poomplet's Comments (253)

“Humans CAN eat meat, but the general consensus is that it was never meant to be the mainstay of our diet. Our ability to digest meat probably evolved to allow us to survive during periods of time when it was difficult to find food.

If you think about it, we don't have the claws or the speed to hunt, and fire wasn't invented until relatively recently (from an evolutionary perspective) so our ancestors meat intake was probably limited to randomly finding a recently killed rodent.”

“just to set the record straight, poom -- I'm not actually a vegetarian­., though I was for many years (not out of animal-rights convictions, but for other reasons). Now I eat meat again. But basically I just tend to follow my cravings, which are mainly for veg/nuts/p­ulses/frui­t and I eat meat once or twice a month -- and then usually in the form of a big, fat, juicy, rare steak...”

“Yes, crap happens, but that isn't the same as introducing, usually unintentionally, non-native diseases, insects, and other animals into ecosystems and disrupting the balance of the system in ways that may be catastrophic. And in this day and age, these introductions are frequent and devastating.

Look at what has happened to our native trees in the last 75 years--first it was the American chestnut, then the American elm, then the flowering dogwood, the hemlock, now the ash trees and the pine trees and the spruce trees--all being decimated by foreign insects or diseases. Where is this leading? The problems of the honeybees and the bats have major consequences for us all. The ecological web is complex, but start plucking out individual strings and the whole thing begins to weaken, and possibly come crashing down.”

“I rest my case about why the homo sapiens species is such a pathetic excuse for DNA with too few exceptions.”

“What's WorldWatch? The article's stat is cited from the UN and leading climate change study groups. Whose stats are you reading? Factory Farmer Daily?”

“Also if they would like to apologize for Black September, that would be nice.”

“You have no clue what insurance plans are and are not offering coverage for abortions. And we forget the comments being posted regarding insurance coverage (whether it is Aetna, Blue Cross/Shield, Coventry, etc) is most likely employer based coverage. Most employer based coverage is self-insured with the insurance company acting as the plan administrator. So employers can dictate to the carriers the coverage limitations such as prescription tiers, birth control, chiropractic care, and yes abortions.

I wish people who do not know what they are talking about or who do not have the mental capacity to thoroughly evaluate their thoughts would choose to listen and learn rather than speak.”

“This article states:

"Eighty-seven percent of employer plans offer abortion coverage."

http://www.guttmacher.org/media/inthenews/2009/07/22/index.html”

“Why should we be concerned that another Bush might be elected? It would appear the democratic policy motives are the same. For me it would be worth electing another Bush if only to prove to the elected oficials that they are accountable for their voting records. I am tired of being told that we have to compromise our civil rights in order to keep a certain party in office that apparently doesn't value my civil rights.

What the entire country should be rallying around is the ratification of ERA. It only needs three states. And if it had been ratified years ago we might not be having this discussion.”

“Sorry, meant to be a general response and not one to your post.”

“There's more drama in this review than most movies. Still holding a grudge for not getting invited to the release party I see.”

“Electric energy does not have to be stored in batteries. You can store energy in a mechanical flywheel. You use energy to get the wheel turning and then latter use the turning wheel to regain the energy by having it run or act as generator. Some energy is lost due to friction, (although you could use a maglev flywheel but then you would loose energy to generate the magnetic field I suppose), but some energy is always lost in either the storage or transportation of energy.”

“GRID CONNECTED.

NO BATTERIES.

try again.”

“That just shows how old I am. You are right. I believe it used to be the age of 15 in my state. Thanks for the correction.”

“He is not a pedophile. Pedophiles are those who seek out sex with prepubescent children. In the state I live in, 15 is legally the age of consent . Ms. Kinski was definitely not a child. I agree that men who have a proclivity for teenagers are extreme creeps, but in most cases it is not criminal. Also, pedophilia is a pathology. A psychiatrist did judge that Mr. Polanski was unlikely to re-offend.”

“If I grilled up some human flesh, I'm pretty confident most people would naturally salivate at the smell of it. That doesn't mean we should eat it.”

“poomplhet.­..beef stays in your digestive tract for 24 hours. what is beef like after sitting in 98 degrees with no breezes? we were gathering way before hunting, our bodies have adjusted to a degree, but not to the point where we digest meat very well. and lets not forget about the filthy factory farming...­people who work in packing houses are under edeucatedpaid little, work when sick, don't follow fda and usda "recommendations' regarding e coli or downed cows, the fda or usda does not enforce much. veg, its just cleaner for our bodies, the planet etc. ever see a peta vid? the best way to go right now imo, is to eat less of it, instist on better conditions for animals, no antibiotics or hormones added. i think we need to evolve and i am grateful for people speaking on having a kinder footprint.”

“and you are 20 times more likely to die of cancer as a result...s­o eat up!

http://www.thechinastudy.com/”

“Exactly. Are fish different than other living beings? Actually, fish is a main staple in the Mediterainian area. They don't have alot of grazing land and forests.”

“Do a fact check - we could feed more of the world if we gave up meat. period.”

“Most Europeans and Americans cannot afford to be vegan?

Epic fail. Try again, this time with facts.”

“Good post. I think too many Americans forget about the rest of the world.

It's not a bad thing for everyone to move towards eating less meat. But most of the world has little choice.

As an American omnivore, I'll gladly take my licks. But I won't stand for attacks and hate towards all meat eaters.”

“Lets not allow facts to get in the way of the truth.

Most vegetarians are aware of the website you offer, the author of those articles is definitely not a scientist nor a vegan but rather a spokesperson for the meat industry, the way Fox news distorts the facts for the republican party.

I would recommend reading real scientific studies instead of partisan opinions.
Dr Alan Walker anthropologist from John Hopkins University, Maryland, has done research that shows “early humans were once exclusive fruit eaters.”

He shows that humans are neither omnivore or herbivore but frugivore.

See article below;

Science Verifies That Humans Are Frugivores

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17111888/Science-Verifies-That-Humans-Are-Frugivores

Charles Darwin agreed:
"Although we know nothing for certain about the time or place that man shed the thick hair that covered him, with much probability of being right we could say that he must have lived in a warm country where conditions were favourable to the frugivorous way of life which, to judge from analogies, must have been the way man lived."

Thomas Henry Huxley (Darwins “bulldog”):

"The length of mans digestive tube is 5-8 meters and the distance between the mouth and the coccyx is 50 to 80 centimetres, which gives us a result of 10 as in other frugivorous animals and not 3 as in the carnivorous or 20 as in the herbivorous animals."”

“none of us here have said we are advocating anybody to become hard core vegans!
, we all just hate factory farms and decide we should eat less meat and demand better conditions for raising the meat we do eat. Whether to become vegetarian or vegan is a personal choice. I am ready to become vegetarian but i doubt very much I;ll ever become vegan because I cannot give up cheese, eggs and milk products. I still eat some meat but only once a week. or less, and in very tiny quantities. I find that I simply cannot eat meat as much as I did before My reasons initially were more against cruelty of animals than for health reasons.bu­t am also considering health factors now. one does evolve that way....”