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In reply to the discussion: Does an image like this make you more likely to stop eating meat? [View all]bobclark86
(1,415 posts)67. Like Elmer, the pig who grew up on my farm when I was a kid...
this little piggy will be mighty tasty come the middle of winter .
No, this won't stop me. Ever cut a chicken's head off at 20 below zero and then gut it with the steam pouring out? We were poor when I was in elementary school, and the eggs from the chickens were are primary source of protein one winter... when one stopped laying, it went in the pressure cooker. Hell, one time, I remember a deer was hit out front of our house in the middle of the night. A trooper showed up, gave us a tag, and at 2 a.m., we were cutting it up.
If that didn't stop me from eating meat, not much will.
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No, clearing out vast forests to create agricultural lands you pour poison on kills animals
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#23
So your solution is to eat even higher on the food chain, requiring ever more agriculture?
villager
Jan 2013
#27
Humans have been amazingly skilled and efficient hunters for tens of thousands of years
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#62
That is really amazing considering how many doctors recommend that we not eat red meat.
MoonRiver
Jan 2013
#84
bacteria and viruses can bring down and kill the healthiest person on Earth
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#98
With care it will finish out at 240 to 280 lbs market weight in about 6 months.
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#72