Austinist: Truesday: Meat Is Whatever-er

M1EK

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:30:07 -0600

Your barely coherent response gave me the urge to go out and buy a dozen hamburgers. Mmmmm, retaliatory beef.

genie

Wed, 10 May 2006 13:15:48 -0600

Eating meat is tied to all forms of violence, whether it's murder, rape, or exploitive business practices. I've often heard liberal carnivores express an agreement with this idea, but that we should take care of the 'world's' problems first, before worrying about animals. Ie, war and genocide and poverty and disease. But they have it backwards. You can't begin to care about the death of strangers unless you can stop killing senseless animals because it's too inconvenient or 'weird' to explore other eating options. Eating meat is also an environmental hazard. How many calories does it take to get one calorie of meat into your stomach? 10? 20? 40? How much fuel? Silent collective selfishness is probably the only evil worth fighting on this planet.

M1EK

Wed, 10 May 2006 11:03:05 -0600

The problem, succinctly, is that most vegetables taste like crap. There, I said it. Crappity crap crap. I went the "more veggie burgers, less real burgers" route during a weight-loss kick about 6 years ago, and despite the enthusiastic claims of my vegetarian cousin, they all sucked, although I did not endure the gastrointestinal stylings you apparently did. They just tasted bad, and had really really disturbing texture. Real vegetables == even worse. Nowadays, my arthritis doctor wants me to reduce my protein intake, so I'm attempting (mostly failing, so far, thanks to a menu which seems tilted away from veggies the last few months) to do it by eating more veggie soups from the Soup Peddler. Veggies in soup are a lot better than by themselves, I say.

Bre

Tue, 09 May 2006 22:58:18 -0600

You referenced Monty Python, and for that I respect you.

brother nick

Tue, 09 May 2006 14:33:43 -0600

Yep, never understood why be vegetarian beyond religious beliefs. They look so sickly and colorless. True about moderation, unpredictability at the Bangkok Lingerie Studio is good, keeps you on your toes. Excitement you know? Damn, I really, really like Tony the Tiger. Now you got me thinking that I'm eating his skin flakes coated in sugar. Thanks a lot! You had to bring up the who ice cream bit huh? It is soooo good though.....going in that is. You know what's next don't you....oh the pain....stabbing pain. brother nick