Why are people vegetarian?!

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Why are people vegetarian?

People who say animals are treated bad ither way animals will be treated bad, even if theyre not animals people eat. I love when people say animals get treated badly So keep weaing your leather shoes and jackets. I bet you kill flies and roaches, mice all the time, theyre animals too. Oh and there are alot of animal products in make up and soaps and stuff. I wouldnt say its healthier either, say i ate meat once a week or once a month would that be worse than eating none ever? Only reason i see to be a vegetarian is the taste of meat and saving money and maybe the cooking process. Plants also get sprayed with chemicals and whatnot. Even if you dont eat the meat the cow will live and then die and someone will eat it, people or other animals. We wernt put at the top food chain to eat vegetatables! and people who claim they are vegetarian but eat fish, just stop it please.

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6 months ago
LOL natalia ok first of all I NEVER said animals are not treated bad. I said animals are treated bad, even if they are not meant to be eaten. Like dogs and cats. The video means nothing when animals everywhere are being mistreated. NOT just edible animals. I did not assume vegetarians dont wear leather. I said if they feel about killing animals they should feel bad about wearing leather. in your 3rd paragraph i said would it hurt to eat meat once a week or once a month. Would it be such a difference to my health. Animal cruelty and eating meat is completely different. So if i go fishing and decide to eat it, thats animal cruelty? "vegetarians who still eat fish are called pesco-vegetarians. " Look up vegetarian in the dictionary. Im not judging anyone im just asking a question. Human teeth not designed to eat meat has no relevance to the question. It says why are you a vegetarian. learn a little before you jump to ridiculous conclusions about things you obviously know nothing about.

6 months ago
strawberry big mac you only answered one of my questions, which you did not even answer. and i know about other proteins Im asain so i eat rice just abuot everday. My parents puts beans in them. I eat tofu probably once a week. I like it actually.
Maybe if you answer the rest of my arguements ill give more?

6 months ago
TO natalia

ok i agree with the first part of your 1st paragraph, except for the fact that you need to kill a cow to make leather and you can still eat its meat, and when vegetarians say they dont want animal cruelty they dont think about animal cruelty in their own neighborhood, and think about cows which were used for you shoes, belts, briefcases, jackets, w/e. its ok for the cow to die for leather but not its meat? "what i said about the vegan lifestyle still apllies. your arguement has not challenged mine. " Actually, if you read my first question i said that if your a vegetarian because of the fact you dont like the thought of animal cruelty then you shouldnt be wearing leather shoes or using animal products or your being hypocrytical. Vegetarians who eat fish is an oxymoron and since you dont agree with them either just leave it at that. If jesus thought eating meat was ok then its ok to me. btw if you dont think eating plants are murder are you ok with abortion ?

6 months ago
your first point is stupid. There are more babies being born every single day which most of them will not be vegetarians. So the demand for meat (unless some wierd disease or w/e happen) will never lower until 50% of people are vegetarian. That will not happen for a while if ever. i dont get your 2nd point if i ate everything i did normally but just took out meat it would cost less wouldnt it? i would think so. 3rd point um yeah you probably do kill insects on a daily basis, in the car driving, walking w/e. Fourth point is irrelevant i see your raged or something when spelling comes up. you probably do use animal products maybe not directly, but you probably do. say i rode a horse to deliver mail, fertilizer ,something like that. 6th point prove to me that im going to be less healthier if i eat fish once a year as to none
7th point, good for you. 8th you have nothing agaisnt me all your points are weak. and your last sentence, ran out of space next box

6 months ago
"Oh, and I am strongly against abortion and the death penalty, so don't even try to get me with that. Keep arguing with me, I dare you. "

Do you think eating plants is murder? If your answer is no then you should be ok with abortion. Like plants embryos cannot feel or think its like killing bacteria, which im sure your not against since your body does it every day. Good job on your post you proved nothing against me. (except spelling? LOL) Your whole post just tells me that your a vegan. k thnx bye Ill leave you with this.

6 months ago
"Steven Davis, professor of animal science at Oregon State University, argues that the number of wild animals killed in crop production is greater than those killed in ruminant-pasture production. Whenever a tractor goes through a field to plow, disc, cultivate, apply fertilizer and/or pesticide, and harvest, animals are killed. Davis gives a small sampling of field animals in the U. S. that are threatened by intensive crop production, such as: opossum, rock dove, house sparrow, European starling, black rat, Norway rat, house mouse, Chukar, grey partridge, ring-necked pheasant, wild turkey, cottontail rabbit, gray-tailed vole, and numerous species of amphibians. In one small example, an alfalfa harvest caused a 50% decline in the gray-tailed vole population. According to Davis, if all of the cropland in the U. S. were used to produce crops for a vegan diet, it is estimated that around 1.8 billion animals would be killed annually.

