One more thing
Did you know 450 hot dogs are consumed every SECOND? Do you know how many seconds there are in a day? A month? How about a year? That is phenomenal.
And did you know that over 8 BILLION animals are slaughtered every year to unnecessarily satiate needless palates? That is the worlds population plus 2 billion every fucking year. And in 10 years it will be 16 BILLION animals that suffer in dark little places that no one sees or even cares to think about because they want their meat.
Sometimes I get a split second thought that no one eats meat because it's so putrid and morbid but then I remember; I'm wrong. MOST people eat meat and only because they know no different.
like I used to be. Until I opened my eyes and read. Unbelievable.
Does this happen to bother anyone else?
And did you know that over 8 BILLION animals are slaughtered every year to unnecessarily satiate needless palates? That is the worlds population plus 2 billion every fucking year. And in 10 years it will be 16 BILLION animals that suffer in dark little places that no one sees or even cares to think about because they want their meat.
Sometimes I get a split second thought that no one eats meat because it's so putrid and morbid but then I remember; I'm wrong. MOST people eat meat and only because they know no different.
like I used to be. Until I opened my eyes and read. Unbelievable.
Does this happen to bother anyone else?
posted by Tanya Kristine at 2:23 PM
22 Comments:
we had tofu dogs on the grill last night . . . (among other things).
11 years of vegetarianism and counting. I had tofu dogs last night too! Yummy. I am also very disturbed by the bad things Big Meat is doing in this country. Not only to the animals, but also the illegal immigrant slaughterhouse workers who routinely suffer serious bodily injury or death without anyone ever being the wiser. Creepy. Of course the industry has enough money and friends and Washington, and a public that would rather have their Big Mac rather than the truth, so unfortunately I don’t see it ending anytime soon. I recommend reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is you haven’t already. Excellent book.
Tab's YAYAYAYAY!!! and don't get me wrong; i LOVE MEAT! i'd eat it in my sleep if I could but after i learned all i have learned, my lips will never touch animal flesh again.
and yes Shanan: the workers. The industry cares about nothing other than the mighty dollar.
in fact, that's behind all evil.
but oddly enough, i sure as shit wish i had more! But not at the suffering of another...Never.
nice recipe!
i wish i had more money too . . . that's why i am going to massage school so i can be a healer AND make money doing it.
I get that magazine too. I store them and pull them out every once in a while and make one recipe from it...last week i made the dish you see earlier in my blog. the stuffed black bean tortillas.
yeah i know. people joke to me and give me shit and i used to apologize for my stance but why should i? They should be apolozing to the animals they eat but they dont' see that.
Tabs: Your husband must LOVE your new career. I wish mine would enroll...but he does pretty good with what he has. and he graciously gives it too...(sounds perverted but we know what we're talking about.)
thanks for the recipe too...i'm so trying it becuase i LOVE POTATOES!
Yes, it's sad, awful, cruel, disgusting...all those things. I haven't been a vegetarian for very long, and I'm still wavering on whether or not to go pescetarian....really unsure on that. Thanks for this post! Not only is Fast Food Nation a good read (my husband recommends it) but "Supersize Me" is an excellent movie.
Yes Shanan...thanks for that recommendation. i heard about that. i have copies (shhh) of peaceable kingdom if anyones interested in seeing this heartwrenching (yet NOT peta'ey - though i support peta sometimes their material is hard to watch, especially since I don't need convincing) yet lovely movie...
lemme know!
To me, eating meat is like going to work. I don't like it, but I have to do it.
yeah, my man is pretty stoked about it. he is always asking me to practice whatever i learned that day in class on him at the most inconvenient times. it's funny.
i'd like to see peaceable kingdom sometime . . . i need to keep educating myself on stuff like this.
i'll send you a copy tabs...
email me from my email on my profile with your mailing address and i'll send you one.
i've only seen about 75% of it becuas4e really, i just cant' watch the whole thing. BUT they don't show slaughter scenes so no worries there. (unless it's within the 25% i can't watch???)
i'll be sure to cover my eyes if they do.
What got to me was the book Fast Food Nation. EEW....
I never get angry at what others choose to do Bahee...I love meat too and I'd eat it if we treated the animals more humanely.
like 450% more.
well maybe not.
Anyway, tha'ts my whole premise: we treat the animals so horribly you could not even imagine. Even if you visited a factory farm, they'll only show you their "front" room. they won't show you the real process. most people are decent, loving, compassionate beings and don't even realize what they are eating. But if they knew, most would change their tune. even if it meant buying meat from their local farms or Whole Foods or Trader Joes. Taco Bell, McDonalds, BK, and the like are all Grade D meat anyway. i wouldnt' feed that to my dog.
who, by the way, is a carnivore and he eats the finest of the fine dogfood with meat (hate to say bu ti'm not fully evolved or educated yet - i just worry about my own habits)
So, if you want to see that movie i'm sending to Tabitha, I can send you one too!
Bahee, by that same logic, we used to justify slaverly and sexism. Might makes right? With great power comes great responsibility. Just something to think about.
and i know, too, by the way, becuase i ate meat for 36 years and i TOTALLY love animals.
that's what made me start thinking twice...it didn't make sense.
That would be cool to know that carrots and brocolli feel pain. Then I could justify a switch to donuts and cupcakes!
only two points:
first: wild animals cannot saute tofu or make a pasta dish. they are carnivores. we are omnivores. we can be whatever we choose.
second: would you rather pluck a vegetable out of the ground or slice a cows throat?
very powerful point, anon. frickin graphic but point taken...
ew.
we only buy our meat at wild oats because then at least we feel a little better about how those animals were raised and treated and what is actually IN the meat that we are putting in our bodies as well.
and they only have cage-free eggs now! hooray!
question: can someone slice a carrot's throat?
Hot Dog
ha ha ecto. but double ha ha Tabs!
hmm...eating a cow you've raised. i thought about doing that but i might as well slaughter Kody. (to see my beautiful boy, please visit his site kodycode.blogspot.com)
yes more humane slaughter is way better for me. like some girl said if i were in a little dark prison hole i would hope someone was fighting for more space, some sun, maybe a window or a fluffy bed for me. yeah, i might never be free but at least i could be more comfortable. so thanks activists! you rule!
i learned in biology that it is actually better to eat plants than animals anyway because of the energy exchange and stuff. they are closer to the source of all energy on earth (the sun) since they photosynthesise (spelling?) we count on them to convert sunlight into food and then we eat them, or we eat animals that have eaten them. only we get less of the energy from the animals than we would from the plants because some energy has been lost in the transaction (isn't that the second law of thermodynamics or something? c'mon people, i'm horrible at science, can't you tell!?).
that's all.
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