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SecretMethod70 · 06-06-2010, 10:40 AM

The UN is off-base here. Nothing wrong with people choosing to be vegan or vegetarian, but it's simply not in our genes. Rather than focus on extremes, the UN should be working to drastically reduce global consumption of meat and dairy. It'd be a lot more successful. A lot of people could be convinced to put less focus on meat, but telling people they shouldn't do something at all is a quick way to be ignored. Limiting meat eating to weekends, like Manic_Skafe has done, is perfectly reasonable if it became embedded into our culture.

We're not carnivores, but we are omnivores. Meat is a natural and essential part of our diet. It's also not naturally a very large part of our diet, but it has its place. Telling people to avoid meat altogether will be about as successful as promoting abstinence education: some people will comply and most will ignore.

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SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	The UN is off-base here. Nothing wrong with people choosing to be vegan or vegetarian, but it's simply not in our genes. Rather than focus on extremes, the UN should be working to drastically reduce global consumption of meat and dairy. It'd be a lot more successful. A lot of people could be convinced to put less focus on meat, but telling people they shouldn't do something at all is a quick way to be ignored. Limiting meat eating to weekends, like Manic_Skafe has done, is perfectly reasonable if it became embedded into our culture. We're not carnivores, but we are omnivores. Meat is a natural and essential part of our diet. It's also not naturally a very large part of our diet, but it has its place. Telling people to avoid meat altogether will be about as successful as promoting abstinence education: some people will comply and most will ignore. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 06-06-2010 at 10:45 AM..