Saturday, July 21, 2007

Vegans

now, i dont have much interaction, nor have i ever, with vegans. so i considered it daunting to write an entry about them from the get go. naturally i had to do a little reading and such to paint a picture for myself of these people who call themselves a word so closely resembling "vagina". now that i have the immaturity stamp out of the way i can start.
without letting it be tainted, my initial impressions.
i find the idea behind being animal product free both noble and ridiculous. first i see where theyre coming from. as humans were exhausting the natural resources and killing off millions of animals without much thought. so it seems only natural to protect them. that cant be it, right? no. i also agree that at times it seems cruel to breed and kill animals simply for us to waste alot of them and to consume the rest. the practices involved and the conditions towards the animals seems in and of itself, animalistic at times. we seem vicious in this respect but thats pleading in the vegan case.
at the same time, the protein in meats, red meats, is what slowly helped grow our minds. now from here i could spiral into an evolutionary debate but as we all know most people are stubborn and thats a fight noone will win. the "unneccesary" slaughter of animals is really what helped kickstart our progression into intelligent, cognizant beings. look at what weve accomplished because we figured out that we can actually eat animals, and used their skins and bones to help aide our survival. a tip of the hat is deserved, much thanks animals. but as i said these are my initial impressions.
a little reading has showed me. these vegans believe in equality for all beings. in using soy beans and other alternative "plant based" foods as supplements. but the lack of meat has cause vitamin deficiencies, if following a poorly planned vegan diet. this can lead to neurological disorders in children lacking the b12 vitamin absent from many vegan diets.
now i take a road ill traveled. vegan mothers are five times more likely to have twins than mothers with an average diet.
i see the big picture now. its fuckin world domination! herbivore bastards.
ok, ok so i mean in light heartedly. literally, joking.
i thought reading and writing about vegans would help me develope some sort of an opinion, and im sorry to say to my counterpart, that i am completely and 100% neutral. which makes for a boring entry. but i guess up to this point youre probably thinking, "fuck it, ill just finish the damn thing and get a moon pie". well, let me tell you about thermo nuclear physics(i dont think thermo and nuclear go together). anyway.
you eat your plants and you be avid about it vegans. ill support you in your choice. you find it ethical, i do to a lesser extent as well. just dont give me shit for eating wilbur.
i think its time for a hamburger...or maybe an entire whale.

2 comments:

Lucas said...

i kinda like the idea of eating a whale. lets go to alaska.

Lucas said...

heh yeah and we both went and read up on it a bit so we'd know what we were talking about.

so have you heard of these places up north where you can go watch killer whales eating seals on the beach?