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In reply to the discussion: Meatless Mondays': LA urges residents to turn vegetarian one day a week [View all]xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)44. An even better idea would be automobileless Mondays.
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Meatless Mondays': LA urges residents to turn vegetarian one day a week [View all]
onehandle
Nov 2012
OP
Cutting meat consumption to a reasonable level is critcal to fighting climate change.
antigone382
Nov 2012
#2
A city government has no business telling people what they should and should not eat
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#6
human activity is causing climate change. Agriculture is a part of that activity.
antigone382
Nov 2012
#7
It's not the LA city council's job to save the planet from anthropogenic climate change
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#8
As a matter of fact, the first thing I did before responding to the OP was to read the charter
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#12
Well when the city council walks into your dining room and snatches a chicken off your plate...
antigone382
Nov 2012
#82
Thanks. This is probably the most textbook "first world problem" I've ever encountered.
antigone382
Nov 2012
#91
I dispute your characterization of the council's recommendation as "scientifically correct"
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#138
What is scientifically correct is that high rates of meat consumption contribute to climate change.
antigone382
Nov 2012
#139
And there is NO BASIS for claiming that meat-eaters voluntarily giving up meat one day each week...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#140
Having meat eaters pretend to be vegetarians one day per week won't change foodways
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#144
Well that sounds like a great argument for the city council to ban meat forever.
antigone382
Nov 2012
#146
I know many Angelinos. Nobody I know will take the recommendation seriously.
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#14
Did they have a giant vegetarian get-together last night to celebrate the council's proclamation?
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#131
How can you argue simultaneously that this is a toothless and ineffective action...
antigone382
Nov 2012
#141
I didn't say that local politicians are any different than state or national ones
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#171
So in answer to my key question, what is an effective course of action regarding climate change?
antigone382
Nov 2012
#175
To me it seems that the problem is so big that it will require major commitments on the part...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#178
It does occur to you that LA gets almost all its water from somewhere else, right?
antigone382
Nov 2012
#111
Except that isn't what they're doing, Nancy Kneejerk. Are you forced into a church on Easter?
DRoseDARs
Nov 2012
#21
I grew up and have eaten Comida Mexicana most of my life. Refritos frijoles and eggs IS breakfast.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#69
if you think Thanksgiving is on a Monday, LOL, you have no idea what you're talking about
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#95
I'm sure it's only a suggestion, not a mandate. Fish for Fridays was cultural, not a law.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#22
I wouldn't mind being given the option of a good meatless meal at a restaurant, if I ate out.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#32
You already have that option, unless you live in a small town or a rural area
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#35
Getting re-elected by voters who agree with it, is wrong, how? If they're the majority?
freshwest
Nov 2012
#38
It's amazing how thoroughly your personal bias against me prevents you from seeing the truth
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#130
I don't regard the members of the L.A. city council as liberals in any sense of the word
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#133
They aren't your city council and you mainly are criticizing them because they did something liberal
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#149
Your brand of liberalism is not sacrosanct on DU. This board is for Democrats of all stripes.
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#154
nobody said "free from criticism", but free from criticism simply because it is liberalism
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#164
As I have posted here repeatedly, giving people dietary advice without a scientific basis is not...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#168
Show me the science that demonstrates that asking meat-eaters to give up meat one day each week...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#172
I'd like to see what happens in a controlled situation with volunteers who WILL follow the advice...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#179
You aren't being "centrist" you're mocking a health and environmental campaign with right wing snark
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#156
'The worst kind of nannyism'? Surpassing transvaginal ultrasounds, criminalizing abortion and...
freshwest
Nov 2012
#65
Eat as much meat as you like, the best thing you can do for the environment
4th law of robotics
Nov 2012
#61
I don't really understand why you're asking this question in relation to the OP...
antigone382
Nov 2012
#85
"nanny state"??? that's a right wing term and LA's advice is environmentally sound
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#40
Would you care to place a wager on the likelihood that all 12 council members will comply with...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#113
"Nanny state" is a right wing term and going meat-free one day per week is sound advice
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#119
I think people should decide for themselves what is best for them to eat, and how much of it
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#132
you are against the vegetarian day, so you are against the "don't drive day" too, right?
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#165
Wow, I can't imagine how you could have missed the point any more thoroughly
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#169
No I liked this idea before you came to this thread to dump all over it with anti-liberal bile
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#173
I think it's a great idea and find it sad that so many are so defensive about it.
forestpath
Nov 2012
#34
It's a personal and cultural thing. 'My mom fed me bacon and she loved me! Don't say she was wrong!'
freshwest
Nov 2012
#71
And yet suggesting that will get you berated by even the greenest vegan
4th law of robotics
Nov 2012
#63
From the way people are reacting to this, you'd think they'd actually outlawed meat.
ET Awful
Nov 2012
#50
I've cut down on meat consumption in general but mostly to save money
4th law of robotics
Nov 2012
#59
So what have Perry and Reyes done about food deserts in LA that LACK fresh produce?
alp227
Nov 2012
#79
Reyes has done more than you about Climate Change and certainly more for LA than you
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#158
Says the guy who thinks I shouldn't weigh on on something the L.A. city council said
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#167
I had a carne asada taco for dinner last night in solidarity with the meat eaters of Los Angeles
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#127