You're so right - compassion is sexy, because it shows intelligence and it's a reflection of the age of Enlightenment.

Wish our society thought about that age more often.

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 16, 2008 09:40 PM

'real girls eat meat'?.. uhrm..
whose meat exactly?.. someone should tell this person to sit through a 1 hr slaughter house video .. that relentlessly shows all the cutting. bellowing, struggling, bleeding.. gasping.. fear and horror in the animals eyes as they go to meet their horrific deaths.. and see how she feels afterwards.. still feel like lots and lots of meat? huh?..
I'm not a super vegetarian myself.. but I'm certainly no avid or regular meat eater either.. frankly the less the better.. and often I opt for veg options..
good for me.. the planet and I would be MORE than happy to see the end of factory farming.. and everyone going veggie failing that.. at least semi-veg..

Posted by: gemmac | June 16, 2008 10:22 PM

Nice one Jessica. Funnily enough, last night this silly girl was on tv in Ireland, and it seems to physically hurt her to have to talk and think at the same time.
What a great slogan.
"Eat meat and you too could have a brain like Jessica"
Yet another great advert for becoming a vegetarian. Thanks Jessica.

Posted by: Mary | June 16, 2008 10:31 PM

If you look all around you young girls and guys are out of shape. they look older than their actual age and well dont exactly appear healthy. Maybe they need to change their diets and save an animals life,,,They are after all the future generation that can and should make a difference since the older generation have not really tried in a long time...

Posted by: r | June 16, 2008 10:42 PM

"Real beautiful people DON'T support cruelty-Just say NO to meat"

Posted by: Carla | June 16, 2008 10:56 PM

I'd be angry at Jessica Simpson for wearing that shirt, but I sort of doubt that she's intelligent enough to even understand what it means. Poor thing.

Posted by: Canaduck | June 16, 2008 11:21 PM

She probably wore it referring to *ahem* the male anatomy-- since now that she's been married it's cool for her to brag about not being a virgin anymore *rolls eyes*

Real girls think about the consequences of their actions. Maybe she should stop trying to be cool and start being compassionate

Posted by: Ashley | June 16, 2008 11:43 PM

Uh...assuming what I think of Jessica Simpson...what kind of meat does she mean?

Really don't want to get anymore graphic than that...

*snicker*

Posted by: Tamara | June 16, 2008 11:43 PM

There are sooo many people that are just completely unaware of how cruel the farming industry is to animals. Someone should send her one of those videos of horror of slaughterhouses. I used to say veal shmeal, and then I saw the truth of how awful it is to eat meat. And I love meat, chicken, eggs, milk,and cheese, but I can't support any action that causes harm to the most defenseless of us. I just can't. Maybe if Jessica saw the truth she would also think differently.

Posted by: Kristie | June 17, 2008 12:06 AM

Nah, she probably wouldn't give a fuck like 99.9% of the world!

Posted by: Kurt K | June 17, 2008 12:44 AM

I did not know meat did all of that! Geez.

Posted by: silentsophi | June 17, 2008 01:16 AM

Jessica is a dumb-dumb....maybe that's why she keeps getting dumped???

OUCH..haha

Posted by: HannaBanana | June 17, 2008 01:58 AM

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I mean it's enough to take a stab at your mans ex, but to say that real girls eat meat?! What am I an Alien? If you really want to boost your fan base Jess (and I like your music don't get me wrong) it's only right to go veg!

Posted by: Aus Veg | June 17, 2008 02:38 AM

Once again she is using the media to gain attention for herself.The shirt can be viewed in a number of ways: either a dig at Carrie Underwood, or to exploit her sexuality.

Either way, she's got everybody's attention and can continue to be center of attention. She doesn't care about cruelty to animals, she only cares about herself.

Posted by: Anonymous | June 17, 2008 02:43 AM

Hmm, as far as I know a lot of celebrities are quite healthy eating meat...but oh well.

Posted by: lilmoomoo | June 17, 2008 03:14 AM

Jessica is an idiot and this demonstrates it even more. Thankfully we have celebrities like Carrie Underwood who actually care about animals and have talent...

Posted by: Laura | June 17, 2008 03:38 AM

What does Jessica know about being a girl?

