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> The vast majority of growers are decent and moral. Really? I think a lot of these decent/moral farmers are getting replaced by huge corporations that are onl

by vlod 13y ago

> The vast majority of growers are decent and moral. Really? I think a lot of these decent/moral farmers are getting replaced by huge corporations that are only interested in profit. >Drop two people on an island. Sigh This point is taking it to an extreme. Yes, I'm a veggie/vegan becz of the environment I'm in. Put people on an island and most likely everyone will turn into a raving beast (aka Lord of the Flies). >The omnivore could easily ingest all the energy and nutrients needed to function Are you some crazy survivalist? I would guess not. Also most of the (let's say US) population couldn't survive. Most people get their meat from fast food restaurants or else packaged in a supermarket. Scenario, you land on a desert island. You don't have a gun or a knife. You think the mass population could trap and kill a wild pig? You need training to do something like that. Even something smaller like a wild bird or some sort of rodent is not easy. Then there's the question of having to cook it. Do you think most of the population can start a fire without matches?

robomartin 13y ago
It's hypothetical. Don't over-think it. Still, both people would be handicapped in different respects. How many vegans can climb trees and identify the various edible species of plant life on an island. I'll tell you one thing, the idea of having to live off plants in the wild scares me. Unless you happen to come upon something like an apple, orange, fig or other recognizable tree you are screwed. The guy in the Survivorman show makes it look easy, but he has an army of consultants preparing him before each trip. That's how he knows that a specific grass is edible and that the root of a given plant is good food. Without that most city dwellers would not know what to do with most vegetation on an island. You could easily kill yourself if you eat the wrong plant. In that sense meat is easy. So long as the animal doesn't kill you first and you clean and cook it you are generally pretty safe. An omnivore can eat anything, ants, grubs, bugs of all kinds, worms, snakes, lizards, crabs, rabbits, rats, etc. You just have to be smart enough to make a trap and a fire. Find a reasonably flat rock, heat it up and use it to cook. I think most people who have watched a little television can figure out how to do that, particularly when coupled with the intense need to survive. Making fire isn't easy. I've done it. I failed miserably a bunch of times before I got it. My hands were shredded, but I did it. If you are not injured and persevere it isn't impossible. It can be painfully hard, but not impossible.

by vlod 13y ago

robomartin 13y ago

It's hypothetical. Don't over-think it. Still, both people would be handicapped in different respects. How many vegans can climb trees and identify the various edible species of plant life on an island. I'll tell you one thing, the idea of having to live off plants in the wild scares me. Unless you happen to come upon something like an apple, orange, fig or other recognizable tree you are screwed. The guy in the Survivorman show makes it look easy, but he has an army of consultants preparing him before each trip. That's how he knows that a specific grass is edible and that the root of a given plant is good food. Without that most city dwellers would not know what to do with most vegetation on an island. You could easily kill yourself if you eat the wrong plant. In that sense meat is easy. So long as the animal doesn't kill you first and you clean and cook it you are generally pretty safe. An omnivore can eat anything, ants, grubs, bugs of all kinds, worms, snakes, lizards, crabs, rabbits, rats, etc. You just have to be smart enough to make a trap and a fire. Find a reasonably flat rock, heat it up and use it to cook. I think most people who have watched a little television can figure out how to do that, particularly when coupled with the intense need to survive. Making fire isn't easy. I've done it. I failed miserably a bunch of times before I got it. My hands were shredded, but I did it. If you are not injured and persevere it isn't impossible. It can be painfully hard, but not impossible.