Joejr14
Grand Bubble Burster
Okay, so my roomate decided to try this Vegan bit a few months ago and lasted a week, but Peta's "Vegan Starter Kit" came in the mail today. Included was a CD in a case showing all sorts of reasons why you should not eat meat. I was rolling reading some of these, and figured most of you would find it funny yourself, so here we go.
<b>Because heart disease begins in childhood.</b>
Meat has no fiber but is laden with fat and cholesterol, which is why the late Dr. Benjamin Spock, in the final edition of his book 'Baby & Child Care' recommended against feeding children any kind of meat.
<b>Because a vegan diet reverses hear disease.</b>
On the American Heart Association (AHA) diet, which includeds meat, patients' arteries continue to clog, while Dr. Dean Ornish's vegan diet unclogs arteries. In one study, AHA dieters experienced a 28% average worsening of clogged arteries, while dieters on Ornish's program experienced an 8% improvement in their arteries.
<b>Because eating meat and dairy products makes you fat.</b>
As a nation, we're getting fatter, and the Atkins diet has only made matters worse because it only works in the short term. Only 2% of pure vegetarians are obese, which is about 1/9th the figure for meat eating americans.
<b>Because you shouldn't have to lie to your kids about the food you eat.</b>
Children would be horrified to learn about the cruelty and violence involved in turning chickens, pigs, and other animals into nuggets and other 'foods'.
<b>Because in every package of chicken, there's a little poop.</b>
A USDA study found that 98% of 'broiler chicken' carcasses had detectable levels of E. coli, indicating fecal contamination.
<b>Because meat is filthy and bloody.</b>
There are more than 50 million cases of meat related foodborne illness each year in the US, thousands of which lead to death. Animals accumulate dangerous chemicals in their flesh and fat including dioxins, antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, and even the most toxic form of arsenic.
<b>Because it isn't fair.</b>
Killing other animals is an act of expoloitation and violence, and we do it only because we have the power to.
<b>Because no living creature wants to see her family slaughtered.</b>
Cows love their calves, sows love their piglets, and chickens love their chicks. Farmed animals love their families and mourn their loss.
<b>Because eating meat and dairy products causes impotence.</b>
Going vegetarian is a natural alternative to Viagra because before meat's artery-clogging actions gives you a heart attack, it affects other vital organs. In one study, 1/4th of those in 'the oldest age group' of men aged 40-79 reported frequent occurance of erectile dysfunction, while in another study, half of men over 40 reported that they experienced erectile dysfunction at least some of the time.
<b>Because you wouldn't eat your dog.</b>
Most people are horrified that some cultures eat dogs or whales, but these animals suffer no more than the animals commonly consumed in the US. The difference is only cultural, not moral.
<b>Because mad cow disease is in the U.S.</b>
Any animal with a brain could contract a version of mad cow disease, yet millions of pigs and chickens are still being fed the remains of diseased animals--in violation of World Health Organization recommendations and the laws of Japan and Europe.
<b>Because it's violence that you can stop.</b>
We may feel powerless to stop war or other forms of violence, bu we can choose not to support slaughterhouses by rejecting flesh foods.
<b>Because no one should have to kill for a living.</b>
Slaghterhouse workers have among the highest rates of injury and illness in the country, and working in a slaughterhouse would dull anyone's sense of compassion.
<b>Because it takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal ... and an even smaller person to eat one.</b>
If you're eating meat, you are paying for others to commit acts so cruel that if committed against dogs or cats, they would warrant felony cruelty charges in most U.S states.
<b>Because no animal deserves to die for your taste buds.</b>
A human being's desire for a momentary taste of flesh is not as important as another animal's desire not to be tortured and violently killed.
<b>Because they're defenseless.</b>
Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer called speciesism the 'most extreme' form of racism because animals are the least able to defend themselves and the easiest to victimize.
<b>Because when animals feel pain, they scream, too.</b>
If you burn them, they feel it. If you give them electric shocks, they feel it. Animals feel pain in the same way and to the same degree that we humans do.
<b>Because they don't want to die.</b>
Animals value their lives as much as humans do.