Posted by: rose | June 17, 2008 03:51 AM

Umm this is very very stupid. She can wear what she wants and you don't have to bash her for it. I'm not her fan or anyrhing I'm just outraged!

Posted by: Kayleigh | June 17, 2008 04:20 AM

Beware of Wolves in Sheeps clothing.

Only blood sucking vampires eat meat.

Posted by: Saucy | June 17, 2008 05:52 AM

she's a total idiot. she thinks just because she's from texas (lots of BBQ there i guess?) she can wear a shirt like that? sounds more to me someone's dying for a little attention!

Posted by: katie | June 17, 2008 09:10 AM

i think that is hilarious, because of course im a vegetarian but also because just this morning i had to persuasive speech in english nd my topic was that animal cruelty should not be accepted even if it benefits mankind, lmao, i used to kinda think jess was alright but not anymore

Posted by: Jaimi | June 17, 2008 09:35 AM

i don't think she means that kind if meat....

Posted by: pan | June 17, 2008 10:10 AM

You make some good points, but I need to challenge you on a few of them as they're dead wrong.

Meat will not make you fat, lifestyle choices will. One of those choices is to eat meat, some others are eating less or doing exercise.

As for stealing food from starving children...that's so preposterous it's not even funny. There is still the issue of getting the food to the people who are starving, it's not just a matter of growing it.

Some good points (all the others), but less hyperbole and less fundamentalist views would be better reporting.

Posted by: Ben | June 17, 2008 03:19 PM

I commend Jessica for not kowtowing to what's hip in Hollywood. Kudos for skipping the kabbalah bracelet, too.

Posted by: jm | June 17, 2008 03:48 PM

Well Well Well.....
Isnt this so typical of dumb celebrities these days, I am not talking about Hayden Pannetiere or Milo Ventimeglia, But people like Jessica Simpson..
I dont think that top should say real girls eat meat, it should say, only dumb and ignorant people eat meat!!!!

Posted by: Angelique | June 17, 2008 04:56 PM

I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan and I want this bimbo away from Tony Romo. My wife tells me Tony has been flirting with an old flame Carrie Underwood, who is a vegitarian, recently. I hope he dumps her. There was always something about Jessica I didn't like and never got how she was supposed to be sexy. Brains and compassion always win over stupidity and silicone for me.

Posted by: Ken | June 17, 2008 05:29 PM

Well, only real cruel peopel eat meat!!!!!!! I geuss shes one.

Posted by: Miley | June 17, 2008 05:52 PM

Oh no! Jessica Simpson is promoting eating meat! This is terrible! Everybody is going to listen to her and change their minds!

Posted by: Girl | June 17, 2008 06:04 PM

If she wants to wear that shirt, she can.

Posted by: Katie | June 17, 2008 06:05 PM

Reason #5 really got to me. "...it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of meat. If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world."

Honestly, I've never thought about it that way. Thanks for the article -- now I'm even more inspired to go vegetarian!

I'm not even gonna waste space to talk about Jessica Simpleton's 'Real Girls Eat Meat' t-shirt . . . When since are celebrities "Real" lol

Posted by: stelise | June 17, 2008 06:05 PM

I understand the concerns of a celebrity advertising the consumption of meat and by the long, long trail that ultimately if you eat meat you agree with animal cruelty.

I don't feel she is wearing the shirt because she hates animals or advocates their methodology for procuring such foods.

A lot of people are ignorant when it comes to eating meat vs not. They don't understand the health benefits, the reasons why you would avoid eating meats. Instead it's 'I like meat, it tastes good, you're dumb if you don't eat it.'

One of my best friends eats fois gras. Do I call him out, ridicule him, or stop talking to him? No. He eats it because he likes it. He knows and disagrees with the preparation, but if offered he will take it.

Posted by: Rick | June 17, 2008 06:11 PM

she likes the taste of death

Posted by: jamie | June 17, 2008 06:12 PM

All of the strict vegetarians I've ever known have been at least 20 lbs overweight. I don't think that eating meat will make you fat. Eating a lot of meat and not exercising will make you fat. So, point number one is null and void.

