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Flag a view you disagree with? How original and insightful. Well researched long form journalism is something HN discussion desperately needs more of. Whatever
by strict9 13y ago
Flag a view you disagree with? How original and insightful. Well researched long form journalism is something HN discussion desperately needs more of.
Whatever your opinion on eating animals is, where our food comes from is a discussion that needs to be had. We need less of Stallman and Bitcoin.
- bane 13y agoIt's not the article I object to, it's the vegans crawling out of the woodwork throwing heresay, poorly researched studies, outright lies and moral browbeating around that I find endlessly tiresome.
- aaren 13y agoThen engage. This is an issue that people feel strongly about, in both directions. Both sides make all kinds of strange claims sometimes but there is good stuff there too. I think the widely varying level of argument shows that this is an infant discussion that needs to mature. It is only going to do that if we keep talking about it.
- bane 13y agoYou'll see that I have here. While doing so I came across some new bizarre claims by vegan publications I hadn't seen before like "omnivores are also b12 deficient!" and other absolutely unbelievable garbage. It's amazing to me that anybody who claims to be a thinking animal can fall for what are essentially outright lies needed to justify an extreme life-style.