How to inflame

How to inflame #103: quote clichés.

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

I've always found this argument for vegetarianism/vegan very odd.  Not so much the veggies, but the vegans.  Were we all to adopt the vegan code, the smell of rotting cow corpses would drive us all indoors.

I do agree that those beef cow lots where they are head to toe are enough to make a sentient being gag; however, I think being a holstein on a dairy where rotational grazing is implemented would make for a pretty nice bovine life.

This is precisely how to inflame. 

lol !!

I'm a huge fan of Thomas Harris, and Anthony Hopkins. "Silence Of The Lambs" is quite appropriate for the direction of this thread, although TheGrobe may prefer "The Silence Of The Broccolis".

I agree the vegan lifestyle is on the extreme end - animal products are found almost everywhere, and it must create a minefield of "things to avoid". Their view is that the animal's soul and negative karma will pass on to you after consuming them, which view I don't agree with. I see my vegetarianism as a three-way ethics/environment/health split, and it has taken me four years to get there, and I feel better than I ever did.

But your scenario of "rotting corpses" would not be a problem if most people rejected/lessened the consumption of meat over time, as less livestock would be reared due to lesser demand, until a point is reached where there would be a small number left, producing milk, cheese, butter, etc... The "cost:environmental impact" ratio when comparing meat production to plant matter is a no-brainer; the yield-per-acre factor is approximately 356 for soybean, compared to 20 for beef (source 'The Higher Taste' 2006). Meat is becoming so expensive we will no longer be able to afford it - kind of similar to the petroleum/renewable fuels problem that mankind is faced with.

Grazing animals have a key role to play in maintaining habitat. If everyone became vegetarian, there would be no more butterflies (- the Butterfly Effect).

My brother and I are Vegans. We were both born in Las Vegas and grew up there. He still lives there. I moved to Tahoe. He's a Vegan and I'm a Vegan/Tahoeite. So, what do you call a guy from New Jersey?

( I can't say it or I'll get booted off the site. )

Way to go Tahoeite! I don't know, give us the answer (alpha-numeric so you don't get booted out).

You have to keep in mind that I got it straight from my buddy from New Jersey when I asked him, "If a guy is from Nevada, you call him a Nevadan. If a guy is from California, you call him a Californian. So what do you call a guy from New Jersey?"
His reply was a sincere directive "If he's from New Jersey you call him an A**hole"

Uh-oh, here comes Bruce Springstein."

#102: Make a rational argument in a topic started by a member of a particular gender.

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