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Our love for meat is not unlike our love for sweets. As something we used to have much less ability to obtain, we've grown to enjoy it quite a bit more than, say, lettuce. Just like with sweets, we need to keep ourselves in check now that we have the technology to create an overabundence of food, but just like sweets we need to recognize that we're not going to eliminate it from our global diet (again, individuals yes, global civilization no).
We're all mostly on the same side here: I'm all for a serious social discussion about reducing our meat consumption, I just think focusing on extremes like veganism hurts the cause rather than helps it.
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Lindy, unfortunately your issue is no different than the one we're discussing. There's a reason I initially drew a parallel with abstinance. Things like eating and sex are so hard-coded into our behaviour, there's very little we can truly do to avoid it.
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Manic: there's a real and unfortunate problem with human perception that we tend not to comprehend things that aren't directly in front of us. Most people are well aware, to some extent, of the disgusting nature of the current food industry. They still eat at McDonald's.
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