Recent content by Chris OBrien

I'd like the power to stop time indefinitely, but not be able to affect anything while it is stopped. I'd just like to be able to nap. Or think of really good comebacks.

Oh well that explains it, then. I have chosen my words carefully and written very specifically, but you're ignoring me. You never asked directly for a moral reason to give up meat, you presented a topic/scenario that seemed entirely irrelevant. The moral reason to not eat meat: Animals are...

I don't know if you misread or just misunderstood what I've written, but I don't know how else to answer you. I given you as clear answers as possible given your posts. If, as you insist, you have created a scenario that skirts the issue meat-production altogether, then it must disregard...

You are talking about an over-population problem, not a diet problem. In your example, one (diet) does not follow the other (an over-populated planet). I and others have pointed out multiple times that it would require less farm land to grow enough plants to feed the people of the planet. In the...

I have a couple questions for you then, because unless you frame your value system for me, your comments make you seem like a moral relativist. What do you value? If someone made what they thought were personal choices that negatively affected the world and it conflicted with your value...

Brains, or at the very least, a central nervous system. Does it actively struggle against its environment to survive? If you put something it considers food in front of it, will it eat the food? Does it reproduce in a way similar to human beings, at least on a basic level? He had it, the...

No one would lose jobs. If the industry of growing plants to eat expands, more jobs will be created in that industry, especially if--as many defending your position seem to believe--it would take significantly more effort to feed the world with plants rather than animals. Like nature, the...

The problem I'm having with what you are saying is, since this thread became active again after almost a year without posts, no one has behaved the way you describe. As far as this conversation goes, you're writing preemptively. I have never said no one anywhere should ever eat any meat and...

You have to understand that to you, it's just a choice between chicken or beef for dinner tonight. For them, it's not just about what's tasty, it's about raising awareness of a world of social issues and the implications of the choices we make every time we cook dinner. Calling it a "high...

I hate oxygen.

This may be true... if it happened instantaneously. But you're not really citing any facts or numbers. In a 2000 calorie diet, the daily intake of protein needed is easily obtained by eating a balanced, plant-based diet without additional effort*. It seems illogical to assume it would take...

I'm sorry, you've left the realm of facts and reason. If it has protein in it, it is a source of protein. Meat is not 100% protein. In the best cases, it's closer to 30% - http://www.livestrong.com/article/535346-the-protein-content-in-chicken/ The protein to calorie ratio can be...

You are probably the most reasonable, well-informed person I've seen post. Thanks for speaking up.

You couldn't be more incorrect about vegan diets. There is protein in almost every plant--quinoa is one great example of a reliable source of plant based protein--for others, see: http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/top-6-plant-based-proteins - the protein to calorie ratio is usually better in...

I think they're probably being stupid, but it is interesting to take a look at how we understand love.