Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

[bennyboy]

It doesn't matter if meat is a secondary source of food or not. The simple fact that they hunt and kill prey to be eaten implies they are exclusively omnivores.

Since humans share 99% of their DNA with chimps it's obvious that we would be omnivores too. The Smithsonian labels the early human Ardipithecus ramidus as an omnivore. So we evolved from omnivores and like chimps, we are omnivores.

http://www.chimpanzoo.org/african_noteca...er_14.html

http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/huma...us-ramidus

^ this.

I don't think we are going to be able to move this discussion forward much if obvious facts are being disputed. Chimps eat plants. They also eat meat. They are omnivores. Finished.

My argument for vegetarianism really is partly based on this recognition of pre-human instincts, which I consider obsolete and often harmful. We are a fighty, rape-y, violent bunch of pricks as a species; and while that is fine for animals, humans have the additional capacity of knowing better, and a greater capacity for compassion as a result. A change in values can be accompanied by meme evolution, and by selective breeding. But bullshit is the wrong vehicle for pushing for change.

In short, it is largely BECAUSE more primitive species engage in certain behaviors that I think we should examine whether we really need to persist in them.