Vegetarians Are Against Killing Animals For Food

[gollob]

I wonder what their thoughts are about the animal kingdom. Nearly all meat eating animals kill and eat other animals. Do vegans have a view on this or do they just pretend in does not happen

[diddlydo]

OG - please sort out the difference between "practise" and "practice".

[andy-hughes]

I believe that vegetarians and vegans opt to make a moral choice about not eating animals, which as humans we have the capacity to do, unlike animals themselves, which act on instinct, and have no capacity to make a moral decision.

[vetuste_ennemi]

...they do practice in North America, I believe.

Is the noun/verb issue as important as moral issues about the farming for food, the conditions of the farming, and the manner of slaughter? More important than the implied ignorance or hypocrisy of Vegans suggested by the OP.m

[vetuste_ennemi]

...more important IMO, I meant to add.

[Mamyalynne]

Well, you never know - some may have a stern word if they encounter a predatory beast whilst others nip into the nearest steakhouse to state their case.

Most live peaceably like everyone else.

[johnk]

They all live in disneyworld

[rowanwitch]

We are a superpredator like sharks, lions, eagles etc. If we chose not to take prey we have alternatives due to our evolution as omnivores. Personally I think it is better to eat meat that is humanely farmed than hunt and kill wild animals. I eat less and less meat as time goes on but enjoy it when I do. A tiger would not have qualms about eating me although I might give it a bit of heartburn .

[emmie]

really good question, as to BB he surely must know that Lions, Tigers, etc eat other animals, must have watched some David Attenborough programmes to know that is the case.

[bainbrig]

What nonsense. Everybody knows that animals in the jungle live in communes, and eat mainly grains and fruit. All those TV programmes are inventions! Conspiracies - surely as Brexit voters you know all about conspiracies.

[mushroom25]

// believe that vegetarians and vegans opt to make a moral choice about not eating animals,//

seems that it's a philosophical belief - a religion, if you like....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46385597

[steg]

I found out about a year ago, one of my friends I’ve known for over 30 years is a vegan. He’s been one since he was 14, it’s a personal choice for him, he doesn’t have a problem with any one eating meat etc, so I would imagine (but I’m going to ask him next time I see him) that he has no problem with animals eating/killing other animals.
It’s what they do.

[hc4361]

You are implying that all vegas and vegetarians are incredibly stupid, gollob. My daughter is a vegan and feeds her cats and dogs a meat based diet.

I eat a lot of meat but I believe that most game has a better life than most farmed animals so I have a freezer full of pigeon, partridge, pheasant, grouse, wild salmon and wild venison. I won't eat any farmed fish or imported meat with the exception of the game some of which comes from France after it is killed.

I know exactly where all my farmed meat comes from and know the farmers and the butcher that sells it.

[dance2trance]

some animals eat leaves eg Koalas and Pandas and Giraffes and what do them bees eat? and pigeons eat? and chickens? and flies?And cows eat grass and we get pies from them so it dont quite go right way this thinky winky of yrs do it? dunno meself I sum times wonder why we not eat dead pets too they is nice nice fed and cared for and a nice dog pie with mash would be yummy breaded kitten and cat with that there tomartoe source they are animals let them live a happy life like cows and goats and sheep and horses then send to abbatwah and job done they is mo use when dead and dey would be din dins in the wild

[Mamyalynne]

Is your keyboard broken?