• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    As much as I admire the morality and overall health of vegetarian/vegan folks, I would also super respect anyone who got all their protein by monstering whole live mice that they caught by hand.

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      3 months ago

      I’d support a “you can eat all the meat you can catch and kill with your bare hands” diet.

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        3 months ago

        I’m vegetarian and my partner is vegan but neither of us are strictly against the “hunter and gatherer” approach.

        Where I live traditional hunting is almost nonexistent, but fishing and other ocean-based “hunting” (crabs, crays, oysters etc) is super popular. I’ve considered taking up spearfishing as it’s more intentional than throwing in a hook and dragging up whatever, and requires more (in my opinion) skill and nerve to pull off successfully. But even if I actually caught something the thought of cleaning it puts me off and I’d more than likely ruin it and waste a life for nothing.

        No issues with anyone that can fairly catch and prepare their own meat for themselves, but I’ll stick to my tofu and seitan for now.

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      3 months ago

      Well if the ants can do it, why can’t we?

      (Btw, I’m opposed to caged chicken egg cultivation, and even had my own chicken in the past before I couldn’t anymore for eggs. Now I just pay the premium and researched which were the most ethical eggs in the store available. Happy hens make better eggs anyway. I’m just pointing out we’re not the only ones that raise animals for consumption in nature).

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      3 months ago

      I can side with the vegans that the meat industry needs to be clamped down on hard

      But eating meat in of itself is not wrong, that is what is natural

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        3 months ago

        Yes, but most people in the west don’t have the option to eat meat that are not from the meat industry.

        That is exactly why veganism is attractive in the west.