, malnourished, sickly "activist" applaud the death of someone who dares to hunt seal or eat a steak, I know straight away that these "well-intentioned" souls are every bit as capable of committing violence against another person as the other scumbags who court violence in the pursuit of their own agendas.
Greenpeace and PETA are , in my eyes, becoming (by example) every bit as vile and repulsive as the Neo-Nazis, Al-Qaeda, The Religious Right, The Neo-Conservatives, The Conservative Party of Canada , The Liberal Party of Canada and (my favourite villains) The Republican/Democratic Parties of the used-to-be-great-United States. All that really matters to the above-mentioned is the vast accumulation of wealth, power and influence.
When will these brainwashed/unwashed masses realize that there are places on this planet that can't grow vegetables year round? Northern Canada is remote, cold and the people get by on a livelihood that they've known all their lives and cannot/will not successfully adjust to a "civilized" way of life in some city somewhere. Firstly, they would have to be relocated. Secondly, they would have to be, through a period of years, trained to adapt to a community that will always see them as "outsiders". Then they'd have to be trained to live and work in a world that depends upon the whims of City Hall, as opposed to the laws of Mother Earth. All this misery, because some squeamish whining wastes want to feel better about themselves by dictating how others should live!
One of they greatest arguments against animal products by these "enlightened souls" is that we have man-made fibers that can replace animal hides and fur. Oh sure, let's save the environment by wearing toxic plastic clothes and footwear that simply accumulates in landfills, rather than animal products that in time (after years of use) can be composted in the back yard. How green of them!
Do they not know that to recycle plastic requires a dose of fresh petrol-chemicals!?
These loons would rather us poison our air and water with petrol-chemical clothing, than hunt/grow/harvest an animal for food/clothing that does not. All because the propaganda engine cherry-picks these talking points for the zombies to mumble while sending vast amounts of cash to organizations that really stopped giving a damn about saving anything but their bottom line years ago! They're being lied to and used in the pursuit of money!
Always forgetting that plants are organisms too, these morally superior plant killers wouldn't know a plant in distress if science told them. I guess because they can't hear vegetables scream, it's okay to brutalize them in the salad-making process or when slaw-ing them alive...
What happens when science proves that plants are indeed sentient?
No matter what we do to nourish our bodies, we have to kill something in the process...Accept it!
The only thing I agree with those "enlightened warriors of truth" about is the crime of Factory Farming.
It is animal abuse, to be sure. It is an abuse to the whole ecosystem without a doubt. But it isn't like we as consumers are getting away with allowing such abuse to happen. The Growth-hormones, the Antibiotics, the Animal waste present in the final product as well as flowing into rivers and water tables...and worst of all, sick animals being processed,and worse, fed to the other animals to "save a buck". If we are buying fast food or meat in bulk that has been commercially distributed, we have been (and are) filling our own bodies with the same vile stuff that we pump into our food animals. Think about it!
Factory Farming is bad for the consumer, bad for the animal, and worst of all, horrible for the farm labourer, Meat processing labourer, etc. so long as big business is allowed to cut corners and abuse its labour force. This is the price of a "Free Enterprise" system (which is worthy of its own rant!).
The best way to combat Factory Farming is to buy local...yes, it may cost more, but it tastes better and you are getting quality over quantity...one needs to think of what one is losing rather than gaining when chicken breasts are bigger than Pamela Anderson's! And guess what? Both are artificially inflated! Ewww gross indeed!
Go to local burger joints if they're still in existence...sure, you can get five cheeseburgers for under three bucks at McDonald's, but you are paying a heavier price for the bargain you're getting...better yet, make your own burgers with ground beef from a local butcher!
While we're on the subject of animal abuse, I will briefly mention the movement to subject dogs and cats and other animals of prey to a specialized vegan diet..that's how insane the "Meat is murder" crowd are! They are willing to punish their pets by denying them their natural tendencies!
Now,I love meat! I love roasting it, cooking it over a flame, Sausages, Burgers...I will not eat Bologna or Hot Dogs anymore - The mystery of Love means more to me than Mystery Meat! I switched from fried chicken to rotisserie chicken which is so much better in flavour and health value! I love Dairy Products too! I still eat Fish 'n' Chips maybe once per year. I eat a fair amount of pork and chicken!
One Vegan-SS activist said how happy she'd be the day I died of clogged arteries from my consuming murdered animals. Maybe so, but the hate she embraces will consume and kill her faster and more painfully than my BBQ pit will ever do to me! She probably already has health issues from her hate that she attributes to something else.
Attitude is everything!
I do love veggies too. Too many to mention at that!
I'd like to think that I've been a "live and let live" type most of my life. Granted, I've only recently started a relationship with a positive attitude, myself, and I hope it sticks. I try to see the good in others, but sometimes there simply is none to find.
Regardless, there will come a time when meat isn't as plentiful as it used to be. The only way these meat industries have been sustaining themselves, is through fossil fuels...we are running out. More importantly, fuel prices are skyrocketing, which is affecting the price of grain, which will make factory farming impossible to be profitable. Consumption will drop as well, because the human population will drop drastically! Many of us will have to grow/raise our own food pretty soon. I have four acres, and I can learn to hunt as well. We are omnivores for a reason.
Vegetarianism, in the West, is a lifestyle that generally relies on convenience/shipping/mass growing of crops (equally prone to abuse as animal farms!). When infrastructure collapses, how will you get your food? The "uncivilized" denizens of the North went to the sea or woods to hunt for food, because they couldn't eat bushes or plankton with much success. That's why there 's wild game. Wild game processes that which we cannot.Remember the Circle of Life from "The Lion King"? Unless one lives somewhere that easily allows the growing of all essential crops for the healthy vegetarian lifestyle there's going to be a need for meat, fish or eggs.
Now, in the unlikely event some nice tolerant loving Vegan has read this post and feels hurt somewhat, please don't...if you are what you are by your own choice and don't push it on others, you are not the subject of this rant. If you were, you wouldn't have made it to the end of this post.
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