Posted by: carly | June 17, 2008 06:16 PM

it's a vague t-shirt. room for interpretation, i know, but maybe she only eats cruelty-free, free-range, all organic etc. etc. etc. meat. Or maybe not. but she's also not proclaiming undying support for slaughterhouses, either. What I don't get is why so many people scream "DON'T SUPPORT CRUELTY" yet they refuse to support the few people/organizations putting in the effort to sell & serve cruelty-free meat. Restaurants and stores are failing and closing down because the people are trying so hard to change for won't support them. Instead of sitting here bashing a stupid celebrity over a t-shirt, why not use the media-frenzied opportunity to do some good? SUPPORT CRUELTY-FREE TOO

Posted by: my two cents | June 17, 2008 06:18 PM

Wow.
I'm going to get anihilated for this, but honestly...
I eat meat.
I'm thin; I don't exercise or diet to be so either.
I have compassion, love animals, have own cows and participated in hunting--it's moreso how you decide to indulge then if you do or not, I would say.
Like it or not, deer starve to death because corn wears out their teeth--I don't know about you, but I'd rather dead instantly than spend three weeks desperately searching for food but dying of starvation nonetheless. And I'm very sure of every process done to get the meat of my deer--it's nothing wasteful strictly for antlers or anything.
And isn't there a product called plopinut (sp?) to feed starving children?
And Jessica Simpson eating meat isn't going to kill all the babies in Africa.
Guess what? Animals were here first, not cars and trucks and such...so...if they want to greenhouse-gas their way to high heaven, who are we to stop them (being 'compassionate' to animals and such.)
I'm sorry.
It's just a throught.

Posted by: Sarah | June 17, 2008 06:20 PM

But meat tastes good.

Posted by: Kes | June 17, 2008 06:20 PM

meat in moderation is fine, stop freaking out about it

Posted by: M | June 17, 2008 06:21 PM

I didnt think she was capable of making herself look any less educated but she's did it by wearing this shirt. Funny how she wants to make claims about being "real"...ok, Jessica. So, "real girls get fat injected in their lips" and "real girls fake tan until they're orange"...the list could go on forever.

Posted by: Gina | June 17, 2008 06:23 PM

"4. Meat will make you fat."

Wow that's some solid journalism...

Posted by: DS | June 17, 2008 06:55 PM

She's not saying that she supports slaughterhouses...or that she wants to eat puppies for dinner. I agree with JM that she's not afraid to be herself (whether or not it's a ditz) in Hollywood.

The more people berate her, the more I like her. She seems like a normal person with highs and lows. Possibly one of those lows is wearing this shirt. Who cares? At least she's real.

Oh, and p.s. I've seen plenty of fat vegetarians.

Posted by: Michelle | June 17, 2008 07:04 PM

Your knowledge of nutrition is fascinating. Please, tell us more.

Posted by: Clint | June 17, 2008 07:11 PM

This is really stupid and I don't agree with this. I'm only 14 and worry about my weight. I love to be treated to steak sometimes. Now since reading this, it puts me off and I don't like any other vegetable. Plus, meat gives you good protein so I don't know where the person that wrote this got the idea that eating meat makes you fat. This post is quite upsetting.
Vegetarians look very ugly, thin and their hair is wispy.

Posted by: India | June 17, 2008 07:13 PM

I really do not understand the big deal. real people do eat meat. it is the crazy people that want to banish it. and Tamara, cruelty to animals my ass. How else are we supposed to eat them if they are not taken to the slaughterhouses?? Animals are on this planet along with all plants for us - provided by God. If we don't eat them, that means we should also not eat plants. Hate me all you want, but don't assume people are going to stop eating meat, something that goes back to the beginning of mankind, anytime soon just because Jessica wears a t-shirt. Give me a break. Half of the world doesn't even know who she is or cares enough to monitor her daily outfits and then base their life on them.
I heart all colors of meat! And am not a fat ass like the article claims.

Posted by: Luvallmeat | June 17, 2008 07:13 PM

i think jessica's shirt is referring to oral sex

however...
i didnt know eating meat had all of those effects! im not vegetarian but i may consider cutting back on my meat intake

Posted by: jill | June 17, 2008 07:20 PM

I didn't take her shirt to mean that she supports eating meat. I took it more in the subtle sexual joke way which makes a reference to "man" meat.

Don't take everything so literally.

I guess I should also say that I do eat meat, and while I agree that the larger slaughter houses are horrible if you buy locally raised and butchered meats you are not only ensuring that the animals didn't endure uneeded abuse but you are supporting your local farmers who also grow the grain that would feed the hungry as you say.