Hope you can sleep well.

6 months ago
To strawberry bigmac

I see what your saying in your 1st paragraph but I dont see why I would risk haing all types of defeciencies when i can eat meat, that also tastes good. I also see what your saying in your other paragraphs but say i was to become vegetarian I wouldnt give up wearing leather shoes (I love nike dunks) or other things. Your going to have to kill the cow for leather so why not use the meat too? This is why im saying vegetetarians who are vegetetarians because of animal cruelty are hypocrytical. and like i said if jesus thought it was ok to eat meat its ok with me.

6 months ago
TO NATALIA

The part that says to natalia is the part for you. The ones below are for other people. I just wanted to ask you about the abortion thing

6 months ago
yahoo answers needs a quoting system or something

6 months ago
To natalia

ok, although about abortion lets put it this way.
An embryo is a seed. A seed for a baby to grow. An embryo itself cannot do anything, but if its in a womans womb it can grow. A seed has the potential to turn into a plant but it needs water and sunlight. An embryo at its early stages is basically a seed. Or a seed with water but no sun light. yes i agree about the jesus thing, i guess i was stupid to bring up religion in this. Well i hope i didnt offend you in any way, but ill never become vegetarian unless meat turns nasty. I just dont think that its worth the effort of being vegetarian (esp. vegans)and finding vegetetarian dishes at restaurants and i def. couldnt find any at school except salad, which i eat alot of (with meat).

6 months ago
to strawberry

I agree with most of what you say. Although girls fashion in shoes and boys fashion and shoes are completely different and I would not try to get other shoe material. and jesues thing is just ignorant. I suggest you read this www.allaboutthejourney.org/ori... it is very long but in the end you will know something more.

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6 months ago
TO NATALIA

The part that says to natalia is the part for you. The ones below are for other people. I just wanted to ask you about the abortion thing

6 months ago
yahoo answers needs a quoting system or something

what the hell are you talking about?
not a single comment of yours is plausible.
firstly you mention that animals aren't treated bad - or whatever we do they'll still be treated bad. have you ever heard of factory farming? why don't you look at this video and tell me that we can't prevent animals from being treated as horribly as they currently are
www.meetyourmeat.com

secondly, you assume that vegetarians/ vegans wear leather shoes and use products which have been tested on animals. you're wrong again. many people have adopted the vegan lifestyle which means not only do they eat vegan, they also live vegan. not all vegans follow the lifestyle and it's a personal choice if they do or not. learn how to differentiate between the vegan diet and the vegan lifestyle.

so you don't think it's healthier. how many studies have proven that a vegetarian diet is healthier for so many reasons including a great reduction of the intake of saturated fat from meat and replaces it with healthy fats from nuts, olive oil and avocados etc. not to mention the chemicals and hormones they pump into the animals which ultimately will end up in your body if you consume the animal. these are to only name a few.

if you don't see a reason to be a vegetarian then thats your lifestyle choice. other people care for the wellbeing of animals and will play their part to try and help them. even if it doesn't make the biggest difference in the world (even though it does make a difference) vegetarians will not eat meat because they don't support the way animals are treated. it's hypocritical to preach about animal cruelty and then go eat a steak. thats why people choose not to eat meat.

vegetarians who still eat fish are called pesco-vegetarians. who are you to judge them? even though i personally don't agree with them it doesn't mean they are doing anything wrong. on the contrary actually, they are still doing what they can.

lastly, as everyone else has mentioned, human teeth were not designed to eat flesh. we have the teeth of herbivores.

learn a little before you jump to ridiculous conclusions about things you obviously know nothing about.

EDIT:
i know animals are being treated bad whether or not they are being slaughtered for our consumption. but by being vegetarian we are showing that we do not support the killing of animals, especially for our food. this part of animal cruelty is something we can control (to a degree) or at least make a difference. other forms of animal cruelty such as dancing bears, or even dogs and cats, as you mentioned, are out of our control. we cannot have any impact because there is no link to us, like there is with our food. so are you saying since we can't prevent ALL animal cruelty then we shouldn't even attempt to fix SOME???
what i said about the vegan lifestyle still apllies. your arguement has not challenged mine.
and to eat meat once a week... go for it. eat whatever you like whenever you like. you just wouldn't be classified as a vegetarian but it doesn't matter. simply reducing the amount of meat you eat will make a difference. ofcourse it's not as good as giving meat up forever, but it's a hell of alot better than continuing to eat meat about 2-3 times everyday, obviously. in regards to your health the same applies. it's better to eat less, even if it's not completely omitted.

