I've been thinking about this, and today I was in Biology talking about the Neaderthals and their tendency to make crude clothing out of the hides of their kills, and their forward thinking regarding their kill; they would save some for people in the group who weren't there at the time (hunting, gathering etc) and give more food to the weak than to the strong. In reality it's eating meat and killing that have made us intrinsically human. We've eaten meat since the beginning of time, and realistically if an organism that was much cleverer than us came along you can be sure we'd be in their belly faster than you can say PETA.
I tried being vegetarian for a year and it was really hard. I ended up eating more carbohydrates and fat than before because I went for things like potato and pasta.
I think perhaps being vegetarian is such a difficult thing to do that we begin to think of vegetarian as stronger than us meat eaters who 'couldn't do it?'
And also, if we're going to start talking about animals having feelings etc, could we possibly take a step back and maybe start treating each other better before we move onto animals?
Sorry if this has been brought up before, I'm new to the forum and not quite sure how this goes down, but yeah these are just a few of my thoughts
I tried being vegetarian for a year and it was really hard. I ended up eating more carbohydrates and fat than before because I went for things like potato and pasta.
I think perhaps being vegetarian is such a difficult thing to do that we begin to think of vegetarian as stronger than us meat eaters who 'couldn't do it?'
And also, if we're going to start talking about animals having feelings etc, could we possibly take a step back and maybe start treating each other better before we move onto animals?
Sorry if this has been brought up before, I'm new to the forum and not quite sure how this goes down, but yeah these are just a few of my thoughts