All the meat I eat comes from my boyfriends parents farm and the cows are only butchered if they are violent towards the other cows or if they are no longer able to breed. Sadly I know not all of the calves are sold to equally kind farms but it's a business just as much as anything else.

Posted by: RamaOtster | June 17, 2008 07:35 PM

i will gladly kill any animal to feed myself. its how nature works. you want to see gruesome, watch a pack of hyenas tear apart a baby elephant. geez why didn't someone tell them that they might get flabby thighs.

Posted by: cam | June 17, 2008 07:40 PM

Meat is awesome and everyone should eat it! You go girl!!!!

Posted by: Meat Rocks | June 17, 2008 07:42 PM

Good for you PETA!! I saw that shirt yesterday on D-Listed and was mortified!! Thanks for setting some people straight. Eating meat isn't cool in any possible way! I'm a real girl and I'd never eat meat! Even if she's talking about her *man*, it's still a lame shirt.

Posted by: Jami | June 17, 2008 07:44 PM

It wouldn't bother me if this comment made it to the page or not but someone at some point will read it.

I suggest a class discussing rhetoric and writing. How to properly form arguments and make valid points without completely destroying your credibility. I am not a member of PETA, I am a lover of red meat. I'm sure you've heard the arguments before but I believe our species was designed to be carnivorous. I'm not basing this on my opinion but I'm basing this argument on the geometry of our faces, our teeth, and other physical factors that place us in a long line of carnivorous creatures.

Calling someone "stupid" in an article immediately destroys any credibility you had at one point. Making a credible argument requires civil conversation and valid points. Your points were well made and although your picking individual studies out of the thousands that have been done, your point came across strong. Remove the picture and the word "stupid" and I might have taken what this article said seriously. Instead all you did was badger someone that I don't really feel could or would defend themselves.

Posted by: Anonymous | June 17, 2008 07:45 PM

Let me start by saying I'm all for a cruelty free world. I love animals and do my best to buy organic/cruelty free products. But is it right to be or act malicious towards humans who may not know how cruel eating and/or wearing animal products are? Pass on your knowledge, show them the facts. Give them a chance.

Posted by: Erin | June 17, 2008 07:52 PM

making assumptions is what peta is all about? Cruel people dont have to be meat eaters. Please keep the assumptions to a minimal. All it is is just a shirt.

Posted by: lol | June 17, 2008 07:54 PM

This list is bunk! First off, correlational studies don't prove anything, they are a starting point for further research. I know plenty of vegetarians who have breast cancer, as well as some who are over-weight or obese. Eating cheetos or high-calorie granola is not healthy either. Eating a balance of foods is what is important, and we are MEANT to eat meat. We are omnivores. Otherwsie, we wouldn't have sharp canine teeth. Simple anthropology.

Second, I don't like the cruelty of the industry, and who does? I agree that the animal farming industry is in need of a shake-up, but "feeling bad" for animals is no reason to try and get everyone to not eat meat. We can be smarter about how we raise animals, and we can slaughter with a minimum of cruelty. But, do you cry for the gazelle dying a slow painful death in the jaws of a lion? Or for the field mouse being eaten alive by a snake? Why is that okay? Are we not ALL animals? That's the food chain, baby.

Lastly, the *governments* of starving nations are the cause of the starvation. African leaders are rich as hell, and sell most of the food we send them. They could do more to feed their people, but they choose not to. Blame them, not my hamburger or pork chop. Grow up and get over yourselves.

That all being said, Jessica Simpson is a big fat stupid-face!

Posted by: Jason | June 17, 2008 07:57 PM

Theres such a thing as not cooking meat in a massive vat of oil, for one thing. Meat IS good for you, theres a lot of protein in it which in the same quantities you can't really get in other food stuffs without eating tons of nuts and beans.

AND a little bit of fat is good for you anyeay. No one wants to be stick thin.

Posted by: Jess | June 17, 2008 08:09 PM

I disagree totally.
Animals, especially cows and chickens and all that, were put on this earth for us to raise and eat. Why do you think they are so tasty?
Have you not read the Bible?
And not all farmers abuse their livestock! I don't!
The animals at my house are treated very well, as well as all other farmers that I know.
I hate animal abuse as much as the next person, and I fight against such things as beating, starving, and killing an animal for NO REASON AT ALL!
And meat does not make you fat! The reason people get fat is because they don't exercise or eat healthy and are stupid!
Get the facts straight before you start talking about something you have no idea about!