"and people who claim they are vegetarian but eat fish, just stop it please." what's wrong with vegetarians who still eat fish? like i said i don't agree but they're doing what they want to do.

"We wernt put at the top food chain to eat vegetatables"
saying that our teeth were designed to eat plants (ie. vegetables) is very relevant to what you said. although i wasn't directly addressing the main question i was commenting on your comment. i would like to think thats ok to do...

EDIT 2:
i'm sorry but you're being very unclear with your question. why are you bringing up abortion and plants and all these random topics. what are you asking exactly???
and eating a plant is not murder. to kill an undeveloped baby IS murder because it evolves into a human. you're literally killing a human being. plants will never develop into anything with nervous systems therefore they will not feel pain. an embryo will eventually become human.

so anyway, can you please clarify your initial question without bringing up anything else so i can actually answer your question. thank you.

EDIT 3:
i agree. yahoo needs a system where people can actually hold conversations. and i'm sorry my response has become such a lecture!

anyway, i agree with what you're saying about the vegetarians who still wear leather, if they really cared about animals they would adopt the vegan diet and the lifestyle. BUT, what you don't understand is that vegetarianism is a step under veganism. most people chose not to live so extreme (because it is a very extreme lifestyle) and just chose to make a small difference which won't have such a dramatic influence on thier lives. it's quite easy to be vegetarian. if vegetarians really cared so strongly about animal cruelty they'd become vegan because of factory farming (the first video i showed you). it's simply a personal choice of how extreme you can live your life. this particular question doesn't have an answer.

and the term pesco-vegetarian in the actual term given to vegetarians who still eat meat. look it up. they are still classified under vegetarians.

since you mentioned jesus i think i need to tell you that it's not ONLY the fact that we are eating animals that makes us become vegans or vegetarians. it is how they are treated. back in the days of the bible, factory farming didn't exist and animals were treated alot better than they are today, and killed in more humanley ways. so there.

about abortion, what i said earlier is how i feel about it. it's never right to kill a human... anyway read what i wrote a little further up.

? boggles my mind

because they secretly hate themselves

Some for moral reasons, some for physical reasons, some for religious reasons, and some for a combination of all these reasons.

Vegetarians never eat fish or any animal products. An animal killed is dead and if you partake of something that is dead you are eating Death! You are What You Eat! Do You
want to be death? If so go ahead and eat your death which is meat.. Also Read Chapter 1 Verson 29 in Gensis if You dare! "I have given
ye every herb and fruit bearing seed let it be thy meat!" You meat eaters are Death cause You eat Death You have Stupid Questions!

Because they think that is the best way to live.

Well you've pretty much answered your own question. Some people don't like the idea of eating fellow earth dwellers. Some do it for health reasons. The thought is; we weren't meant to eat meat, there are many 'things' in meat that vegetarians feel are not good for us, and we can get the important stuff from fruit and vegies. A real vegetarian who doesn't like to eat fellow earth dwellers stay away from anything that comes from animal products; as you mentioned -- soaps, oils, clothing etc. There are also folk who won't eat dairy products, eggs, fish, chicken too. Ever heard of Breatharians?? These people believe they can get by, by only drinking water, and eventually hope to eliminate the water, and only breath..... bizzare..
I don't think you'll get any vegetarian to quit their non meat eating habits. They think they are right, and they may well be, I don't know, I love ham too much to give it up...Happy New Year from Australia

I don't eat a lot of meat because I don't like a heavy feeling on my stomach. If we didn't eat meat, do you wonder what the size of the Buffalo herds would be like. There wouldn't be room for us and they would eat all our vegetables to keep them selves alive. Even in this day the deer love avocados and love them. I think that is one of the reasons avocados are so expensive. Bears would eat our berries and the list goes on and on. We wouldn't have lawns. The pigs would root them up.

All the veggies I know are not true veggies. They can't resist meat at times but don't like to admit it.

To each his own.

they're under the mistaken impression that they will live longer and healthier lives if they dont eat meat. most of the vegetarians i know and see look sickly and pale and weak, so i wouldnt recommend it to anyone. i work in a senior's nursing home and ive seen way too many people over the age of 100 who eat meat and eggs every day to believe that vegan eating will help you live longer

ppl dun eat meat for religious reasons some or for cleansing purposes.some dun eat for no reason while some dun eat meat cuz they hate it.

