I recently starting eating meat again after two years of being a vegetarian. I started again because I couldn't really remember why I stopped in the first place. I was never very militant about it, like I wouldn't go to animal rights protests or give out to people for eating meat. I did feel that it was immoral to eat meat though. Propagandhi put it best when they said 'Life's too short to make others shorter'. It's a nice idea.
But I can see good arguments from both sides of the butcher's blade. Ok, an animals life has been ended for our sustenance, but if that doesn't bother you then don't force yourself to be bothered just because your favourite bands don't agree with it. I think that's what I did. A lot of the people that I know are vegetarian/vegans and a lot of it had to do with their influence, and it's interesting to note that since I haven't been around them much at all since moving to London I've started eating meat again.
Maybe I'm just too easily swayed. Another nice idea (albeit one from a complete nutcase) was that the problem with most people eating meat is that they don't understand what is called 'the predator/prey relationship'. You should be thankful towards the animal you are eating because it's life has ended just so you can have a fuckin Big Mac, and not take it for granted.
It's all very complicated when you think about it. And when you do think about it, there are all sorts of reasons why you should or shouldn't eat meat, but I don't agree with that 'should/shouldn't'. No one can tell me what I should or should not do. You can give your reasons why you do or don't do something but please don't believe that everone should follow suit.
At the end of the day, just do what makes you happy. Don't feel pressured into feeling guilty because of what you eat. If it doesn't bother you then that's fine and no one can give out to you for it.
/preach
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I have been really tempted to go back to eating meat lately. In less than a month from now it'll be two years for me too. I just can't get back to the way I used to view eating meat though, as units of food rather than living things. When I did eat meat, my mind would rarely, if ever, make the connection between living animal and prepared food, but now if I even think about it I can't get past that fact. I'd sorta like to go back, because lately being vegi is so boring. I'm running out of ideas of what to cook nearly every day. Fuck.
If you're really tempted then that's a sign that you're just not into it anymore. I feel the same way. I can make the connection that meat comes from animals but I only ever let it bother me because I thought that it should. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people in the scene are only veg because it's the popular thing to do, and are too embarrassed to go back to meat. Just do what you want to do.
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