Comments on: Top of the Food Chain, Ma! http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/ Ain’t nothing “humane” about that meat, dude. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emily http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-14550 Emily Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:30:58 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-14550 Hmmm, I don't think it's a matter of being an asshole. I think it's just a natural process of evolution - why on earth would we, as humans, go for animals that are more likely to kill us first? Sure, lions target certain animals that could put up a decent fight but that doesn't mean they don't also pick on the little guys. I guess us humans are no longer as bold to hunt the big animals, but I don't think it's because we're bullies. Hmmm, I don’t think it’s a matter of being an asshole. I think it’s just a natural process of evolution – why on earth would we, as humans, go for animals that are more likely to kill us first?
Sure, lions target certain animals that could put up a decent fight but that doesn’t mean they don’t also pick on the little guys. I guess us humans are no longer as bold to hunt the big animals, but I don’t think it’s because we’re bullies.

]]> By: ryan http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-14365 ryan Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:40:10 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-14365 Being the top of the food chain also means we have the opportunity to not be assholes about it. Being the top of the food chain also means we have the opportunity to not be assholes about it.

]]> By: Titanium http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-14363 Titanium Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:24:31 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-14363 We are at the Top of the food chain because we have the ability to Domesticate Lower beings to our will. We are at the top of the food chain because we control nature with tools that we invented. We are at the top of the food chain because we live in societies much, much larger than any existing. We are the top of the predatory chain because we have had, for a while, the Ability to sharpen our senses and metal, destroy things we don't like and because we have tools. As much as I lament this statement, because most people are idiots, like the OP. We are at the Top of the food chain because we have the ability to Domesticate Lower beings to our will. We are at the top of the food chain because we control nature with tools that we invented. We are at the top of the food chain because we live in societies much, much larger than any existing. We are the top of the predatory chain because we have had, for a while, the Ability to sharpen our senses and metal, destroy things we don’t like and because we have tools.

As much as I lament this statement, because most people are idiots, like the OP.

]]> By: GC http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-10766 GC Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:40:38 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-10766 Humans are at the top simply because we have the power to kill all other species. A Lion couldnt kill a great white shark as it would be pulled down and drowned, we haul a shark onto the deck of a boat it suffocates, same with everything else. Humans are at the top simply because we have the power to kill all other species.

A Lion couldnt kill a great white shark as it would be pulled down and drowned, we haul a shark onto the deck of a boat it suffocates, same with everything else.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-9503 Ashley Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:49:29 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-9503 if that were true... if that were true... then we'd be eating bears, tigers, lions, and any animal that's bigger than us/can kill us if we are unarmed. But chickens and fish...is questionable, LOL! if that were true… if that were true… then we’d be eating bears, tigers, lions, and any animal that’s bigger than us/can kill us if we are unarmed.

But chickens and fish…is questionable, LOL!

]]> By: Charles Edelman. http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1817 Charles Edelman. Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:11:59 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1817 Man is better off without any foods of animal origin in his diet. He is neither an omnivore or a carnivore and does not need animal protein. The meat industry is a nightmare for the animals raised and slaughtered in it for human consumption. Animals raised in intensive farming are sick and diseased, pumped up with antibiotics and growth promoting hormones, fed garbage, cardboard, roadkill, discarded restaurant grease, animal waste and dead cats and dogs from our animal shelters. They are a primary cause of cancer, heart and other degenerative diseases in humans, contribute to environmental devastation and global hunger. The meat industry is one of single greatest evils in the modern world and should be totally eliminated ASAP. Man is better off without any foods of animal origin in his diet. He is neither an omnivore or a carnivore and does not need animal protein. The meat industry is a nightmare for the animals raised and slaughtered in it for human consumption. Animals raised in intensive farming are sick and diseased, pumped up with antibiotics and growth promoting hormones, fed garbage, cardboard, roadkill, discarded restaurant grease, animal waste and dead cats and dogs from our animal shelters. They are a primary cause of cancer, heart and other degenerative diseases in humans, contribute to environmental devastation and global hunger. The meat industry is one of single greatest evils in the modern world and should be totally eliminated ASAP.

