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In reply to the discussion: People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change [View all]GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)44. "The right of the people to keep and bear children shall not be infringed."
From my point of view, children can easily be viewed as assault weapons in the fight against nature. I really like the analogy, and I think many of the arguments for both rights are very similar in tone.
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People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change [View all]
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
OP
Well, for millennia, that meat wasn't raised as an "industrial product," nor as much of it consumed
villager
Apr 2016
#54
If you have a human population of less than one billion, that doesn't matter
FLPanhandle
Apr 2016
#60
Sure, let's ignore everything else until a 70% die-off! Steaks and SUVs all around!
villager
Apr 2016
#65
Actually, the extent of yours seems to be: "What can I say to get myself off the hook?"
villager
Apr 2016
#75
How much of what they consume is irrelevant? The nature of economic exploitation
RadiationTherapy
Apr 2016
#57
Restaurant offerings are part of the problem considering how many people eat out in the USA
Person 2713
Apr 2016
#2
People still don't get the link between chemical GMO industrial agriculture and climate change
AxionExcel
Apr 2016
#3
Considering how much land we've converted to fields, fueled with synthetic fertilizer
NickB79
Apr 2016
#12
the main problem is the methane produced by the massive numbers of livestock
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#21
there are lots of things that can be addressed, but eating less meat is a simple and easy way to
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#19
This is actually what caused my stint in vegetarianism, which kicked my arse
hereforthevoting
Apr 2016
#27
there are also horrible religious moements who think they need to over-produce babies
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#40
"The right of the people to keep and bear children shall not be infringed."
GliderGuider
Apr 2016
#44
People who reproduce are deliberately and consciously infringing on you rights?
Marengo
Apr 2016
#48
The post I responded to seemed to be suggesting the right didn't exist in the present...
Marengo
Apr 2016
#43
I don't know about your numbers-- it's a tricky calculation-- but I agree with your basic conclusion
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#39
the problem is massive factory animal farming, not just some cows grazing on natural land
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#83
Conversely, I switched to an almost-completely meat-based diet three years ago
GliderGuider
Apr 2016
#84