meat is murder? could someone explain?

Question

i know quite a few vegetarians. yesterday, at one of my jobs, i was asked if i tried the new steak sandwich thing. i said that i wasn't interested.

mind you, i'm not a vegetarian. quite the opposite.

anyway, this girl that's a vegetarian, she says to me "are you sure you don't want to try it?"

i jokingly replied "yes, i'm sure, do YOU want to try it?"

she said she wasn't interested in murdering an animal

far as i know... the animal had been dead for some time now. how is "meat is murder" an appropriate saying at any point in time?

Answer 1

i know that some vegetarians think they are righteous and better than others because of their chosen lifestyle. this girl appears to be one of them.

i don't think that the concept that "meat is murder" is wrong, but i think the wording is loaded in a negative way and therefore should not be used.

also, in response to mr. goodadvice - goveg.com is a horrible site. it is bias to the very last word and uses emotionally loaded arguments - which i will never take seriously. i agree with what that site is trying to promote (being a vegetarian myself), but i do not agree with the way it is presented. give me the hard facts, not quotes like "There is a hunk of veal in every glass of milk."

Answer 2

It just shows different religious mind sets. Some see all living things as having a soul (Animistic and Hindu sorts), some do not (Most of the Western World). Even those who wouldn't call it "murder" have compassion and don't like to see cruelty to animals.

Regardless of how you feel about that. It takes 10x the resources to produce meat. So would you rather feed 10 people or one? If the world places a priority on meat consumption we will be able to support a much lower world population, contributing to famine, and starvation. Is that murder?

I also have anemia and know it's difficult at times to get everything you need in your diet without meat. Possible, but who seriously has the time to plan their menu that carefully? So I pass no judgement.

Answer 3

The animal was alive at some point. So, if you don't believe in killing animals to eat them, you might say that you murder the animal to get the meat.

Soooo...meat is murder. Get it?

Duh.

Wasn't that a song?

Edit: you should never eat meat from an animal that died on its own, or roadkill or things of that ilk. If you eat a commercially-slaughtered animal, it should be alive before it's killed and processed for meat. Otherwise, it's a serious health risk.

So meat involves animal killing. Which some people consider murder.

Just because you didn't kill it and carve a piece off its still-warm body doesn't mean SOMEBODY didn't kill it at some point.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

actually replying to the guy with 10 thumbs down. its not an instinct, in fact we are evolving so we dont have to eat meat. we get plenty of nutrients from other foods, as a matter of fact many meat eaters get too much protein and WAY too much fat from meat and are unhealthy. and to answer your question. its because most of the animals you eat are brutally slaughtered. if you dont believe me go here: http://goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp

Answer 6

I killed a guy last summer and put the body in my freezer. He's been dead for a while now, so it's not murder. You want some?

Answer 7

By consuming meat you are supporting the industries that murder animals, thereby you are helping to prolong it. Essentially you are just paying someone to murder the animal for you.

Answer 8

Well, if there was less demand for meat, less animals would be slaughtered. Hope this helps!

Answer 9

You shoulda asked her what about the plants that sh's been murdering. Plants are alive, too. I want a big steak now.

Answer 10

Point to her leather shoes/coat/purse and yell MURDERER!!!