Posted on 07/03/2007 1:59:31 PM PDT by vaper69
I have long been perplexed by the greenies who refuse to eat meat because they believe they would be murdering the animal. This same group of people has lobbied for decades to prove that plants are living creatures. They then eat the plants, which they say are alive, while refusing to eat meat because the animal is alive. Hypocrisy, I know.
Furthermore, I remember hearing these people talk about how you are "hurting" or "torturing" trees and plants if you pull off a branch or leaf. They often equate it with pulling off one of your fingers, or limbs. With that logic ... eating a salad is far more cruel than eating meat. Think about it ... you go up to a living creature (plant), pull off a few limbs to add to your salad, eat it, and repeat over and over again. At least the cow only dies once, and doesn't have to face the torment of a death by a thousand cuts.
It's all very confusing.
Anyway, it now seems that there is another problem with salad ... it is destroying the planet. At least that's what a couple of scientists in Europe are saying.
(Excerpt) Read more at needsofthemany.blogspot.com ...
'We might. If they screamed all the time." Jack Handy
The one thing I’ve never had answered is how they support the displacement of untold numbers of animals from their native habitat by farming so that they can have a plate full of vegetables.
i think i’ll have a salad with my cheeseburger tonight :)
Bacon cheeseburger, chicken salad, extra tomatoes and lettuce on the burger...
sounds delish but waaaaaaay too much for just me.
will definately do the burger and salad with extra
lettuce and tomatos for the burger. :)
HA!
I want to sing you a new song “While My Amoeba Gently Weeps”
Tossed?
Listen up brothers and sisters, come hear my desperate tale
I speak of our friends of nature, trapped in the dirt like a jail
Vegtables live in oppression, served on our tables each night
This killing of veggies is madness, I say we take up the fight
Salads are only for murderers, cole slaw's a fascist regime
Don't think that they don't have feelings, just cause a
radish can't scream
Chorus:
I've heard the screams of the vegetables(Scream... scream... scream)
Watching their skins being peeled (Having their insides revealed)
Grated and steamed with no mercy..(Burning off calories)
How do you think that feels? (That it hurts really bad)
Carrot juice constitutes murder..(And that's a real crime)
greenhouses prisons for slaves (Let my vegetables go!)
It's time to stop all this gardening..(It's dirty as hell)
Let's call a spade a spade. (is a spade is a spade is a)
I saw a man eating celery, so I beat him black and blue
If he ever touches a sprout again, I'll bite him clean in two
I'm a political prisoner, trapped in a windowless cage
'Cause I stopped the slaughter of turnips, by killing five men in a rage
I told the judge when he sentenced me, "This is my finest hour!
I'd kill those farmers again, just to save one more cauliflower!"
CHORUS
How low as people do we dare to stoop?
Making young broccolis bleed in the soup
Untie your beans! Uncage your tomatoes!
Let potted plants free! Don't mash that potato!! Whoa!... Whoa!... Whoa!...
I've heard the screams of the vegetables(Scream... scream... scream)
Watching their skins being peeled (Into the stirfryer sealed)
Grated and steamed with no mercy..(You fat gourmet slob)
How do you think that feels? (Leave them out in the field)
Carrot juice constitutes murder..(V-8's genocide)
greenhouses prisons for slaves (yes, your composts are graves)
It's time to stop all this gardening..(Take Up macrame)
Let's call a spade a spade. (is a spade is a spade is a)
Cheers!
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