Do you eat beef?

[.sarah]

No, I'm a vegetarian. My dogs, however, eat it frequently

[CagneyDog]

Yes I do.

IMO, being a vedgetarian is very hypocritical.

[.sarah]

IMO, being a vedgetarian is very hypocritical.

How?

[CagneyDog]

First of all, the machinery and processing that goes into grain kills hundreds of thousands of animals. Isn't it a bit hypocritical to be eating something that is inhumane and kills animals, and avoiding another thing for the same reason?

Slaughterhouses are inhumane, I agree. However,not eating meat does not mean you aren't supporting them! You better stop using glue, and wearing most brands of shoes. Oh, and throw away those leather belts, dog toys, collars, and leashes.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it really just makes little sense to me to be a vedgetarian.

[.sarah]

First of all, the machinery and processing that goes into grain kills hundreds of thousands of animals.

References, please? I have never heard this.

By the way, most slaughter houses feed grains because they are cheap. Animals in slaughter houses consume much more grain every year than people.

Slaughterhouses are inhumane, I agree. However,not eating meat does not mean you aren't supporting them! You better stop using glue, and wearing most brands of shoes. Oh, and throw away those leather belts, dog toys, collars, and leashes.

I do what I can. In the world we live in, it is near impossible to avoid things made with animal by-products.

So you're saying I am not doing any good by not eating meat? I've spared the lives of animals by not eating meat. I bet I haven't even made a microscopic dent in the entire problem, but it is a huge dent for the animals' lives who have been spared.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it really just makes little sense to me to be a vedgetarian.

And it makes little sense to me for you to critisize a whole group of people who are doing the best they can about something they feel strongly about.

[Lady's Human]

Most slaughterhouses don't feed anything. They're slaughterhouses, not feed lots or farms. Cattle do get fed grain, they're herbivores. Feeding an herbivore a nice juicy steak would be a little silly, wouldn't it?

[.sarah]

Most slaughterhouses don't feed anything. They're slaughterhouses, not feed lots or farms. Cattle do get fed grain, they're herbivores. Feeding an herbivore a nice juicy steak would be a little silly, wouldn't it?

I never said that isn't what they should be fed.

She stated

the machinery and processing that goes into grain kills hundreds of thousands of animals

Which to me implys that I am therefore killing animals by eating grains. I was trying to show that most grain is consumed by animals (in slaughter houses, feed lots, farms ... whatever), not people. So the problem of animals dying in slaughter houses would still be the result of the consumers eating meat.