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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:01 pm
by Borillar
I can't speak for other vegetarians, but my principal concern is not the eating of animals itself (which, as people have pointed out, has gone on for nearly the entire span of human existence), but rather for the factory conditions in which they're kept. I think it's safe to assume that there are no Purdue-like conditions in the Land.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:33 pm
by Stokio
As far as I can remember, the people of the land did not eat much meat. There was alot of fruit and bread, but I can't remember alot of meat being eaten. I guess the do eat meat, but only occasionaly. Many vegetarians don't eat meat in protest of the environmental damage it causes. So the people of the land didn't have that problem, so I don't see any reason (besides lame PETA reasons) why they wouldn't eat meat
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:07 pm
by sgt.null
(besides lame PETA reasons)
the torture of animals isn't all that lame. how one treats lesser beings says a lot about oneself.
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:40 am
by Borillar
the torture of animals isn't all that lame. how one treats lesser beings says a lot about oneself.
Yup. In fact, as Gandhi put it, ""The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
Additionally, I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread yet, but in response to a comment that meat-eating didn't seem to be "in character" for the inhabitants of the Land, SRD replied:
Honestly, it never crossed my mind. Which does seem like an over-sight, now that you bring it up. But every day I'm reminded--usually in some embarrassing way--that it really isn't possible to think about everything.