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Originally Posted by BC564
ok Justin......you made it sound totally mean.........I was in no way saying anything is wrong with being a vegetarian....I'm just trying to understand it...or how you get to the being a vegetarian....the ethical question is really the part I was and am still having a problem with understanding....maybe its my thick skull...dunno....
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It's what Justin was saying, but even goes further than that.
Veal is made by trapping a baby cow so that it cannot lose its baby fat. It's then killed. Making cows "Kosher" will have a Rabbi come and cut the jugular vein of the cow, bleeding it out.
Chickens that are not free range are stuffed into boxes BARELY big enough for them to fit into. they're forced to produce endlessly and usually have no feathers due to stress.
Cows that are milked are also forced to stay pregnant, as that's the only way they produce milk.
Cows used for food are killed generally by being electrocuted or as Justin said, having their head bashed in after having a rather crappy life beforehand.
You're also getting animals pumped full of hormones and other things that will artificially make them taste better. Going organic generally sees better treatment of animals, but they still have to be killed in order to eat.
The way I see it is more the buddhist perspective. I don't need to end the life of anything in order to fill my tummy. End of story
But I think this is getting a SMIDGE off track, we can discuss it in another thread, but for now - Drew just needs some suggestions of things he can eat!