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News: Thousands of animals sacrificed at Nepal festival
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Originally posted by Elusive Chanteuse
These are buffalo not human beings. And its highly offensive to me some ppl feel like they are more cultured and civilized than others so they feel a sense of imperialism in hopes of changing years of tradition.
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Originally posted by MaRy
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Even Nostradamus MaRy agrees with me on this. Tell me, oh clairvoyant, will there be a time when people stop killing animals for whatever reason (food, tradition, religion, entertainment, etc.)?
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How much people care about animals in here. You know what...
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Originally posted by princedonte
Are you going to get mad at a lion for eating a buffalo a bear eating fish or a Bird eating a snake it's called a food chain it's s part of nature. Animals kill us as well.
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But in nature animals don't kill mass amounts of other animals for no reason other than for survival, and they tend to not let them suffer either
This is just another act of humans using religion as an excuse to have no morality and to not have any respect for life, because why would someone get satisfaction for brutally mass murdering things, and this is just like other backward religions where it's people instead who suffer yet they're delusional enough to think it's okay, seems like they're a bit behind with the times
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Stop being ignorant to their culture.
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Originally posted by TheNight
[*]I apologize but...I only speak English, and thus cannot comprehend a word of that quote.
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You only speak the English? Then it says: "the greatest of all the prejudices that we have retained from our childhood is that of believing that beasts think"
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Originally posted by TheNight
Yes, they are bugs, and they deserve a right to life just like you or I.
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Honestly I can't tell if you're joking or not
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Originally posted by TheNight
What do you think us vegans eat? Sticks and leaves? I myself can't even stand salads. Some of my favorite foods include fideo (a Mexican dish), Mexican beans and rice, cornbread/squash casserole, Italian green beans with marinara sauce, and hearty vegetable soup. None contain any animal products, yet they are all delicious and healthy. Also, I'm from Texas myself and have lived without ever having a Texas steak. It's perfectly possible.
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But I like the taste of meat. Bacon, steak, beef jerky, pork sausage, salami, pastrami, mmm!
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Originally posted by TheNight
Yes, the Bible is a historical document (although its accuracy in reference to history is very arguable - so much so that I wouldn't use it to argue this point), however, it should not be used to justify the wrongdoings we do today. Explain them? Perhaps. But definitely not justify them.
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But even according to the majority, it's not a "wrongdoing". Veganism is a fringe viewpoint.
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Originally posted by TheNight
I do not support hunting. I'm not fully learned on it, but this is how I view it: we eliminate natural predators because they are a nuisance and/or arguable danger to humans. The natural prey population then grows, to the point where some people consider them overpopulated. Then we wonder why, and decide to kill them ourselves. Does that make any sense at all? Just leave the damn predators and balance will be restored indefinitely.
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But if you leave them, you won't have this tasty recipe I saw in my issue of Outdoor Edge!
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I wouldn't be mad if the Buffalo killed a bunch of these monsters.
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Originally posted by Goosey
You only speak the English? Then it says: "the greatest of all the prejudices that we have retained from our childhood is that of believing that beasts think"
Honestly I can't tell if you're joking or not
But I like the taste of meat. Bacon, steak, beef jerky, pork sausage, salami, pastrami, mmm!
But even according to the majority, it's not a "wrongdoing". Veganism is a fringe viewpoint.
But if you leave them, you won't have this tasty recipe I saw in my issue of Outdoor Edge!
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*Sigh* It appears that I'm not convincing you at all, so I think we should stop. However, I thank you for discussing this with me in a civilized, calm manner, even though we both obviously disagree with each other greatly. That's actually very rare in my experiences.
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Originally posted by hello_world
Stop being ignorant to their culture.
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"Culture" doesn't justify this disgusting behavior. Let's decapitate you in the name of culture.
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Originally posted by bleuwaffle
"Culture" doesn't justify this disgusting behavior. Let's decapitate you in the name of culture.
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They're animals. We are humans. Unless you are vegan and have never killed an animal, not even a pesky fly, you can't speak, and even then you can't say what is right and wrong.
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Originally posted by TheNight
*Sigh* It appears that I'm not convincing you at all, so I think we should stop. However, I thank you for discussing this with me in a civilized, calm manner, even though we both obviously disagree with each other greatly. That's actually very rare in my experiences.
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Outstanding, if you ever come to BC I know a place that can convince you of my points with a mouth-watering rib eye!
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Originally posted by Goosey
Outstanding, if you ever come to BC I know a place that can convince you of my points with a mouth-watering rib eye!
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Not to be rude, but I would literally vomit. There's absolutely nothing "mouth-watering" about that to me.
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Originally posted by TheNight
Not to be rude, but I would literally vomit. There's absolutely nothing "mouth-watering" about that to me.
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I thought animals were revered in Hinduism.
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Originally posted by Rama
It's their culture.
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This is one of those arguments that just immediately pisses me off. Culture is not an excuse for savagery. Hunting for sport is part of American culture and it's absolutely disgusting.
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Originally posted by Eternium
Hunting for sport is part of American culture and it's absolutely disgusting.
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Um, it's part of almost every culture.
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Originally posted by Elusive Chanteuse
These are buffalo not human beings. And its highly offensive to me some ppl feel like they are more cultured and civilized than others so they feel a sense of imperialism in hopes of changing years of tradition.
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So the life of those innocent creature means nothing because they're not humans?
There are a lot of things people do because of their culture, but that doesn't make everything right.
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Originally posted by hello_world
They're animals. We are humans. Unless you are vegan and have never killed an animal, not even a pesky fly, you can't speak, and even then you can't say what is right and wrong.
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Senseless killing is wrong and you're a jackass if you think otherwise.
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