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aprilstarchildI finally got around to seeing all of Earthlings (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jenhowell has youtubed chunks of it on her journal). I've dreaded watching it, because hey, I'm already vegan, right?
I'm glad I saw it. I'm sure as hell going to get more active. I think education is a huge thing--if more people knew what was going on, they would eat/wear a lot less animal products.
Nothing like watching pigs be beat for not obeying, hung upside down by their feet, and then having their necks sliced open so they'll bleed to death, to make you glad you don't eat pigs anymore.
The breeding sows are kept in tiny cages, so small they can't turn around, and have floors of concrete or metal grating. They are kept almost constantly pregnant, because they want to get as many litters of pigs as possible. The piglets have their tails and ears cut off without anesthetic, because they're kept in such crowded conditions, that they start biting at each other due to stress.
Pigs are smart--people who've kept them as pets say they're at least as smart as dogs, and just as affectionate. Would you want any of that happening to your dog? Why is a pig different? Just because it doesn't have a name? Does an animal only have value because a human cares about it?
In many states, there isn't a lot of regulation when it comes to waste, and pig shit is put into giant cesspools, that make the air nauseating for miles around, and leak into groundwater. During hurricanes, all the pigs drown, and all that pig shit ends up in the flood waters.
Do you really like ham and bacon that much? Is it worth it?
And that, of course, is just pigs.
If I could convince every member of my friends and family to watch Earthlings, I would. More than any other book or video on the same subject matter, I would want them to watch this one.
Yes, that means all of you.
jenhowell has youtubed chunks of it on her journal). I've dreaded watching it, because hey, I'm already vegan, right?I'm glad I saw it. I'm sure as hell going to get more active. I think education is a huge thing--if more people knew what was going on, they would eat/wear a lot less animal products.
Nothing like watching pigs be beat for not obeying, hung upside down by their feet, and then having their necks sliced open so they'll bleed to death, to make you glad you don't eat pigs anymore.
The breeding sows are kept in tiny cages, so small they can't turn around, and have floors of concrete or metal grating. They are kept almost constantly pregnant, because they want to get as many litters of pigs as possible. The piglets have their tails and ears cut off without anesthetic, because they're kept in such crowded conditions, that they start biting at each other due to stress.
Pigs are smart--people who've kept them as pets say they're at least as smart as dogs, and just as affectionate. Would you want any of that happening to your dog? Why is a pig different? Just because it doesn't have a name? Does an animal only have value because a human cares about it?
In many states, there isn't a lot of regulation when it comes to waste, and pig shit is put into giant cesspools, that make the air nauseating for miles around, and leak into groundwater. During hurricanes, all the pigs drown, and all that pig shit ends up in the flood waters.
Do you really like ham and bacon that much? Is it worth it?
And that, of course, is just pigs.
If I could convince every member of my friends and family to watch Earthlings, I would. More than any other book or video on the same subject matter, I would want them to watch this one.
Yes, that means all of you.
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Date: 2006-11-28 04:11 pm (UTC)And "free-range," last I checked, had no legal definition. Seeing as it's the farmers who decide what's free-range and what's not, I don't put a lot of trust into it.
I've heard of that blood-type diet before, and to be honest, I haven't seen any studies that would support the idea. If you have, let me know. There are certainly vegans/vegetarians who are allergic to soy, but it does make things trickier.
Peter Singer wrote a book called The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (http://www.amazon.com/Way-We-Eat-Choices-Matter/dp/157954889X/sr=8-1/qid=1164730122/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0232758-0738312?ie=UTF8&s=books), in which he follows the diets of several families, and I think he gives information on organic meat in the process.