Vegetarians: Blood on their hands, after all?
There’s not much question that humans, their teeth and digestive systems, have adapted over the years to eating meat. Not much question either that eating natural meat is good for you. Not even any question that eating natural fat is good for you, too.
The argument vegetarians advance that many have trouble answering is the ethical one; that is, we’re using our power to kill another sentient life.
Well now, wait a minute. According to a study in Australia, producing grain for protein results in 25 times the number of animals killed per kilogram of meat.
Forget the slaughter caused by a reaper in a field of wheat, that wheat also requires tons of poisons to produce which kills millions of small mammals, snakes and mice. Did you know mice sing? (OK, neither did I) But baby mice sing a sad song to call their mothers back to the nest. Every mouse we kill leaves about six babies to die of starvation and dehydration.
And mice and other small mammals, like the soil, have a role to play in Nature’s plan.
So vegetarians, if your objection to eating meat is an ethical one, it is time to think again.
NOTE: thanks to our friend Dr. Sue Beal, a holistic veterinarian in Pennsylvania, who forwarded the article. Here’s the link:
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Harry Britschgi
Veterians seems to have healther and longer lives. :
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David
Not going to wade into that “briar patch” except to say that studies have been conflicting on the issue of longevity. I find convincing the arguments that, generally speaking, vegetarians have a healthier life style. They are less likely to drink or smoke; more likely to exercise. Those things contribute greatly to a longer, healthier life.
It also should be noted that the vegetarian comparison is made with the total population, not with those who eat more natural foods including plenty of grass fed beef. But the point of this particular post, and what seemed interesting, is an unusual angle on the ethical argument for vegetarianism; that is, that it is immoral to kill animals for food. The point here was that vegetarians kill their share of animals, too….just that their victims are somewhat farther down on the food chain.