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Originally Posted by noumenal

Why?

I know you're probably really tired of answering this question, but I'm curious. There are so many different justifications.

Do you need a justification? I don't know.

Personally, I can't think of a good reason. I recently read an article by Roger Scruton about why people are vegetarians. Had to do with the lack of piety surrounding meat-eating in the modern world. People no longer say thanks to the animal (like Native Americans in the movies) after killing them. People no longer engage in the kind of community rituals (even just sittinng around the table with family) that used to surround meat-eating. They just stuff Big Macs down their gullet while sitting alone in their car. So, vegetarians are supplanting artificial restrictions in order to satisfy this urge for reverence. Is this bullshit? Makes more sense to me than, "I just don't like the taste of meat."

Thoughts?

I rarely eat meat products and when I have the resources for becoming a vegetarian I plan to be one. my reasoning is to just become healthier. The fat content is outstanding and its nutrition is small in comparison to other foods. Meat has never appealed to me and I always found it so primitive to devour a chicken bone or piece of meat....