Wow, you are on a tirade...Are you aware of the carbon cycle (different than the food chain)? Why don't you visit a cattle ranch or a chicken coop and get back to us. Go eat your meat and have a ball, I am sure that the cow's name was Elsie or something....maybe feed the less fortunate people of the world is one altruistic reason...

PS -I think "we wernt" is spelled "we weren't..."

It is actually better for you. I Think that everyone should strive to be a vegatarian that doesn't mean u can never touch a steak or chicken but limit it because their is much better protein sources.
Vegetarinism isen't meant to be taken so litteral.
We may be at the top of the food chain but humans physically are no desgined to eat meat. We have the teeth of herbavors....are back molars are for mashing not ripping flesh.
Yes they pump animals and plants full of chemicals which are terrible for you.
Did you know that eating organic meat and vegetalbes has better flavour also it is better for the enviroment because natural soil reuses energy better?! Also putting fake chemicals and animal products on your face and hair is terrible for it....so that why i don't use generic stuff like that.
I would say if you had a nice organic steak once a month that would 10X better for you then having chicken everyday....and you would be a lot less likely to develop heart disease.
The problem with eating meat is that people ONLY RELY on animals for protein and that is bad because other forms of protien are less harsh on the enviroment and less harsh on your body. Everytime you eat a steak from a farmer that pumps chemicals into its beef you support that farmer so he buys two more cows to pump full of chemicals and sells to more people which in turn increases the industry of killing animals.
Did you know that cows are one of the leading causes of destruction of the planet. They destroy soil and they produce tons of methane gas which affects the ozone layer.
Protein sources like soy and hemp are alot less expensive to produce... are alot better for you and better for the enviroment. So if everyone strived to eat better it would effect are health and the enviroment.
I try to treat all animals equal because they can't protect themselves...we weren't put at the top of the food chain to destroy everything in nature.
I am a vegatarian that strives to eat better...im not perfect i will slip and eat meat sometimes but i know the facts about it's effects. And i don't believe in killin an animal just for a yummy meal because their is so many other delicious things i can eat.
If you want to lower your risk of cancer and live longer....50% of your diet will be made up of fruits and vegetables anyways BECAUSE THAT IS HEALTHY!
Do you have any other arguments?...besides my spelling which is irrelevant.
SO WHATS YOUR OTHER QUESTION? IF YOUR TALKING ABOUT NON MEAT ANIMALS GET TREATED BADLY ANYWAYS THATS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CARE TO LEARN ENOUGH ABOUT ANIMALS OR CARE ENOUGH TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP ALL ANIMALS. oF COURSE NO ONE IS A PERFECT VEGETARIAN THEY DON'T NEVER KILL FLIES BUT THEY STRIVE TO TREAT ALL ANIMALS BETTER NO MATTER WHAT SIZE. YOU CANT HAVE AN ARGUEMENT "WELL BECAUSE OTHER ANIMALS ARE TREATED POORLY I'M JUST GOING TO EAT MEAT" BECUASE IN TURN YOU ARE JUST SUPPORTING THAT CRUELTY.
KILLING ANY ANIMAL IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM IS CRUELTY BECUASE THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE KILLED AND THEY ARE BEING KILLED IN UNECISSARY WAYS. PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK WE NEED TO KILL ANIMALS TO LIVE BUT THAT IT NO THE CASE. THEIR ARE FAKE SOURCES OF LEATHER AND OTHER SOURCES OF PROTIEN. BUT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO DO IT ANYWAYS.

IT IS VERY RELEVANT THAT ARE TEETH AREN'T DESGINED TO EAT MEAT BECAUSE IT DICTATES HOW ARE BODY PROCESS THE ANIMAL PROTEIN. SO YOU EAT MEAT ONCE IN A WHILE ITS NOT GOING TO KILL YOU BUT IT'S BY NO MEANS HEALTHY.

I AM NOT SURE YOUR POINT EXACTLY BUT PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO EAT MEAT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND SOME PEOPLE ARE HALF VEGETARIANS.... BUT ATLEAST THEY STRIVE FOR BETTER HEALTH AND A CRUELTY FREE PLANET. IF WE WERE 100% CARNIVOIRS I WOULDN'T BE AGAINST EATING MEAT BECAUSE WE NEED IT TO SURVIVE...BUT THATS NOT WHY WE EAT MEAT. WE EAT MEAT BECAUSE WE ARE TAUGHT ITS THE ONLY WAY AND IT IS A SELFISH THING (WE WANT THE TASTE OR THE FANCY COAT). IT IS CRUELTY BECAUSE IT IS NO NESICARY!!... AND MOST OF THE ANIMAL CARCAS JUST GOES TO WAIST.

