I read the following piece that a so-called Vegan wrote:
"If animals could talk - do you think we would eat them?
I've come to the conclusion no. Animals have shown without a doubt the ability to feel pain, nurture young, play, have complex relationships, show intelligence, have desires, sex for pleasure, feel empathy etc.
They can do all the things that a human baby can - the only thing they lack is the ability to speak a language fluently."
Let me first explain the term Vegan. They are people who do not regard themselves as vegetarians, but a step above vegetarians. In fact vegans go to a level where they would only be intimate with another vegans so there is no chance they can get any "animal" in whatever form into their bodies.
Now, back to the paragraph above. This is the biggest load of bull shit I have read in my life. None of the qualities above can actually be contributed to ANY animal. We as humans always try and apply human traits to animals and then think that they act human. It is then more a principle of bending the behavior of the animal to suit the answer you want to reach. I have a friend who has a saying about answers. He says, "tell me the answer you want, and I shall apply you with the data to prove it". That is exactly how we treat animals. We think of them as human because of certain things they do and we "feel" that the animal actually responded in a certain way.
Lets start with our friend Pavlov. He proved that with repetitive behavior a dog could be taught to react in a certain way. That is exactly what we do with all animals. Animals do not have one little bit of intelligence. That is the one distinguishing factor between us and animals. We have intelligence and can work through complex problems and find answers and solutions. Animals react on that wonderful thing called instinct alone.
Lets go to our favorite animal the common house dog. How many people go around and treat them like children? These are dogs and not children. They are trained to be companions or to protect and that is all they are. By reacting in a certain way the dog's instinct kicks in and he responds to the stimuli, just like Pavlov's dog did. We are then very happy and the dog responds and so the circle is created. It you are angry, the dog also responds accordingly and then the human race thinks that the dog understands. All it does is an instinctive reaction to body language and voice tone. I have five dogs and love them, but I do know they are dogs.
Where is my proof, I hear you ask. Well, lets look at most of the animals on earth. Any animal, no matter how large or small, has the ability to wipe out the human race. Yes, wipe them out! If only they had half a bit of intelligence to organize themselves. Can you imagine if the rats would organize a possé and start atacking humans? They would kill us one by one as they have major numbers on their side. Do you think if any wild animal had any intelligence we would be able to cage them up? Not a chance. As humans we are not physically powerful enough to catch or contain any animal - unless we use our intelligence and the animal's lack thereof to do so. They are stupid. To go even further, how many cases of severilly abused dogs have you seen and yet the dog does not leave or attack it's handler. A medium size dog can kill any human in hand to mouth contact if it was smart. It has the ability, yet the intelligence lack to work it out.
Cattle and sheep are breed for eating and clothing and nothing else. There is absolutely no other purpose for these animals on earth as they are the dumbest off all. They don't even have the ability, yet they do have the strength, to ward off an attch from a very small predator. Can you imagine if cows had intelligence with that brute force behind them. They would be devasting animals that can rip this world apart. As for wild animals, I draw a line there. I feel strongly about hunting wild animals and eating them. The primary objective for hunting is the sport and not to fullfil the eating bit. If it was for meat, you don't have to hunt as tehre are enough cattle and sheep breed for that purpose. It is purely about the sport and these people are slowly killing off all our natural wild. I do not eat any meat from a wild animal and will not either. To me it is a matter of principle.
As a final word on this, I still think Vegans are stupid and their arguments shallow. Maybe they should also look at the studies and conclusive proof that plants react to stimuli and that they also react when branches are broken or fruit picked. Does that not also constitute the killing of a natural living thing, but only because it cannot scream out load Vegans doom taht as acceptable?
Just asking?
