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I'm not here to be your enemy, so please don't make me out to be one. I wasn't raised vegetarian by any means, and I know fully well meat tastes amazingly good,

I'm not here to be your enemy, so please don't make me out to be one. I wasn't raised vegetarian by any means, and I know fully well meat tastes amazingly good, and that having a varied diet is important. But heart disease, diabetes and many types of cancers are worryingly linked with the consumption of meat, dairy and eggs. As the documentary Forks Over Knives [1] makes abundantly clear, a whole foods plant-based diet is in every way a life extension technology. > Is that something to be ashamed of? Wanting to feel satiated is nothing to be ashamed of. What is arguably shameful, however, is how the bacon gets made [2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtnlwqEii2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtnlwqEii2I [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko

CamperBob2 6y ago
But heart disease, diabetes and many types of cancers are diseases that you will get, regardless of diet or lifestyle, if nothing else kills you first.
- seanwilson 6y ago
  This part is more of a reply to people claiming meat is the natural thing to eat so it must be healthy, it's what we've eaten for centuries, you can't be healthy without eating meat etc. Nobody is arguing that taste isn't important but are your current taste preferences more important than climate change and animal suffering?
  - CamperBob2 6y ago
    Nobody is arguing that taste isn't important but are your current taste preferences more important than climate change No, but synthmeat will largely take care of that aspect of the problem. Not as soon as we'd like, but we'll get there. and animal suffering? To the extent animals are suffering, I'd encourage you to get involved legislatively. Contact your representatives, and support organizations that work for change (ethically, which excludes PETA). Animal abuse is unnecessary and unlike climate change, it can be stopped, right now, if people speak up.

CamperBob2 6y ago

But heart disease, diabetes and many types of cancers are diseases that you will get, regardless of diet or lifestyle, if nothing else kills you first.

seanwilson 6y ago
This part is more of a reply to people claiming meat is the natural thing to eat so it must be healthy, it's what we've eaten for centuries, you can't be healthy without eating meat etc. Nobody is arguing that taste isn't important but are your current taste preferences more important than climate change and animal suffering?
- CamperBob2 6y ago
  Nobody is arguing that taste isn't important but are your current taste preferences more important than climate change No, but synthmeat will largely take care of that aspect of the problem. Not as soon as we'd like, but we'll get there. and animal suffering? To the extent animals are suffering, I'd encourage you to get involved legislatively. Contact your representatives, and support organizations that work for change (ethically, which excludes PETA). Animal abuse is unnecessary and unlike climate change, it can be stopped, right now, if people speak up.