Poll: Why do you (not) eat meat?

[brainslurper]

Your reason is that it is bad for the environment? Unless you are eating wild dolphins then no, no it isn't.

 

[imperialwar]

well as a body builder / weightlifter I eat four kinds of protein every day.
Beef, fish, Tofu and beans.

 

[Agayek]

I eat meat for one very obvious and clear reason: It's fucking delicious. And if you disagree, you are provably wrong.

Really, I don't need any other reason to eat it.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I eat meat because humans are omnivores. It's natural. Any other omnivore or carnivore that considers humans as prospective prey would do the same to me. Of course, there are health benefits to being a vegetarian, but... honestly, meat is too good.

 

[xPixelatedx]

I eat meat because animals eat meat.

If there was something wrong with the concept then life wouldn't be designed this way.

And if one day something eats me, then awesome it came full circle. I hope I am delicious.

 

[MajorTomServo]

People who eat meat just havent learned enough about where it comes from. I find that no one is ever able to beat me in an argument about it. It usually comes down to "But it's tasty! D:" or "If you dont eat meat you're a queer-bag! D:<" or "REAL men eat meat! Carnivores ftw! Mighty hunters herp derp durr!"

Because nothing says mighty predator like buying pre-packed cuts of an animal someone else raised and slaughtered for you.

I know where meat comes from and I still eat it. it's already dead and not eating it won't help anything.

By eating meat, you create demand for more meat. Farmers raise more animals so they can sell them to you.

Also, by "where it comes from," I dont mean animals. I mean the fact that the cows/chickens/whatever are packed so close together that they cant sit or lie down and spend their lives literally knee-deep in shit and other animals that have been trampled to death.

 

[MajorTomServo]

Your reason is that it is bad for the environment? Unless you are eating wild dolphins then no, no it isn't.

It [http://www.greatgreenidea.com/Why-Eating-Meat-is-Bad-for-the-Environment.html]
appears [http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/meat-and-environment.aspx]
you're [http://www.alternet.org/environment/141898/eating_meat_isn't_bad_for_the_planet,_it's_our_system_of_raising_the_animals_that's_wrong/]
wrong. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/environment-eat-less-meat-cheese-dairy-health_n_901464.html]

 

[larryparker]

The meat is the proper food like milk so most of the peoples take meat for the proper diet,

 

[Soods]

those people clearly have a low double digit IQ. you offered nothing intellectual on the table.

secondly, don't ask me to provide sources then link a couple of Wikipedia pages. it's insulting. Wikipedia is a good place for quickly looking up general facts, but an absolutely terrible thing to "source". I can only assume you're in grade school if you think Wiki is a respectable source.

What's wrong with wikipedia? It certainly is better than nothing. And wikipedia has its own sources as well, so if you don't believe wikipedia, you can check the sources.

 

[xPixelatedx]

If there was something wrong with the concept then life wouldn't be designed this way.

Are you serious? Because that kind of horrible logic can be used to justify just about anything. Hey nothing wrong with killing each other, otherwise life wouldn't have been designed that way. Or heck, anything at all.

We don't need that logic to justify anything, we do whatever we want and make up our own justifications for it anyway. This is why politics are subjective.

 

[Arina Love]

i love meat! it's tastes great and is able to fill me with necessary energy! As for "animal rights" ? animals have the right to be tasty, that's all.

 

[CrazyJew]

Recently my wizardry talent has been showing itself, and according to the "Sword of Truth" series, it affects my tastes in food. I am starting to dislike meat.

 

[Rikkano]

To quote Bart Simpson "I can't possibly be a vegetarian, I love the taste of death!"

But on a more serious note, I eat meat because I like the taste of it.