Posted by: Jennifer | June 17, 2008 08:16 PM

So you people can brag about not eating meat but as soon as someone that eats meat decides to do the same she gets slammed? How is that fair? You people need to realize the difference between cruelty to animals and eating what nature intended.

Posted by: Nicole | June 17, 2008 08:30 PM

it's a tee shirt get over it.

Posted by: matt | June 17, 2008 08:36 PM

Mother Theresa ate meat.

Oh yeah, so did Jesus, Abraham and Noah.

Does that mean they are "cruel", "dumb", "ignorant", and "blood sucking vampires"?

Bit of advice: sticking to facts and non-inflammatory statements will build a much more convincing argument for vegetarianism.

Posted by: kevin | June 17, 2008 08:37 PM

"4. Meat will make you fat... I hope the upcoming "Jessica Simpson's Intimates" line comes in plus sizes!"

What's wrong with being fat, having love handles or wearing plus sizes? We get where you're going with this but your tone conveys a snobbery towards the overweight that is directly opposite the compassion you feel for animals. How about a little compassion for larger humans? It's fine to point out that going veg may be healthier but you can do it in terms that don't insult people with weight issues.

Posted by: hank | June 17, 2008 08:37 PM

Got it just about right Kurt K., its like trying to sweep back crap from the incoming tide.

Posted by: keith | June 17, 2008 08:40 PM

i couldnt give a rats butt about starving dogs (too many of them) or other stupid stuff peta complains about, but what got me was the global warming, if it is true (because we are naturally carnivorous species, we were created to eath both vegetables and meat), in any case i'll stop eating meat if it means a healthier earth.i did not know that farming animals for food was hurting the earth, that in my book is terrible.

Posted by: who knew?? | June 17, 2008 08:41 PM

So she wears a shirt that says she eats meat. I commend her for not hopping on board the fake celebrity train and being a vegetarian and a scientologist. Our bodies are designed to eat meat hence the appendix and the canine teeth for one, they aren't there to rip apart veggies. I am tired of people saying that the meat industry is cruel to animals. I will admit that some are yes, thats why you need to know where your meat comes from and stop crying for the animals that are raised to be slaughtered. I come from a farming community and would really like to see anyone try to petition the eating of meat in one of these communities. Meat is tastes good and is healthy regardless of what you say. it all goes back to know your meat and where it comes from if your animal is hopped up on steroids to produce a larger animal then yes it will probably give you cancer, but if your meat is fresh and pasture fed (not grain as apparently this starves kids?) I don't think we will have a grass, thistle and alfalfa shortage for the 3rd world country. I don't believe in the torture of animals and this is the reason that a cow must be killed and bled out as quickly as possible to ensure the high quality meat that we all love. Have a good day, and never trust a vegetarian.

Posted by: Chris Armstrong | June 17, 2008 08:46 PM

"4. Meat will make you fat. All the saturated fat and cholesterol in chicken wings, pork chops, and steak eventually leads to flabby thighs and love handles.....Going vegetarian is the best way to get slim and stay that way."

I'm not impressed with your sweeping statements. Some meats may have a lot of saturated fats, but what about lean meat like chicken breast? Furthermore, going vegetarian is NOT the best way to get slim, exercising and managing your portions are the best way. Even more, for many people, eating meat is the key to their dieting success (no not the atkins diet). Meat helps quickly build the muscle that continually burns fat. Just because you're a vegetarian it doesn't mean that it's the only way to stay slim.

Posted by: Alicia | June 17, 2008 08:47 PM

"Going vegetarian is the best way to get slim and stay that way."
^
This is not true at all.

Also, I don't think "attacking" her like this is necessary?
I agree your other points, though.

Posted by: Daisy | June 17, 2008 09:03 PM

GO PETA!!!! Jessica shirt was way insensitive.

Posted by: Liz | June 17, 2008 09:51 PM

If you'd check your facts, you'd find that the military causes the majority of all greenhouse gases.

Posted by: Greg | June 17, 2008 10:26 PM

Point by point:

1. A recent study has found X. Whatever, studies are always proving and disproving each other. My grandparents ate meat, and they didn't die of cancer, and led long, healthy lives.

