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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Kali

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10. that is debateble but I see this is in a "protected" forum

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 24, 2019, 01:17 PM

Jun 2019

if you ever want to really delve into the benefits of livestock on the land and the realities of costs and benefits to various types of food production, give me a heads up. love you Tobin and love the journey you are on.

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If everyone had to slaughter critters for their meat, there would be a lot more vegetarians. [View all] Tobin S. Jun 2019 OP

really you could say the same of growing plants Kali Jun 2019 #1

If people had to make that choice, I'd think most of them would go with a garden. Tobin S. Jun 2019 #6

I doubt it. I think most people would resort to stealing whatever they could Kali Jun 2019 #11

You're assuming uncivilized conditions. Tobin S. Jun 2019 #13

actually, no I am not Kali Jun 2019 #14

My grandfather raised beef cattle. I've seen it all and I hate it. I'd raise dairy cows, but never hlthe2b Jun 2019 #2

Native Americans HONORED their kills..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #3

That's probably true radical noodle Jun 2019 #4

I'm not vegetarian or vegan moose65 Jun 2019 #5

True. So what? matt819 Jun 2019 #7

The point is that I think most people would be naturally inclined to eating a vegetarian diet. Tobin S. Jun 2019 #9

that is debateble but I see this is in a "protected" forum Kali Jun 2019 #10

Any sociologists or anthropologists here? matt819 Jun 2019 #12

I worked in a slaughterhouse for years captain queeg Jun 2019 #8

Yet in a way, raising and slaughtering your own is so much more humane. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #15

+1 2naSalit Jun 2019 #16

Once I acknowledged the animal cruelty involved, I could no longer eat meat... MLAA Jun 2019 #17

Isn't human physiology geared towards consuming plants? I thought our teeth were Karadeniz Jun 2019 #18

I was raised in a hunting family Codeine Jun 2019 #19