ON Eating Meat/ Being Vegetarian (out of discussion)

[Juliane]

Plants actually do have feelings and (lets call it) a brain as well, just in another form. They communicate through roots and odors. Plants built up a better network than our internet. New studies proofed that plants do "feel pain" just in another form as animals do. Its very complicated and it would take me too long to explain it, so I guess you guys just have to believe me on that right now. I add a link to that topic if I can find one.

But lets get to my point. I love all living beings and respect them. Animals and plants. I eat to survive. Since plants "feel pain" just as animals do, they just can not express themselves or run away, plant slaughter can be just as bad as animal slaughter (sounds weird but I try to prove a point)
Slaughter=bad
If you are vegetarian you could be potentially just as bad.

So I guess we all have to start only eating fallen apples and already dead meat, if we really care about living beings?

My opinion: Try to grow your own plants and maybe buy meat at a local meat market, that is butchering, so you know where your meat comes from.
Thats how I do it.. I try to cut down the supermarket junk.. and I try to eat "like an animal" - eat to live and not live to eat. Even thought I do like my sweets :)

Oh and to your question: YES you can love animals and eat meat! Just do not over do it. The quantity makes the poison.

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Ohh and here is something about the plants:
"DALLAS--Research scientists at Baylor Medical Center have proven that plants, including vegetables, feel pain when subjected to trauma such as being yanked out of the ground, peeled, cooked, and eaten. "Veggies and plants initiate a massive hormone and chemical barrage internally when they suffer any kind of injury," says professor Barry Lindzer. "This response is akin to the nerve response and endorphin release when an animal is injured. We cannot ignore the similarities." When Tarnish asked professor Lindzer and his research team what they thought this finding might mean, they responded unanimously, "Nobel prize, baby!"

Other agencies, namely People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the sum total of the world's hard-core vegetarians (known as vegans) registered formal complaints against the research. Their team of lawyers has already submitted a motion to have the results of the research destroyed or sealed. Others fear the damage has already been done. A spokesman for PETA said, "This is bad for us. Most of our members haven't eaten anything since hearing about the results. Our lawyers are looking into suing Mother Earth for false advertising, but concede that the suit will probably be inconclusive. In the meantime we'll be surviving on vitamin supplements and water."
Source: http://www.department13designs.com/vegan.html