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by RC loves ice cream on July 23rd, 2009
Unless I had a good reason not to eat meat, I wouldn't try to.
by ConservativelyLiberal on July 23rd, 2009
A good 5 to 6 hours.
by scubaduba on July 23rd, 2009
Apparently about 2-3 years, because that's how long I did it.
by 63strole on July 23rd, 2009
Less than a day!
by Jen-Jen on July 23rd, 2009
One meal.
by Gross on November 1st, 2009
I'm not willing at all. I wouldn't go without meat. If they passed a law that said I couldn't have meat then I think I would start eating the people that made that law.
by The Anonymous Witch on November 1st, 2009
till supper
by King of Sexytown on November 1st, 2009
Until I go grocery shopping.
by DrMcNasty on July 23rd, 2009
until i finish the white tomato and basil pizza. It's good but what was i thinking?
how many pounds of carne asada and chicken should i buy for 30 people?
by babyvc88 on April 15th, 2011
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Why people eat pork meat as they have lots of other meat in the market?
by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on January 29th, 2011
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Meat consuming makes us--?
by prof. mes solzhenitsy on January 19th, 2011
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'Taste of chicken' is common. Shouldn't it be 'Chicken taste of ______'?
by Cal on June 24th, 2011
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What will happens if I add soda to any raw meats?
by XT on September 7th, 2011
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Well there are health benefits as well as the lives of the animals you could potentially save, and the reducing the demand for meat reduces the amount that are bred to be consumed which lowers the amount of green house gases cattle produces
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009
Actually there are no health benefits to vegetarianism as opposed to a balanced diet which includes small and varied amounts of meat. You will also not save the lives of any animals: Those animals are (for the most part) bred for the dinner plate, so if they're not eaten they will not be bred in the first place. In some cases (eg, beef), if the calves are not going to be eaten they'll just be killed and discarded to get the cow milking.
The only valid reason I can think of is that it takes a lot more pasture land to produce meat for 1 person than if that person were to eat vegetables alone, and quite frankly that's not good enough for me to adopt a vegetarian diet.
by RC loves ice cream on July 23rd, 2009
One type of "vegetarianism" is called "flexitarian" which includes limited amounts of meat, sort of sounds like what you just said...so what you just said can actually be called a form of vegetarianism...to go along with your reason of more land going into producing meat, other resources such as water and food are consumed by cattle in huge amounts
"You will also not save the lives of any animals: Those animals are (for the most part) bred for the dinner plate, so if they're not eaten they will not be bred in the first place. In some cases (eg, beef), if the calves are not going to be eaten they'll just be killed and discarded to get the cow milking."-even if those are just killed to be discarded, your refusal to eat meat could potentially reduce the amount that are bred in the first place therby reducing the number of animals that could have potentially be killed
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009
If you don't about saving the lives of animals, reducing the number of cows that are bred reduces the amount of waste that they could have produced as well as the green house gases as well, it could prove to be beneficial to the environment and in turn, to the world as a whole
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009
To me vegetarianism precludes all meat. If you eat limited amounts of meat you're not a vegetarian, you're normal. It's not like the alternative to vegetarianism is a meat-only diet.
by RC loves ice cream on July 23rd, 2009
Some people view "flexitarianism" as being a false version of vegetarianism but many others view it as a legit form, I see no problem with it because it has the health benefits of vegetarianism and you could also save the lives of animals that way, beside that you can satisfy your craving for meat, at this point I don't really crave meat anymore so it doesn't really matter to me anyway
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009
The reason I don't consider it as vegetarianism is because it sounds exactly like "normal" people eat. I'm no vegetarian but I often eat no meat in a meal. I don't have meat every day.
by RC loves ice cream on July 23rd, 2009
That's great, and whether or not it's for the reasons I gave I still applaud that
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009
I don't know, maybe it's just the different cultures. I'm in Malta, an island in the Mediterranean, and what I've described is just a normal diet. We eat meats of all kinds including fish and poultry, but it's just a part of a varied diet that includes lots of salads, bread, pasta, and so on.
by RC loves ice cream on July 23rd, 2009
That's nice to hear, where I live (USA) meat is very prevalent in almost every meal
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009
I see.
And if those meat meals are anything like McDonald's burgers, I can see where you're coming from.
by RC loves ice cream on July 23rd, 2009
Yeah that's what you would call "classic American" food
by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2009