(May 7, 2012 at 12:55 pm)jess_essential Wrote: I don't think that killing animals for food is immoral, because of the simple fact that we need food to survive.
I'll give you the fact that we need food to survive. That's a good one. Does it need to be flesh, though? Not so much. This argument kind of falls apart under the slightest of scrutiny.
Quote:Have you seen how malnourished most vegans are?
Actually, I've seen how malnourished a lot of vegans are. The answer is "not at all" malnourished. Do you have an argument that's not blatant propaganda? I hear this shit all the time, but after meeting thousands of other vegans, it seems to have no bearing on reality at all. It keeps getting propagated by people incapable of thinking critically before incorporating beliefs, though.
Quote:Some have to take suppliments to give their bodies the proper nutrients they need because they don't get them from the food they eat.
You do know that the vast majority of supplements go to non-vegans, right? Does that mean that the omnivorous diet is a failure and that people can't get proper nutrients from omnivorous food? Not so much.
Quote:Vegans remind me much of christians, within the terms that they try to throw their shit in everybody's faces, telling everyone how wrong they are for doing what feels right to them.
So I'm guessing atheists remind you of Christians as well, since I've seen us sling a lot of shit at people for "doing what feels right to them" as well. I don't get the point of this statement. It seems that you hate dissenting voices? I know, it sucks when people disagree with you. Happens, though. Luckily you're just as unlikely to have a vegan knock on your door to share the "good news" as you are for an atheist to do it.
Quote:Thankfully, most people know that ANYTHING IN EXCESS can be damaging to the body, whether it be meat or a million other things. Come off it.
This thread is about the morality of damaging the bodies of others, not your own. I seriously doubt most vegans care if you damage your own body.