Ethics of eating meat

[temple5]

I have no problems with eating meat whatsoever.

I have zero ethical issue with it. If it becomes too expensive too eat then I will look to alternatives or lower my consumption level.

[Barbecue]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

I found that post odd.

Posted in "Ethics of eating meat" a thread meant to discuss a hot topic which people are passionate about.
Posted in "grind my gears" - same thing.

Very odd.

odd indeed, it made more sense in the gear grinder thread since it was likely about a comment that exploded into derailed argument

but here... the thread is all about the argument

[Buster]

[SHOGUN]

[Dion]

Even plants eat meat

A giant plant that can gobble up bugs and even rodents has been discovered in Southeast Asia.

The carnivorous plant (nepenthes attenboroughii) was found by researchers atop Mt. Victoria, a remote mountain in Palawan, Philippines. The research team, led by Stewart McPherson of Red Fern Natural History Productions, had learned of the plant in 2000 after a group of Christian missionaries stumbled upon it while trekking up a remote mountain and reported it to a local newspaper.

The discovery, announced last week, was detailed in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.

The pitcher plant is the world's second largest and can grow to more than 4 feet tall, with a pitcher-shaped structure filled with liquid. The plant secretes nectar around its mouth to lure rats, insects and other prey into its trap. Once an animal has fallen in, enzymes and acids in the fluid break down the carcass of the drowned victim.

"All carnivorous plants have evolved to catch insects but the biggest ones, such as this one, can eat rats and frogs," McPherson told LiveScience. "It's truly remarkable that a plant this big has been undiscovered for so long."

The world's largest pitcher plant (nepenthes rajah) was discovered in 1858 by British naturalist Hugh Low in Borneo. The plant's rat-eating habit was confirmed four years later when his colleague Spenser St. John found a drowned rat inside one of the specimens.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/08...east-asia.html

[JohnnyB]

Has nobody in this thread discussed the ethics of eating meat based on environmental impact? I'm not vegetarian, but I'm conscious when eating meat that it's a high-resource food. Beef in particular is a pretty bad food for the environment and there are certainly more environmentally friendly protein sources.