In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

We've had this discussion many times.

I'm not saying we allow ourselves whatever the law will allow. That's silly. There is no right or wrong, there are only consequences.

I accept what bodily consequences may come to my body through my diet, although it would be much too complex to pinpoint a source. In that same respect, I accept what consequences may come to my body through my polarizing attitudes towards others.

I equate the following as "looking down on others":

I find this amazing: that, in a forum of people who are supposedly here because they have an interest in evolving, there is so much clinging to eating meat with any justification that can be thought of. Is it really possible that you don't understand this? That eating meat, and in particular, the cruel way we have developed to bring the meat to you, isn't an evolved way to live? I addressed the argument of eating plants earlier.

I feel that with this group, and after 47 pages of this, it's time to stop trying to gently shift your thinking as if you are members of the anesthetized sleeping masses. I understand Monica's frustration. My guess is that everyone who is aware of the cruelty and negative health issues associated with eating animals is in denial. I mean no offense, but if this group can't even evolve past such barbaric behavior, where does that leave the human race, and for that matter, the planet?

Well said, Diana! I agree completely. It's major denial. There's no other explanation.

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By the way, you are the only, Only, member of bring4th that raises my blood pressure.

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It is as though meat eating should be a "sin" that we should all feel guilty for.

My dear Monkey, I accept that you interpret what I said as looking down. But what I am talking about is evolving. Do you not want to evolve? Do you have no compulsion to move forward? Do you not feel a responsibility to create a better existence? Do you not think that, as Monica said, one step in the direction of evolving is ceasing to cruelly take animal life? Do you not agree that plant life is different, and does not die if you trim a leaf, so does not have the same fear?