Rants - Vegetarians

I have to say I loved it. Ranting feels good, doesn't it? The point of a rant is not to make complete sense at all times, it is to vent about something that particularly got under your skin. Good job.
Now if you right a rant about politicians or aggressive drivers...let me know. I have data. Lots of data.

Not as good as the Fat one - but #some# of it are points well made.

But... err... some of them are not so well made

Come on! Someone else promote this bad boy and share my message with the world!

Tut.

Meat rocks.

God had originally designed us to be strictly herbivores, and all animals were designed that way as well. After Noah's Flood, most/all of the plants were wiped out, so God allowed Noah's family and the animals to eat meat, become omnivores.
Oh, and something else. Before the Flood, when anything that was consumed was plants, a human lifespan was almost a thousand years! After, it rapidly diminished down to the standard of 75, 80, we have now. I think this means that eating meat shortens human lifespans. I coud be wrong though, but it's something to think about

Roger, I haven't yet read Derren's rant (can't download it for some reason. I agree with some of your points but would like to comment on some others. If Derren said we have evolved to eat meat, he has it the other way around. Humans are omnivores, as our teeth show. Scientists believe that the brains (and intelligence)of hominids increased over the ce! nturies due to a high protein diet, meaning a meat diet supplemented by whatever fruits, vegetables and herbs that were in season. It's perfectly true that nowadays we don't need to eat meat. However, a chicken to me simply looks like food. I'ts a matter of taste, some would say of ethics.
I too am puzzled by his idea that human farming is a good idea because it would
reduce disease. There is arsenic in our chicken because chicken producers simply stack them up in wire cages, which is incredibly unsanitary. Probably most chickens raised this way would die of diseases if they were not pumped up with antibiotics and arsenic. The solution, range free raising, is extremely easy, but the Purdues of the world want to get maximum profit out of every square inch of their land.
If farm animals died out, so what? These are only breeds within the species, not even sub-species. All domestic farm animals by species are in no danger of dying out! .

There is a program out there called Food Inc. If anyone wants to know an impartial (yet passionate) view of how food is made, check out:

http://www.takepart.com/foodinc

It's the "Incredible Truth" of food programs - although at times a bit lecture-some, it really hits home a few of the points I've made and is something everyone should know about.

.... You can do it! Go Roger Go Roger!

I am going to have to review this book, but where do I start...

hmm. explains why i'm secretly hooked on toothpaste

I hope this stimulates some conversation ;)