So I should accept that people think in many ways, but you can't accept the fact that people express themselves with varying levels of certainty and assertiveness? It's okay for you, a complete stranger, to instruct me to modify my behavior, but I can't criticize the beliefs of vegetarians? I'm not going to change who I am or how I express myself to suit your sensitive nature. Just think of me as the Watch's own personal Nietzche. Lots of people thought he was arrogant, too. But he was right. So am I.Malik, you really need to take a chill pill. Your assumptions about vegetarians are offensive and condescending to the extreme. . . Not only is it unneccesary, our health is better if we do not. So don't give me your closed minded stance of superiority. Accept that people think in many ways, and that you cannot be so sure of the supposed truth which you spout.
I have a tremendous amount of disdain for all the various ways in which people are inauthentic (Nietzsche called it, "not being true to the Earth"). And I happen to think vegetarianism is one of them. Religion is another. So is the PC movement and much of liberalism. Ironically, the present form of environmentalism is not "true to the earth."
If you don't agree with what I write, then by all means, try to prove me wrong. But don't tell me how to express myself. I won't be limited by your inability to read a critical opinion without being offended.
Oh, back to the vegetarian thing, Avatar is right. Eating meat shaped our evolution so fundamentally that both our bipedalism and our large brains can be linked to the influx of this HIGHLY nutrious form of food. Not needing the digestive track of a cow contributed to our ability and preference for an erect stature, and the densely available protein fueled our rapid brain growth. Saw it on the Discovery channel, so it's got to be true.
And, I don't believe this crap about vegetarians being healthier. I eat plenty of meat, and all my medical indicators are just fine (triglycerides, blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.) How on earth can eating what our bodies were evolutionarily made to eat be unhealthy? Sure, there are lots of unhealthy examples of meat (Sgnull mentioned hormones, etc.). But there are also certain kinds of meat that doctors advise pregnant women, for instance, to eat (salmon, for brain development of the fetus). My son's doctor once advised us to feed him more beef because he had tested low on iron.
Vegetarianism is more a moral stance than a health issue. Just look at this thread for evidence that people think it's "closer to nature," and something the Lords should have adopted as peace-loving folk. No one cares about whether or not it would make the Lords healthier. I think vegetarians fool themselves into thinking that their quasi-religious stance with regards to their food choices is healthier so they can justify a largely emotional choice as something resembling a rational decision. This quasi-religious, moral view of food is the reason most of the vegetarians I've meet act superior and enlightened.
So, yeah, I give it right back to them.
