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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

lapfog_1

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2. humans are wired by thousands of years of evolution

Reply to Quackers (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 8, 2020, 10:26 PM

Jan 2020

to be omnivores... from our teeth to our vision system to our stomachs and intestinal tracts.

That said, it is a choice to be vegan or not.

but enjoying something that tastes like meat is likely wired by evolution.

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Why vegans eat food that looks and tastes like meat (veg and animal rights group) [View all] mucifer Jan 2020 OP

Doesn't that mean that vegans/vegetarians enjoy the taste of meat then? Quackers Jan 2020 #1

humans are wired by thousands of years of evolution lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #2

I like this answer. Thanks! nt Quackers Jan 2020 #4

not all vegans/vegetarians handmade34 Jan 2020 #3

Some do some don't . It's weird I'm grossed out by the fake burgers that taste real mucifer Jan 2020 #6

It's the torture and killing of animals that is repulsive for me, not the taste. MLAA Jan 2020 #11

Why would we find it repulsive? Codeine Jan 2020 #13

I still don't get that logic. Wawannabe Jan 2020 #5

you think a burger looks like a cow? mucifer Jan 2020 #7

It's actually really simple AleksS Jan 2020 #8

Yup so many people tell me they can't go vegan because they like the taste of animals mucifer Jan 2020 #9

Perfect! MLAA Jan 2020 #10

Actually laughed out loud. yewberry Jan 2020 #12