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But, aren't we are omnivores, mammals and part of the food chain?

Man was originally a vegetarian apparently, only changing to an omnivore
when it was found to be a more efficient way of survival. That was perfectly
OK in the past of course. Now we are in the 21st century, isn't it just a
little bit primitive to cage, drug and murder countless millions of animals?
There are so many alternatives, it just requires a little imagination and
some moral fibre.


*we* stop breeding / killing animals for food will that stop nature
doing the same .. aren't we just part of that 'nature.?

I thought that the boast of mankind is that they are more intelligent than
any other creature in the world? Cue the HHGTTG dolphins. :-)

Don't get me wrong, I 'generally' protect animals (even usher wasps
out of the window g) and am very upset by the treatment some animals
'enjoy' in the hands of some folk / cultures / countries.

It truly sickens me. Animal behaviour can be excused, but humans are
supposed to know better. Sadly there are a few that consider that animals
are there purely for them to abuse in any way they see fit.

However, I'm no veggie fan and am confused by things like why veggies
need something the shape / taste of say a sausage but made out of
fungus? Why can't it just be a bowl of green gloop?


I'm fully in agreement with you. I turned away from meat when I was a
teenager. For some reason, my mother also felt that if I wasn't going to eat
it, I should be eating something that *looked* like it. Seems to me to be
almost as morally offensive as eating the real thing. There were all sorts
of nasty things in those days. Soya mince which was like chewing rubber
particles was just one.

In an ideal world though, I'm with you in principal (I'm still waiting
for tablet-space-food as don't rate food as a hobby in any case).

There are times that it is good to enjoy food, such as on holiday, but most
of the time, I suppose it is just eating to live.

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