Any vegetarians/vegans on FFR?

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Originally Posted by Plan_Bsk81127

I just lol at the whole animal cruelty deal of choosing this eating style. Choosing to eat this way isnt going to stop it. Its the way of life, you need to kill others for ones living, just how it works. Thats just my opinion. lol.

It doesn't stop factory farming from happening, but it decreases the amount of animals slaughtered due to a smaller demand. Think of it this way, if all vegetarians started eating meat again, there would be an immediate increase of the amount of animals slaughtered. If another 10% of the population went vegetarian, roughly 10% less animals would be killed.

Originally Posted by MrRubix

The point of what others were saying was that killing animals for food has been an inevitable and necessary condition for our propagation and survival. Besides, a lot of the products vegetarians/vegans eat still come from processes that inevitably kill small creatures anyway. I've always found the "I don't want to hurt animals" excuse a bit silly.

Most vegetarians acknowledge that we are all omnivores, and the ones that don't are generally stupid. I've actually done a lot of research on human evolution and dietary habits, and although it's definitely true that we needed meat at a certain point in our evolutionary time-line, eating meat is not currently a necessary condition for our propagation and survival.

The best we can really hope for is the humane killing of animals such that they do not suffer.

And this simply is not viable without the abolishment of factory farming and a massive reconstruction of the agrarian economy.

Originally Posted by EnR

If you're a vegetarian, will you buy a car that has leather seats? Or by leather shoes?

I definitely won't buy leather or fur clothing. As far as cars, I would try to avoid it, but I wouldn't be opposed to buying a used car with leather seats.