(January 24, 2012 at 7:44 pm)Diamond Wrote:Quote:Is a lion "immoral" because it kills and eats a zebra?
No. But this argument is irrelevent as animals don't have the same idea as humans in regards to "morality". I mean, c'mon, there are some animals that eat their own young.
You can't just dismiss that argument like that. Clearly most humans don't have the same view of "morality" as vegans. I
(January 24, 2012 at 7:44 pm)Diamond Wrote:Quote:So the question is, if we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they so dang tasty?
Have you even eaten meat that wasn't seasoned, fried, or drizzled in sauce? I have. It's worse than chewing on cardboard.
Have you ever had sushi, or raw oysters? Unseasoned meat is actually pretty good if it's raw.
(January 24, 2012 at 7:44 pm)Diamond Wrote:Quote:If humans were adopted to a purely or even largely vegetarian diet, humans would have small chests an an enormous distended belly with miles of digestive track in which plant matter can linger and ferment, sort of like cows, or like gorillas with their cone shaped rib cage sitting atop a big sack of a belly.
They do. Not miles, but our digestive tracts do match those of natural herbivores. More information here.
That is the most BS argument vegans consistently use. The human digestive track is still more similar to the carnivore digestive track in every single way. The human tract is a bit longer than most carnivores (cause we're omnivores), but it's still far closer to carnivore. The offhand figures I can remember is that a carnivore's intestine is about 3 meters, a humans is 5 meters, and a herbivores is 21 meters. Yeah, a humans is bigger, but that is much closer to carnivore length than herbivore.
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