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Roadkill: Meat Without Murder
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Here's another classic from the PETA vaults, which I came across a little while back and filed away for summer barbeque season. The website, which you can find here, starts off like this:
Summer’s Nearly Here! Toss Some Roadkill on the Grill!
PETA is urging die-hard meat lovers to help save animals by scouring the streets and turning vehicular victims into vittles. If you’re wondering why the world’s largest animal rights organization would encourage consumption of roadkill kebabs, read on!
And on it goes. As usual with this sort of pro-vegetarianism campaign—see, for instance, Eat the Whales and Say No to Pot (roast)—the underlying point is the same as ever: "Eating animals is weird and gross, and it sucks for the animals involved." But the sad fact of the matter is that a lot of diehard meat-eaters just zone out when you say stuff like that to them. Telling people that you're thinking of firing up a roadkill barbeque, however, tends to wipe that long-suffering "preached at" look right off their faces. And the message is ultimately the same: “Dude. Go vegetarian.”
Anyway, that's my two cents, but please do check it out for yourself and let me know what you think.
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Me no wont b roadkill burgers
Posted by: Giselle | June 5, 2007 12:04 PM
I prefer to stay on my vegetarian diet!
Posted by: claudia marrapodi | June 5, 2007 01:19 PM
Love the last part. Sent an e-mail to my meat-eating coworkers. They'll get a kick out of it.
Posted by: Robert Rodriguez | June 5, 2007 01:30 PM
*grimaces* How do meat-eaters not see the connection?!
Posted by: K | June 6, 2007 04:04 PM
The main problem with roadkill is you just don't know how long it's been there, unless you did it yourself. Pulling broken bones out of your meal isn't particularly appetising, nor are there the safegaurds associated with meat handled properly in an abattoir.
Our omnivorous ancestry contradicts the assertion that "Eating animals is weird and gross". Billions of people around the world enjoy animal protein on a daily basis.
Posted by: rojo | June 7, 2007 09:27 AM
dear rojo,
let me focus on the following point: there was just a part of our ancestors indulging in meat-eating! Above all from the western part of the world. But there was a great mighty kingdom thousands of years ago: Bharata (ancient India) ruled by rightous kings like Rama, Bharata and Krishna. They lived in a splendour you cannot imagine and no one of the whole population was hungry! They had a complete vegetarian lifestyle and respected all living beings, above all the cows - which were the milk giving mothers and the bulls were ploughing the earth. They lived in perfect harmony and wellness! And for to prove that this is no fairy-tale this here: their science knew an even smaller entity than the atom, called: the truti; and they had a specific name for spaceship: vimana! For everybody who is interested in ancient Indian history there are several publications obtainable: the Bhagavad Gita; the Mahabharata (which means 'Great India') and the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita (which means 'the nectar of Sri Caitanya). pls know that also ancient China was not the same as it is today! There lived the so-called immortal wise tao practicing people in the holy Wudang Mountains! They established the whole chinese culture of dignity and respect towards nature and all living beings - following the eternal laws of the Tao! Taoism is the thousand of years old philosophy of non-interference with nature and her living beings - a conscience of complete freedom for all which i'm practicing! please consider!!!!
Posted by: Rama Das | June 7, 2007 11:22 AM
rama,
I'm talking a little further back in time. the energy derived from animal proteins allowed the development of the human brain. Less time was spent gathering and there was excess energy available that the brain could use.
I respect your philosophy, it just happens your ability to do so is as a result of meat, in millenia past.
Posted by: rojo | June 12, 2007 07:48 AM