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ArturoOsito

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104. Sad human

Wed Oct 10, 2012, 01:22 AM

Oct 2012

It's hilarious that you keep defending your position by noting that you are in the "majority." There are countless examples of a populace's majority making ugly, unwise decisions. Hence, there is nothing defensible about that position. So you're a "specist? That's just another term for laziness and selfishness. Nothing we can say can change you. But your attitude is the very core of why humanity is such an awful species. This "species" that you prefer to all others is wrecking the planet, wars against itself, lays waste to the commons, and puts its own pleasures first and foremost. Is your life so devoid of pleasure that you must resort to cruelty to be pleased?

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The Eight Cruelest Foods You Eat [View all] Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 OP

You forgot the link. n/t FSogol Oct 2012 #1

Corrected, thanks! n/t Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #2

Where are the vegetables on that list? Won't somebody think of the Parsley? onehandle Oct 2012 #3

There is a guy in France who can produce foie gras without force-feeding. aikoaiko Oct 2012 #4

You also forgot... SOYLENT GREEN! TlalocW Oct 2012 #5

Have eaten in the past: MadrasT Oct 2012 #6

"The article didn't change my mind, it reflected decisions I had already made." CrispyQ Oct 2012 #8

I buy eggs from a local farmer co-op. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #11

Those are exactly the kind of eggs I'm willing to eat jsmirman Oct 2012 #13

Same here - although it should read "the only thing I eat ever" jsmirman Oct 2012 #10

I need to get smarter about how eggs are labelled. MadrasT Oct 2012 #20

You really do - and I don't mean this to chide or criticize jsmirman Oct 2012 #27

Yep. No offense taken. I agree. n/t MadrasT Oct 2012 #34

I think there was a time you could trust the packaging - "Our chickens run free in fields!" CrispyQ Oct 2012 #30

I live in farm country and I should be able to do that. MadrasT Oct 2012 #33

This thread is sounding like the script from Portlandia central scrutinizer Oct 2012 #52

Totally agree about chickens! The sheer number we kill annually alone should put them on the list, CrispyQ Oct 2012 #22

Great post jsmirman Oct 2012 #29

Trash is another by product. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #35

Yes, but shit lagoons are where it's really at jsmirman Oct 2012 #40

This one is really good, too MadrasT Oct 2012 #32

Looks like a good read. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #38

I prefer venison and wild turkey. My shots are almost always clean kills... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #39

So, so true about Big Ag jsmirman Oct 2012 #41

Bottom land ecosystems traded for soybeans.wow Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #44

I wish someone would have told me. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2012 #7

Misleading title..these are not the foods I eat... dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #9

Nothing wrong, imo, with eating eggs from birds you care for yourself jsmirman Oct 2012 #12

I knew what some of the stuff was, the Balut I was clueless about, but it disgusted me bluestate10 Oct 2012 #15

Uh, there's a stupidity in turning off all arguments jsmirman Oct 2012 #19

I spend a lot of time thinking where the meat that I eat come from. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #94

You're not reading, and you're jumping to assumptions jsmirman Oct 2012 #99

are my sharkfin and lobster chips okay... Evasporque Oct 2012 #14

Oh, and, um congratulations on your willingness to ignore cruelty? jsmirman Oct 2012 #16

What was that about? Quantess Oct 2012 #17

Read the OP jsmirman Oct 2012 #21

I'm not ignoring anything. On the contrary, I'm acknowledging it. Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #76

And to ignore it in your final calculus jsmirman Oct 2012 #78

I don't ignore it, I acknowledge it and then dismiss it. Not the same... Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #80

"I don't think the suffering we're speaking of is extraordinary." jsmirman Oct 2012 #83

For some reason you keep equating humans with non-human animals. How odd. Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #85

For some reason you keep equating a non-equivalence with entitlement to dismiss jsmirman Oct 2012 #89

And to be more specific, and yes jsmirman Oct 2012 #79

You're comparing cooping up chickens to The Holocaust? Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #81

Only by reducing it do you ignore the blinding logic jsmirman Oct 2012 #82

So when someone sets a mousetrap with the full knowledge that it will cause the mouse to suffer Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #86