2. Compassion. Sigh. Are lions compassionate when they eat? Food eats food. Circle of life. We get eaten by sharks and tigers sometimes. This isn't a fairy tale, its life. What about the millions of germs you kill when you wash your hands? How brutal!

3. Raising produce can be just as probelmatic as raising flesh. See the studies (see comment #1)!

4. I eat meat, and I am not even remotely fat. I am extremely fit, and very healthy. I know SO many fat vegetarians. Fatness comes from eating more calories than you expend, not from eating meat. Do you think there were fat cave men? Nope.

5. Buy your meat locally, and you won't have to worry about "stealing food from starving kids" (or getting mad cow disease, either. Chico State Farms sells meat grown locally and treated well, and fed properly).

Posted by: Julie | June 17, 2008 10:42 PM

Considering I know people who have "gone vegetarian" and have lost no weight, I'm thinking you're probably wrong about that remark. While I think it's asanine to display your beliefs on your chest, I don't see why it's of any concern to you. And speaking of which, user Liz needs to go somewhere - PETA has done way more insensitive gestures towards those who choose to eat meat.

Posted by: Julia | June 17, 2008 10:49 PM

Hi, I'm Nature!

I'm the product of random genetic mutations, some of which were evolutionarily adapted, with no conscious plan.

I include the biological basis for eating animals, and thus, as some way, I "intended" that.

I also include the biological basis for racism and patriarchy and war and rape, and thus, as some say, I "intended" those things.

But since most people are opposed to racism and rape, even though they are "natural" I don't think I (nature) have any ethical value.

So I'm not an excuse to eat other animals.

There's no excuse.

GET OVER IT

Posted by: NATURE | June 17, 2008 10:50 PM

wow, it sure does show a lot of compassion (apparently something vegetarians have?) to imply that fatties who eat meat deserve it. plus size intimates? THE HORROR! you undercut your entire argument when I read that entry.

Posted by: sabrina | June 17, 2008 11:00 PM

I think it is interesting to note that Tony Romo's ex, Carrie Underwood, is a vegetarian. Do you think Jessica might actually be bigger statement with that shirt, perhaps slandering the ex?

Posted by: Lindsey | June 17, 2008 11:07 PM

There are A LOT of nasty and derrogatory comments on this...I thought you said compassion is sexy?

I think more people would be open to and respect vegans/Peta more if there wasn't so much negativity and anamosity. You are critisizing people who are eating the way their families have eaten for many generations.

Educate with compassion and more people will see the light.

Posted by: kathleen | June 17, 2008 11:17 PM

Bearing in mind this is the same girl that didn't eat Buffalo wings because buffalos don't have wings and also couldn't decide whether tuna "chicken of the sea" was a fish or type of bird. Case in point.

Posted by: Tickled_Pink | June 17, 2008 11:21 PM

Jessica Simpson is meat.

Posted by: Anthony | June 17, 2008 11:24 PM

Oh my god, you are so mean! How many of you actually know her? Most comments I read here are not a great sign of intelligence either...

Posted by: Mary | June 17, 2008 11:28 PM

I would like to address Carly and Anonymous' comments.

Hello. ;)

Carly, you raise a good point - what really makes someone fat? The empirical evidence shows that it is two things:

1. Calories
2. Sugar

Exercise is excellent for our bodies and minds, but an hour of exercise only burns off, like, one muffin! You have to reduce calories and sugar to lose weight.

Anonymous, hello. ;) Humans are technically omnivores. That's what confuses the issue sometimes, but with the advances in nutritional knowledge, dentistry and medicine, humans can live much longer than our ancestors or tribal folks, who often only live to be 30 or so.

If we were carnivores, we would need the sharp canines that felines and canines do. Think wolves, lions.

I have been a vegetarian for over 20 years; I weigh 112 lbs, I jog 16 miles a week, and I mountain bike and I'm a biologist who spends hours hiking in the woods. I also love my life and I'm an artist with a very sharp mind.

Veggie diets are great because of antioxidants, plus veggies and fruits have no antibiotics or cancer causing hormones. Organic and non-pesticide local produce is the best.

I get plenty of protein from beans and rice, sunflower seeds, peanuts, broccoli and spinach.