I CANT SPEAK FOR OTHER PEOPLES ACTIONS BUT THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ARE VEGATARIANS TREAT ALL ANIMALS EQUALL. THEY ARE NOT PERFECT BUT THEY ARE EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT AND ITS NOT ABOUT BEING PERFECT ITS ABOUT EVERYONE CONTRIBUTING TO MAKE THE PLANET A BETTER PLACE. AND THE PEOPLE WHO STRIVE FOR VEGETARIANISM ARE ATLEAST MAKING AN OATH TO THEMSELVES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE EVERY LIT BIT COUNTS.

Well first of all vegatarians who do it for cruelty reasons are not hypocritical unless they do wear all sorts of leather and stuff!!! Why would you just assume that of them? I'm sure most of them don't. Stella Mcartney for example is a vegan and all her clothing is made from non animal products so she is not hypocritical.
Jesus is fake btw and if you wan't to come up with other excusses as to WHY U DO EAT MEAT then thats all on you. If you have no remorse regarding killing animals then thats on you aswell. Maybe you need to re think your question as to why do people think it is ok to kill animals?...because we are smarter or more powerfull?...that is no excuse either.
DId you ever think that maybe it has to do with society and how it is so hard to actually be a strict vegatarian?...
They can't eat fast food, they can't buy from the average store they can't use the average drug store products. So because they choose to be compassionate they are punished by having to spend extra money on products and food which are cheaper to produce and better for the world since the killing is not nessicary.
Did you ever think that these people buy leather shoes because it is impossible to find stylish well made shoes that arent from animal products? Some people want do be cruelty free but simply can't afford fake leather...which is cheaper to produce but more expensive to sell. If i could find a great pair of fake leather shoes that don't hurt my feet that are nice by all means i would buy them over the other nike ones. The problem is people are so set on relying on animals products that their is no market for the other stuff so the vegetarians are STUCK! I can afford Stella Mcartney shoes so i do buy them ...but most vegatarians i know can not afford it so they are forced to buy leather shoes so don't be so quick to judge. I'm sure their is lots of "fake vegatarians" and i am not speaking for those people.
I do believe killing plants is cruel but i'm a herbivore so i need them to survive just like everyone else...just like a cat needs too eat meat. The difference is you don't need it.
So maybe if society changed we could change how we use animals...not just use them for pleasure while ignoring the destruction of their enviroment.
So i hope you choose the fake leather shoes and the veggie burger. and instead of useing the whole cow u use none of it and you don't support that industry and you save 10 cows. 10 cows saved is better then 10 cows dead...and if i save 1 cow in my life time and get someone else to save a cow thats good enough for me because i know i tried and i had compassion for something most people could care less about.

they just don't like to eat meat.

Because while I have no sympathy for a salmon or a delectable shrimp, I do have sympathy for a chicken or a cow.

PS You have got to try Korean food. It is the perfection of Chinese and Japanese food with Russian, combined.

because they think its wrong to eat meat

plants are live too so when you eat them you are eating death.

there is no logical explination for not eating meat. its a natural part of our diet. and animals eat eachother. its called the circle of life.

I became a vegetarian because my fiance is a vegetarian.

First of all, it's all about demand. Less cows will be raised if less people choose to eat them. I think that's common sense, isn't it?

Second, veganism is not cheaper than meat-eating unless you don't eat a healthy vegan diet and just eat potato chips all day or if you eat an extremely expensive kind of steak for dinner everyday.

Third, I do not wear leather or any other animal product, including silk, which comes from worms, I don't kill flies or other insects, and I am against mouse traps and have been since I knew what they were when I was very young.

Fourth, learn to spell vegetables.

Fifth, I am a vegan so I don't eat any animal products, and I don't buy things tested on animals, and I don't wear or use any make-up, and I don't use shampoo or any other products with animal products.

Sixth, it is definitely healthier considering I haven't been sick once since I've left meat behind. I have the best bloodwork in my family. My anemia is actually gone (I was born anemic and though vegan my iron levels are actually higher). I am no longer overweight.

Seventh, I eat organic vegetables that are not sprayed with chemicals. A lot of times they are locally grown as well on small farms in the area, or we get them from our neighbors.

Eighth, get a life and do some research before you try to ***** us out.

Oh, and I am strongly against abortion and the death penalty, so don't even try to get me with that. Keep arguing with me, I dare you.

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