<b>Because they feel fear.</b>
Their hair stands on end, they urinate on themselves, and they shake, just as we do when fightened out of their minds with the prospect of being hurt or killed.
There are a few more, but I'm too tired to type the rest out.
However.....
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
<b>Because heart disease begins in childhood.</b>
Meat has no fiber but is laden with fat and cholesterol, which is why the late Dr. Benjamin Spock, in the final edition of his book 'Baby & Child Care' recommended against feeding children any kind of meat.
<b>Because a vegan diet reverses hear disease.</b>
On the American Heart Association (AHA) diet, which includeds meat, patients' arteries continue to clog, while Dr. Dean Ornish's vegan diet unclogs arteries. In one study, AHA dieters experienced a 28% average worsening of clogged arteries, while dieters on Ornish's program experienced an 8% improvement in their arteries.
<b>Because eating meat and dairy products makes you fat.</b>
As a nation, we're getting fatter, and the Atkins diet has only made matters worse because it only works in the short term. Only 2% of pure vegetarians are obese, which is about 1/9th the figure for meat eating americans.
<b>Because you shouldn't have to lie to your kids about the food you eat.</b>
Children would be horrified to learn about the cruelty and violence involved in turning chickens, pigs, and other animals into nuggets and other 'foods'.
<b>Because in every package of chicken, there's a little poop.</b>
A USDA study found that 98% of 'broiler chicken' carcasses had detectable levels of E. coli, indicating fecal contamination.
<b>Because meat is filthy and bloody.</b>
There are more than 50 million cases of meat related foodborne illness each year in the US, thousands of which lead to death. Animals accumulate dangerous chemicals in their flesh and fat including dioxins, antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, and even the most toxic form of arsenic.
<b>Because it isn't fair.</b>
Killing other animals is an act of expoloitation and violence, and we do it only because we have the power to.
<b>Because no living creature wants to see her family slaughtered.</b>
Cows love their calves, sows love their piglets, and chickens love their chicks. Farmed animals love their families and mourn their loss.
<b>Because eating meat and dairy products causes impotence.</b>
Going vegetarian is a natural alternative to Viagra because before meat's artery-clogging actions gives you a heart attack, it affects other vital organs. In one study, 1/4th of those in 'the oldest age group' of men aged 40-79 reported frequent occurance of erectile dysfunction, while in another study, half of men over 40 reported that they experienced erectile dysfunction at least some of the time.
<b>Because you wouldn't eat your dog.</b>
Most people are horrified that some cultures eat dogs or whales, but these animals suffer no more than the animals commonly consumed in the US. The difference is only cultural, not moral.
<b>Because mad cow disease is in the U.S.</b>
Any animal with a brain could contract a version of mad cow disease, yet millions of pigs and chickens are still being fed the remains of diseased animals--in violation of World Health Organization recommendations and the laws of Japan and Europe.
<b>Because it's violence that you can stop.</b>
We may feel powerless to stop war or other forms of violence, bu we can choose not to support slaughterhouses by rejecting flesh foods.
<b>Because no one should have to kill for a living.</b>
Slaghterhouse workers have among the highest rates of injury and illness in the country, and working in a slaughterhouse would dull anyone's sense of compassion.
<b>Because it takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal ... and an even smaller person to eat one.</b>
If you're eating meat, you are paying for others to commit acts so cruel that if committed against dogs or cats, they would warrant felony cruelty charges in most U.S states.
<b>Because no animal deserves to die for your taste buds.</b>
A human being's desire for a momentary taste of flesh is not as important as another animal's desire not to be tortured and violently killed.
<b>Because they're defenseless.</b>
Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer called speciesism the 'most extreme' form of racism because animals are the least able to defend themselves and the easiest to victimize.
<b>Because when animals feel pain, they scream, too.</b>
If you burn them, they feel it. If you give them electric shocks, they feel it. Animals feel pain in the same way and to the same degree that we humans do.
<b>Because they don't want to die.</b>
Animals value their lives as much as humans do.
<b>Because they feel fear.</b>
Their hair stands on end, they urinate on themselves, and they shake, just as we do when fightened out of their minds with the prospect of being hurt or killed.
There are a few more, but I'm too tired to type the rest out.
However.....
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
