How do you justify vegetarianism? How do you justify eating meat?

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Answer 1

Meat is loaded with protein, B vitamins, and iron, which are pretty much lacking in veggies. In fact, the iron in veggies is of poorer quality, and veggies have other substances, such as oxalic acid, which interfere with the absorption of calcium.

Besides, meat tastes good!

Answer 2

I agree with the posters who say that vegetarianism does make better use of our limited resources. I became a vegetarian about two years ago when I found out how abused animals are when killed for food. And I justify my vegetarianism based on the fact I'm not contributing to this abuse. But that's not the only reason. I think it's healthier. Most meat these days has hormones and antibiotics I'd prefer staying away from. And for those who say you can't get enough protein from veggies, you're wrong. Today's meat and chicken substitutes for vegetarians are protein equivalent to the real thing........and without the harmful additives!

Answer 3

I don't think it's a matter of needing to justify I think it's what works best for you. I just became a vegetarian a few months ago and I love it. I have more energy my skin looks great , I just feel better all around. My reason for giving up meat was what I read in " Fast Food Nation" , I will never look at meat products the same.

Answer 4

It's not possible to justify vegetarianism...ha ha...

Actually, I think that if someone can eat living things such as plants, they can eat meat. I know that plants are different from animals, but something's being harmed to satisfy hunger in both cases, and it's not fair to discriminate.

I actually avoid eating meat from stores because of all of the possible diseases and what really could be in your meat (read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair); I eat things that my family, friends, or I butcher. That's not always possible though since I only see my family about once a year...

Answer 5

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I think so, yes. In rich countries we can afford alternatives to eating meat and we have a wide variety of other foods available to us, making vegetarianism very easy. However, in some countries people rely on animals for food and can't live without them. I don't think that this is wrong; it is a necessity for them. I've been vegetarian for 6 years. I cannot justify to myself that it is right to eat meat - I do not eat animals for ethical reasons. However, I believe that it is a very personal decision to make and people should have the right to choose whether to eat meat or not, despite being able to survive without it. Perhaps for them, they can justify eating meat simply because they like the taste - there isn't anything wrong with that.

Answer 6

@ Wolfeblayde

- It takes more water to get a pound of rice that a pound of beef. Therefore, should we stop eating rice?

- Overgrazing is a very big problem in the desserts of Africa, etc, where meat is an esential source of food. In more temperate climates overgrazing isn't really a problem.

- Pesticides on plants cause more water polution than animals, and kill animals, which cow **** doesn't.

The thing about arguments about meat being more wasteful, pound for pound, that grain, etc, is that meat is so immenselly more nutritious, with all the essential amino acids, and most of the vitamins and minerals the human body needs. When you compare it to nutrition rather than weight, meat is considerably less wasteful than it first appears, considering some essential nutrients usually got from meat can only be got in seasonal, tropical plants.

I'm not even going to bother replying to Vegan and Prouds answer properly. I have better things to do than spend an hour analysing and rebuking pages of copy pasted material from the web, although given a quick glance I see many things (read prety much everything) that are wrong or I disagree with, and no doubt the rest of the answer follows suit.
But, as I doubt many people can be bothered to read it either, do I really need to rebuke it?

Simply - Meat isn't bad for health or the environment, see links.

- Meat isn't bad for human rights. People in third world countries need money, and their food industries tend to be their biggest employers and money makers and, whilst I cannot claim they aren't taking advantage of the people, they'd be worse off without that money.
Also, I think you'll find that you don't tend to get meat over here from African countries, it tends to be grown in more developed countries. They generally export crops.

- Vegetarian doesn't save ANY animals lives. If there was no demand for meat they'd die anyway as no one would want to kill them.
There are laws against animal cruelty and the instances he gives are exceptions, rather than the rule.

Answer 7

I simply don't like the taste or smell of meat any more, which is why I chose to become vegetarian. But if I needed a reason to justify my choice, it would be that vegetarianism is a more effective use of land and water.

A huge amount of water and grain go into producing a single pound of beef -- the same grain that could be used to feed several people for more than one meal. (See the article below.) I don't have time to go into all the details, but problems associated with producing animals for slaughter include methane pollution from animal waste, overgrazing, water pollution, etc.

From what I've read, the vegetarian diet is a much better use of our limited natural resources.

Answer 8

Vegetarians are eating the rainforest!!!!


Ha! Well neither can be "justified". I understand both sides of this controversy.

Animals are living things... they have feelings.

Personally I eat meat. I believe that the animals serve many purposes, including providing us with food. I couldn't stay away from meat. It's just part of life and death in the world.

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How do you justify vegetarianism? How do you justify eating meat?
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Answer 10

If you can hunt it down, kill and butcher it properly, you are worthy of eating meat.
If you have to hunt meat down in the grocery store then you should eat soy.
I love these macho guys saying, Grrr, it's my right to eat meat and I am at the top of the food chain. More than half of them would faint or puke the moment a cow is bled, strung up half alive and gutted.
PS DEAR VEGAN&PROUD, Know your audience. People on Yahoo Answers do not want to scroll shitloads of info. Here, we want to read an opinion summed up into a paragraph or two.

Answer 11

We are omnivores. Our teeth are an evidence of it. Eatin' just vegetables or eatin' just meat could be the beginning of a anemia because the lack of proteins which are on the meat or vitamins which are on the vegetables. It is true that in some places they kill the animals in a very cruel way, but against that, we can consider how the natural predators kill. See animal planet. We are not guilty about the place we have in nature.