[whitecrow]

Originally Posted by Morgan

If you listen to Mercola (mercola.com), he says that a lot of people are high-protein types...
These are why I don't buy the 'vegetarianism is more spiritual' line of thought.

I think you've made some really important points. I constantly advocate a mostly vegetarian diet, but I have never been a vegetarian and don't believe I ever will. I've always been uncomfortable with the subtle moral innuendo that underlies so much vegetarian advocacy. The implication is that vegetarians are morally superior because they don't kill animals.

I think this is pure ox droppings. There is nothing immoral about eating meat. I do believe that the way most food animals are raised and slaughtered is appalling, and moreover the way we consume meat is both unhealthy and bad for the planet. But as far as eating meat goes, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. Personally, I think everyone who eats meat should kill and dress out a deer or other mammal at least once in their life, simply so they have a very clear understanding of the circle of life. Maybe that makes me hardcore...it sure doesn't make me more of a carnivore.