]]> By: Ryan Mercer http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1816 Ryan Mercer Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:59:35 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1816 Well put! The very fact that slaughterhouses exist and that people continue to eat meat, knowing full well how much agony, suffering and pain is involved in getting their "food" to their plates is a reflection on the ignorance and dull mindedness of the majority of this so called "modern world's" population. The food chain argument is often the only one that meat eaters have left in using against us to somehow justify their funding of the barbarism and cruelty that is the meat industry. Let me dispel the "humans are at the top of the food chain" myth here: <a href="http://www.adaptt.org/vegan.html#herb" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.adaptt.org/vegan.html#herb" rel="nofollow">http://www.adaptt.org/vegan.html#herb</a></a> Remember: If animal slaughter is distasteful for humans to think about, what must it be like for the animals to experience it? Well put!

The very fact that slaughterhouses exist and that people continue to eat meat, knowing full well how much agony, suffering and pain is involved in getting their “food” to their plates is a reflection on the ignorance and dull mindedness of the majority of this so called “modern world’s” population.

The food chain argument is often the only one that meat eaters have left in using against us to somehow justify their funding of the barbarism and cruelty that is the meat industry.

Let me dispel the “humans are at the top of the food chain” myth here:

http://www.adaptt.org/vegan.html#herb

Remember: If animal slaughter is distasteful for humans to think about, what must it be like for the animals to experience it?

]]> By: Sean Morse-Barry http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1815 Sean Morse-Barry Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:35:20 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1815 I'm twelve years old and I've been a vegetarian for one year so why should I start eating meat now just because meat tast good doesn't mean I should start eating it again but it would be helpful to have more tasty non meat food. I’m twelve years old and I’ve been a vegetarian for one year so why should I start eating meat now just because meat tast good doesn’t mean I should start eating it again but it would be helpful to have more tasty non meat food.

]]> By: Sean Morse-Barry http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1814 Sean Morse-Barry Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:34:46 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1814 I'm twelve years old and I've been a vegetarian for one year so why should I start eating meat now just because meat tast good doesn't mean I should start eating it again but it would be helpful to have more tasty not meat food I’m twelve years old and I’ve been a vegetarian for one year so why should I start eating meat now just because meat tast good doesn’t mean I should start eating it again but it would be helpful to have more tasty not meat food

]]> By: animal_friend http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1813 animal_friend Sun, 17 Jul 2005 05:19:07 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1813 Interestingly enough, Food chain believers do not believe in food chain when animals attack humans! Interestingly enough, Food chain believers do not believe in food chain when animals attack humans!

]]> By: Hoss http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1812 Hoss Sun, 15 May 2005 17:40:22 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1812 Putting aside the various "might makes right" flaws with the "food chain" argument, it's worth noting that the basic premise itself doesn't make any sense. After all, <a href="http://urveg.org/faq/#food-chain" rel="nofollow"> vegetarians and vegans are on top of the food chain, too!</a> Putting aside the various “might makes right” flaws with the “food chain” argument, it’s worth noting that the basic premise itself doesn’t make any sense. After all, vegetarians and vegans are on top of the food chain, too!

]]> By: vegenaise http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1811 vegenaise Thu, 05 May 2005 18:42:36 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1811 @Suebob: "They probably also tend to be tough and sinewy." Isn't that what one of the guys said in the movie _alive_? (sorry, couldn't resist) @Suebob:
“They probably also tend to be tough and sinewy.”

Isn’t that what one of the guys said in the movie _alive_?

(sorry, couldn’t resist)

]]> By: Christopher Jones http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1810 Christopher Jones Wed, 04 May 2005 16:06:36 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1810 There is a good quote that relates to this: "The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger after sweet and gentle creatures who harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service." -John Jacques Rousseau There is a good quote that relates to this:

“The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger after sweet and gentle creatures who harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.”
-John Jacques Rousseau

]]> By: Ryan http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1809 Ryan Wed, 04 May 2005 00:57:14 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1809 Interesting... that's an angle I hadn't thought of (the texture angle). Interesting… that’s an angle I hadn’t thought of (the texture angle).

]]> By: Suebob http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1808 Suebob Wed, 04 May 2005 00:03:41 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2005/05/02/top-of-the-food-chain-ma/#comment-1808 I think that eating domesticated animals is probably more common because they are easier to keep and kill. Eating carnivores on the other hand, isn't done much because I don't think they taste very good. They probably also tend to be tough and sinewy. I think that eating domesticated animals is probably more common because they are easier to keep and kill.

Eating carnivores on the other hand, isn’t done much because I don’t think they taste very good. They probably also tend to be tough and sinewy.

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