Thanksgiving arrives every year with a heated debate over how to best cook that plump and juicy turkey. But the idea of a tofu turkey (also known as a “tofurkey”) has gone from a joke a couple years ago to a reality for many. While vegetarianism has been practiced for over a thousand years in some countries, it is a relatively new concept in the West. And so, with the question cropping up more and more often, should we eat meat?
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Should We Eat Meat?
Peta's arguments are well thought out and informative
There are many reasons not to eat meat, even if they don't all resonate with you, one of them might. The argument that could give you the most immediate and recognizable benefits is that abstaining from eating meat will make you healthier. This is an easy debate to resolve by just trying it out for yourself. See how you feel after 20 days of not eating meat.
- Santa Cruz Mom
July 13, 2008 6:32PM
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Think Twice
PETA wants you to believe this garbage. It's just good buisness. Meat is the only true way to get some protien in your body and buil muscle. Sure, animals have some rights, but groups like PETA need to unscrew their heads and put them back on right. Meat has been important to this country's economy and history for centuries. If you take away America's meat, I'll burn all of your salad just to get back at you. MAN UP!!!
- HUNTER
March 3, 2009 5:31PM
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Then how come me (a vegetarian ) and my friend (a carnivore ) could face off in a sit-up contest, and I would win?
- weeboman
March 29, 2009 11:52AM
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Exactly, it IS good business. It's ALL about money , not anyone's health .
Protein can easily be found in nuts, legumes, peanut butter, broccoli, and spinach. In fact, spinach and broccoli have a higher percentage of protein that any animal protein.
Also, I'd like to pitch that it's a fact that there are other cultures in which the citizens eat half the protein that the standard American does, but their lives have more health AND longevity. Most Americans eat too much protein.
- thefant
April 19, 2009 9:16PM
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oh the ignorance of omnivores.....
Do you seriously think " meat is the only true way to get some protein in your body and build muscle"?!?!? Wow. Please read a book....better still, go tell that to mixed martial arts champion, and vegan, Mac Danzig.
- progressisdead
May 12, 2009 8:37PM
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