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wow, a few years ago i went to a fish market, and there was a man cutting the hearts out of live fish and throwing the still writhing fish into a bloody bucket of water. i was absolutely disgusted by this cruelty. i've heard of people eating eels live, and, i dont know if it's true, but my frend told me about people who eat the brains of monkeyes...while the monkeys are alive. to me, this sort of thing is sick, but actually, what is the difference between eating a cow toungue or rocky mountain oysters, or a steak? or chicken McNuggets? i dont know where i'm going with this. i guess, it just depends on the culture u come from. par example, the masai tribe who live in kenya/tanzania drink a mixture of blood and milk, and this is thier staple. at first i was grossed out by this but everyone eats blood whenever they eat meat. i'm a veg*n, btw. i do it for the animals in big farms.

Ugh, that sounds disgusting. I remember going to a big fresh foods market in Budapest and the meat section was more than just a little bit too gory for my taste. All that blood and the smell...yuck...

Even though I'm a vegetarian, I think it's important to remember that the natural world is full of such horrors. For instance, if you were to come apon a hungry, although cute, large predatory beast, that animal would no doubt eat you alive writhing in pain without a thought to it.

More importantly, concern should be directed to the unnatural behaviors our species subscibes to: controlling animal populations for consumption, didling with their genetics to produce a "better" cow and over-riding the natural flow of nature. Also, over fishing the planet to the point where many wild species are likely to go extint and causing a gross negative impact on our oceans and rivers, the blood of the earth.

Sure eating meat is gross to many people and I respect, and almost share, that opinion. But it doesn't hold a candle to the gross misconduct we inflict on the natural order of things as well as the earth itself. How do we know the earth doesn't feel pain? But I expect all the creatures who are impacted by our irresponsible ways feel the pains of lost habitats, and food supplies, and more.

Let's not forget that our misconduct affects our own species as well: High rates of Cancer, and the development gross obesity and laziness as commonplace within our species, just to name a few.

i'm considering becoming vegetarian, but for now, i'm not allowed. damn foster parents... meat is gros though. the only thing i really enjoy is fish, and poultry occasionally.

Whats menudo?? I'm not full-on vegan, but I CANNOT stand chicken, steak, ham, turkey, or pork!!

I'm a big meat eater, but for the most part I prefer the straight meat, not all the body parts. Blekh. I was sixteen before I could even eat drumsticks at KFC, and in my twenties before I could eat anything else with bones. I can't stand seeing anything's head or feet or whatnot.