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> We don’t need these animals to survive. But it's my culture to consume them. My people have lived this way for thousands of years and I intend on continuing
by nemo44x 5y ago
> We don’t need these animals to survive.
But it's my culture to consume them. My people have lived this way for thousands of years and I intend on continuing it and teaching my children our traditions. It connects me to our shared history and it connects me to the Earth. I am a natural being on this planet and part of the lifecycle. Consumption of meat is a part of that. Cooking meat over open fire with smoke and the aromas filling my lungs means something to me.
I don't want to change my culture to another way of living that I am disconnected from. I understand there are many cultures that don't eat meat and I respect that and wouldn't try and change them to eat meat. But it isn't mine and I intend on living the way I believe that god, or the universe, intended me to live.
- sweetheart 5y agoCulture is not a reason to justify harm or violence. Just because we've always done something doesn't mean we always should, otherwise anything that falls under the umbrella of culture can't be critiqued, like genital mutilation, or child brides. Culture is important, but we can just as easily establish cultural practices that condemn violence and harm, rather than support them.
- cphoover 5y agoHow about all the creatures that are killed by harvesting machines when wheat, corn, or soy is being harvested... I imagine probably the number of small creatures that are destroyed are probably on par with the number of crustacea harvested each year.
- sweetheart 5y agoSure, there are absolutely deaths there. But the problem though is that the majority of crops we grow are grown to feed the livestock. So you’ll still minimize the number of crop deaths by going vegan. Even if you believe that plants are just as sentient as animals (which some people have argued to me…) then going vegan still reduces that suffering the most.