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Originally posted by TheNight
A damn lie.  The human body can get every single amino acid it needs from plants. You don't need meat, this is just the logic you're trying to use to justify wanting it, logic of which is untrue.
And there is literally no other species of animal that kills "just cause". That's called hunting for sport and humans are quite literally the one and only species that does it. Other species kill animals only for the food which they need to survive. We do not need to kill and eat other animals but rather want to because of the taste of their flesh. There's a very clear difference between the two even though you and many others continue to try to tie them together. |
there are so many things wrong with this post.
1) Let's not forget, that humans are fundamentally ANIMALS. The fact we have evolved to process moral/rational thought (i.e. distinguishing right from wrong, establishing the ethics around 'death' which other animals cannot) does not change the fact that our entire evolutionary line shows examples of hunting and eating meat.
2) Yes, it is true you can get the right amount of nutrients/amino acids from plants. But it is highly inefficient and going back to evolution - do you really think that our ancestors had the time to research vegan recipes online and microwave kale chips? The answer is NO. For an easy source of protein they obviously went to red meat - killing and hunting was far more accessible in their time, and through evolution the modern human shares the same diet as their ancestors, i.e. MEAT. We would not be here today if our ancestors did not hunt for meat.
3) You claim human's kill/eat meat because we enjoy the 'taste of flesh'. Yet you previously stated that we eat vegetables to derive amino acids/nutrients from them, in place of the nutrients meat gives us. So what is so wrong about eating meat for the nutrients they give us? I dont love the taste of meat but I eat it anyway because I know it's good for me and provides a balanced diet.
So the whole pro-vegan argument about how humans should opt to eat vegetables for the sole purpose of preserving animal rights is ridiculous and goes against our evolutionary basis. By all means, go be a vegan or go vegetarian. But do not sit on a moral high horse and try and advocate against our evolutionary instincts.
