Posted: 21 Jun 2007, 14:46
Meat DOES taste nice. Sad but true.[/quote]
.....Continue to eat meat....
.....Continue to eat meat....
Well, you're kind of missing mine, we not only don't have fangs and claws, we never had them, if our closest genetic relation, the chimp, is anything to go by. We developed the tools to kill in order to eat meat, which does rather indicate it isn't something that comes naturally to us. Instinct also, a child put in a room with a lamb and an apple will eat the apple and play with the lamb, and any young carniverous animal vice-versa. Eating meat is part of our culture and upbringing, not part of our nature or biology.Badlander wrote: You're missing the point : humans don't have long sharp teeth and claws any more because we don't need them. It's just evolution : we developed hunting and cooking techniques which were so efficient that there was no need for natural weapons any more. The human body changed accordingly. I guess if you lead a very sedentary life, then you can get away without meat. But I'm a sports guy and I need my dose of proteins, otherwise my whole body will just fall apart. And eating meat (cheese, milk, etc.) is still the best way to get those proteins. I do agree that vegetarianism can be good for your health to some extent, but I also know that veggies generally aren't very sharp. They may be fit but they're not sharp.
You've never been to Drumchapel have you?a child put in a room with a lamb and an apple will eat the apple and play with the lamb
ORLY?DeWinter wrote:we not only don't have fangs and claws, we never had them, if our closest genetic relation, the chimp, is anything to go by.
I would tend to agree with that bit, with the slight caveat that although Chimpanzees have a largely omnivorous diet (young shoots, berries, fruit, insects, grubs) they will eat hunt and smaller mammals and birds from time to time.DeWinter wrote:We developed the tools to kill in order to eat meat, which does rather indicate it isn't something that comes naturally to us.
*splutter*weebleswobble wrote:You've never been to Drumchapel have you?a child put in a room with a lamb and an apple will eat the apple and play with the lamb
The problem is that most species of fish we like are carnivores themselves, and when they are kept at fish farms they get food that´s made of fish meal, made of fish that got *caught*..Badlander wrote:Not necessarily, not if you pick organic (hippy scum ) fish farms only. Same goes for all animals, for that matter. But then again, it's much more pricey and not everyone can afford it.Eva wrote:Buying cultured seafood means I eat antibiotics, hormones and support the narrow cages etc....
That looks like a custom Parker-Hale he's got, prolly a .270.........bloody Yanks and their .270's9while9 wrote:
Some folks definition of "a powerful athletic body" is actually something that would be considered freakishly abnormal by most of the human race. I do know veggies who are actually quite fit (fit enough to run a marathon, for example) into their 40s. They must be doing something right...9while9 wrote:As far as humans not being meant to eat meat.
That's ludicrous! You can't build a powerful athletic body on
bean sprouts and soy.
I never said I was average......mh wrote:Some folks definition of "a powerful athletic body" is actually something that would be considered freakishly abnormal by most of the human race. I do know veggies who are actually quite fit (fit enough to run a marathon, for example) into their 40s. They must be doing something right...9while9 wrote:As far as humans not being meant to eat meat.
That's ludicrous! You can't build a powerful athletic body on
bean sprouts and soy.
You shouldn't compare us with chimps, you should compare our ancestors (before humans began using fire to cook meat) with chimps. All I'm saying is that the human body has changed tremendously since then. Anyway, almost nothing comes "naturally" to humans, since we're social animals with close to zero instinct (and I'm using the word "close" only as a precaution).DeWinter wrote: Well, you're kind of missing mine, we not only don't have fangs and claws, we never had them, if our closest genetic relation, the chimp, is anything to go by. We developed the tools to kill in order to eat meat, which does rather indicate it isn't something that comes naturally to us.
Instinct also, a child put in a room with a lamb and an apple will eat the apple and play with the lamb, and any young carniverous animal vice-versa. Eating meat is part of our culture and upbringing, not part of our nature or biology.
At least you're honest about it !Still, I'm a biased viewpoint. I freely admit to liking animals a lot more than I like people! Im not sure the most sensible pro-meat argument will sway me!
And put a child in a room with an apple and a cooked burger.....it'll play with the apple.DeWinter wrote:
a child put in a room with a lamb and an apple will eat the apple and play with the lamb,
HEAR HEAR! x a millionmh wrote:Some folks definition of "a powerful athletic body" is actually something that would be considered freakishly abnormal by most of the human race. I do know veggies who are actually quite fit (fit enough to run a marathon, for example) into their 40s. They must be doing something right...9while9 wrote:As far as humans not being meant to eat meat.
That's ludicrous! You can't build a powerful athletic body on
bean sprouts and soy.
Spoken like someone who has never worked a hard physical job.....boudicca wrote:HEAR HEAR! x a millionmh wrote:Some folks definition of "a powerful athletic body" is actually something that would be considered freakishly abnormal by most of the human race. I do know veggies who are actually quite fit (fit enough to run a marathon, for example) into their 40s. They must be doing something right...9while9 wrote:As far as humans not being meant to eat meat.
That's ludicrous! You can't build a powerful athletic body on
bean sprouts and soy.
Bodybuilders just cart around a lot of waste, excess muscle, none of it necessary to perform the tasks of even the most active life... it's for that very reason that they have to subject their body to the loads and "reps" they do in the gym. You will not build massive "pecs" through even large amounts of natural and healthy activity, though you will be fit as fcuk, which IMO is a hell of a lot better than having pointless man-muscle-boobs. Check out guys who work active jobs 12 hours a day and they don't cart all that "beef" about - they couldn't, it would weigh them down. Bodybuilders' physiques are made for optimum homoerotic posing, not optimum health or fitness.
Rant over. COME ON THE SKINNY LADS!
Regarding the original issue, I have a million opinions about it all, so many I really just couldn't be arsed to join in...
Suffice to say - Don't eat it if you couldn't bear to see it being killed, and whether you go veggie or not, it is a good idea to have some consciousness of where the stuff you're putting in your mouth actually comes from. We have become utterly divorced from what we are actually consuming, and we'd probably do well to have the reality of it rammed down our throats a little more often to wake us up.
I do hope that's not a euphemism, this is a family forum.silentNate wrote:I have become aware that my wife sneaks off to the cafe for sausages.
The expression of an unpleasant or embarrassing notion by a more inoffensive substitute.MadameButterfly wrote:What's euphemism please?
Oh yes of course, the mild words substituted for improper or blunt ones.smiscandlon wrote:The expression of an unpleasant or embarrassing notion by a more inoffensive substitute.MadameButterfly wrote:What's euphemism please?
For example, saying sausages instead of big cocks.