04-13-2012, 02:44 PM
(04-13-2012, 02:42 PM)3DMonkey Wrote:(04-13-2012, 02:18 PM)Diana Wrote:(04-13-2012, 02:09 PM)norral Wrote: diana
i have a question for you. if we hunted animals and ate like the american indians did would u have a problem with that. honestly i have a problem with the way we mass produce meat . if we saw it if it was telecast to us on a regular basis every day so that we saw what really goes on in the meat industry it would affect a lot of people i would think. i think the consumption of meat would go way way down. just to be clear i am not a vegan and i dont care what anyone eats it is their business. but i do agree we are not showing these animals compassion and we have turned the whole food industry into a pleasure dome. we eat to derive pleasure just as much as we eat to survive. not saying we shouldnt enjoy what we eat but if u look at the obesity in this country something is way out of whack that is for sure. and one thing i can say for a fact about cows they are very very gentle creatures. from the time i have spent with them they are very trusting and gentle.
I absolutely do think that would be a step in the right direction, just as humane animal farming is a step in the right direction. These are actually very large steps, considering how much of a difference they would make.
Ultimately, I would like to see humans rise above the animal food chain. We are smart beings-- I just know we can find a way to survive without this cruelty, just as I feel we can get past wanting kill each other in wars.
You'd think we were smart enough. I imagine everyday living in a subsistence environment. My mind takes it to the extreme. Why can't we figure out the precise climate to grow the perfect vegetables in our home? Why can't we use the second density group dynamic to manipulate a flock of animals to give up a "sacrifice" for us? The perfect greenhouse with the perfect chemistry with the perfect recyclability* with perfect efficiency and zero waste. I wonder why we haven't created this. I mean, where is the scientific information on growing the perfect tomato to be found? Where is the scientific information on the perfect diet? The perfect food in season that is to be consumed when a person is receiving X amount of sun's rays daily with an orbital distance of Y and a seasonal Earth angle of Z at a local mean temperature of B? Find me the instructional manual and I will use it. I want to write the instructional manual. I want to discover all this. But I can't have my cake and eat it too.
Write it! You don't have to have all the answers--just some that will help.