You find this amusing jsmirman Oct 2012 #90

Sad human ArturoOsito Oct 2012 #104

Yours is selfish. flvegan Oct 2012 #109

Embracing it, really. Rejoicing in it. flvegan Oct 2012 #105

Ignore the OP's calling card. I guess. flvegan Oct 2012 #108

I occasionally eat cage free, free range eggs. a la izquierda Oct 2012 #18

Any animal-related foods I buy come from tiny local farms I can visit gollygee Oct 2012 #23

Visiting the farm itself is by far the best way jsmirman Oct 2012 #31

Not going to worry about the latest ZOMG!!!! list. Daemonaquila Oct 2012 #24

Unnatural critters ArturoOsito Oct 2012 #107

I eat eggs from our friend's pet chickens REP Oct 2012 #25

k,r stuntcat Oct 2012 #26

You made me look up Balut YankeyMCC Oct 2012 #28

I know right? laundry_queen Oct 2012 #47

I use them for Halloween. Our Asian stores here have different kinds of balut...nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #92

The only thing on this list I eat is eggs Kookaburra Oct 2012 #36

Why is it ok to boil live plants but not live animals like lobster Johonny Oct 2012 #37

I assume because animals are sentient gollygee Oct 2012 #43

There was this documentary laundry_queen Oct 2012 #48

Uh, gee, maybe because animals have brains and plants don't? Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #60

Plants lack a cntral nervous system. yewberry Oct 2012 #97

We get our eggs locally ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #42

vegetarian here Texasgal Oct 2012 #45

Mostly vegetarian here. I do not eat enything with hair, fur or feathers, RebelOne Oct 2012 #66

Shark fin soup and foie gras are banned in California KamaAina Oct 2012 #46

never have had shark fin soup or littlewolf Oct 2012 #49

Well, I'm one for eight, but we get our eggs from one of my wife's coworkers (raises chickens). HopeHoops Oct 2012 #50

My pets make me breakfast - lynne Oct 2012 #51

Hehe... Kurovski Oct 2012 #53

ours too! 6 red stars and we consistently get 35-40 eggs a week...... piratefish08 Oct 2012 #56

I pictured dogs flippin' pancakes. :-) WinkyDink Oct 2012 #62

I have not had #2 or #6 and don't plan to LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #54

Glad to see this list is free of any Ethnocentric value judgements.... slampoet Oct 2012 #55

Why shouldn't we judge other cultures? China's superstitions, e.g., are endangering species. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #64

A gulf shrimp says, what? slampoet Oct 2012 #73

I've eaten all of them except Shark-Fin Soup. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #57

I've observed the geese in the Perigord. IDK what you mean by "done right" if you mean France. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #63

Lobster and Beef Aerows Oct 2012 #58

Saw something on Current TV about this. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #59

See my post above yours Aerows Oct 2012 #61

Of course buying locally is always the best choice. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #65

You are correct. Aerows Oct 2012 #87

K&R revolution breeze Oct 2012 #84

Should we all have to slaughter our own food? One_Life_To_Give Oct 2012 #67

I guess it's not as bad as eating live animals snooper2 Oct 2012 #68

I've heard there's a specialty item in japan 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #71

I think that's an old wive's tale Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #100

Let's see: 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #69

I love eggs. I love cheeseburgers. Bake Oct 2012 #70

Lobsters are like giant insects mainer Oct 2012 #72

Why do I eat animals? They would eat us if they could. GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #74

Gummi Bears are almost extinct cthulu2016 Oct 2012 #75

I've seen them on camping trips. Kurovski Oct 2012 #95

I eat eggs, beef, and pork, but only free range, locally sourced. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #77

The cruelest thing I ever ate involved a little chili pepper. porphyrian Oct 2012 #88

I don't eat any of those things. I'm a vegetarin, I don't Raine Oct 2012 #91

I've eaten Buddha Jumps the Wall, which is a shark-fin soup. Eaten everything else, except the msanthrope Oct 2012 #93

The hunter/gatherer debate has already been hashed for the month... Earth_First Oct 2012 #96

I'm ashamed to say Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #98

I couldn't eat anything on that list but for those who eat foie gras Doremus Oct 2012 #101

Balut stinks like hell, too. MADem Oct 2012 #102

Free Range Chicken, Grass-Fed Beef… AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #103

Limp Bizkit had that awesome song about Rollin' or Trollin' or something? flvegan Oct 2012 #106

1,5,7,8 Marrah_G Oct 2012 #110

Basically, avoid factory farmed food. killbotfactory Oct 2012 #111