Rather, should we eat animals?

The answer is an emphatic “NO!”

Before you read the rest of my response, go vegan for one month. If you’re seriously considering whether you should eat animals or not, then you ought to stop eating animals long enough to make a clear decision between the two behaviors. Without experience, your decision will certainly be biased and flawed.

Now that the only readers are permanent or temporary vegans I can assume I don’t need to dispel myths about veganism such as the myth that vegans are weak (vegans tend to be just as healthy or more healthy than meat-eaters) or the myth that it’s too difficult to be a vegan (in today’s society it’s just as easy to eat vegan as it is to eat kosher or to follow any popular diet). I don’t need correct people who say veganism is a privileged position only for the wealthy (poor people tend to eat less meat as a rule and don’t have any major issue going vegan unless rich, powerful food lobbies make it hard for them). I don’t need to explain where my protein comes from (beans, nuts, grains, vegetables, and fruits). And I don’t need to prove that vegan food tastes great (there’s a whole world of vegan food out there - plenty of it is extremely tasty).

And now that the only readers are permanent or temporary vegans I can assume the readers reading this come to the question of whether or not we should eat meat without meat-eating guilt and absurd rationalizations. Now we can have an honest discourse about meat-eating and veganism.

As you likely know, there are numerous reasons why people choose to eat animals or not. Here are some of the most compelling reasons we should not eat animals:

1. For The Animals: It’s immoral to force animals to breed, live, and die according to our arbitrary whims. Animals feel pain and can suffer. They have desires and needs. They do not want to become your dinner. Since we don’t need to eat animals to survive, we shouldn’t eat animals.

2. For Your Health: Eating a plant-based, whole foods diet is healthy. There are numerous diseases associated with meat-eating. If you’re concerned about your health, you should limit or eliminate meat-eating.

3. For The Future: Animal agriculture is a major polluter. If you care about the environment and if you care about stopping or slowing climate change, you should limit or eliminate your consumption of animal products.

By the way, the picture shown above is not dead animal. Those are vegan kabobs.

Thank you for reading.

Sections: Vegan Theory
Topics: meat, Theory, veg, Vegan