I also take in humanely raised dairy sometimes, great protein from cheese, milk and ice cream. (more fattening than the former list, though, so in moderation).

Let's not forget the other logic, that factory farmed animals are deprived of the most basic needs of an animal, and are treated with terrible cruelty, disrespect and degredation.

That's the main reason to consider a vegetarian diet.

Thanks for listening! ;)

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 17, 2008 11:29 PM

From an anthropological perspective, this entire post is absolutely ill-informed. While OVER-CONSUMPTION of meat is a terrible thing, I agree, humans are NOT evolved to be herbivores. There are nutritional values that we get from meat which, though not impossible, is very difficult to get from other things in the right levels. I myself am a very serious animal nut. I've adopted countless animals, including two cats, one of which was adopted to save her from the anything-but humane society where I live, have regularly volunteered my time to many no-kill shelters in order to help them continue to offer services, anything to help these animals. However, even I have to draw the line at (if you'll excuse my brash wording) petty name-calling just because a celebrity claims to be omnivorous, as humans are naturally meant to be. I know MANY women who are strictly vegetarian, and they have severe mineral deficiencies, because it's just too hard to keep up with everything you're missing--especially if you are less financially inclined.

Just my two cents. :)

Posted by: Sarah | June 17, 2008 11:34 PM

It's interesting to see so many pro meat types trolling around PETA's website. Do animal rights types hang around pro killing sites? Why do you feel you have to take the time to defend eating flesh with platitudes like "It's in the bible" or "Vegitarians are fat too" or even "I know vegitarian breast cancer victims"? If all you flesh eaters are so right why do you need to defend the practice so vigorously? Face it; deep down you know meat is murder and you are compensating for your own guilt. Maybe all you pro killing types should go find a factory farming site and prattle on with your closed minded posts.

Posted by: Ken | June 17, 2008 11:37 PM

This silly babe got a cute little dog - so i think she tried some dog food - or there is another possibility: some charismatic christian church sicko pastor whispered some poison into her ear: so she is a perfect companion to old testament and pre-historic cro magnon and neanderthal freaks! by the way: christ was not a meat eater but a pure vegetarian: so how would it be then that one of his apostles baptised the ethiopian and that one went back to his country where the oldest christian vegetarian community in the world survived until nowadays! think before you write - soooooooo gentle "christian" folks uphere!

Posted by: SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION | June 17, 2008 11:56 PM

Sure, she is a good looking Bimbo. But I have to kindly disagree with your last statement. We have Plenty of food to feed the whole world. The fact is, no one wants to send it there. And once you do, the Warlords keep it all anyways. Don't blame meat eaters for starving children. And if you want to point at food costs, you might want to check with the next farmer you see. And quit using Ethanal.

Posted by: Jrod | June 18, 2008 12:04 AM

Did you guys ever think for a minute she was representing a woman with a healthy body who is not afraid to look like a woman and not like a 12 year-old boy?! Give me a break.
"Eating meat steals food from starving kids. Jessica's trip to help kids in Africa got a lot of media buzz, but by gnawing on meat, she's essentially stealing food from the mouths of starving children since it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of meat. If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world."
I was not aware we imported our meat from Africa. How do we take 16 lbs of of grain from starving children in Africa?

Posted by: Heather | June 18, 2008 12:09 AM

You are all ridiculous. For one, just because anyone is vegetarian, doesn't mean that he or she is necessarily healthier than an omnivore, FYI.
Veggie burgers you get from restaurants and what not, have up to 943 calories and 52 grams of fat! (dietblog.com)
People that eat meat, grains, vegetables and fruit in reasonable proportions and that also perform a minimum of exercise are just as healthy, if not healthier, than vegetarians. I have nothing against all of you being all "Animal Cruelty; just say no" and what not. I myself am disgusted when seeing how cruel these industries and corporations can be, simply in order to provide us with food. But at the same time, we've been meat eaters ever since..Well, in "Jesus times" for you believers and even prehistoric times.
Meat is a source of protein, as well as many other things. Although the way that some animals are killed is wrong, does it mean that we should ALL have to either turn vegetarian or just what...wait for the animals to die on their own?
And what I was even more appalled about was that, now why do you have to go and attack someone for a T-SHIRT that they're wearing?
For one, her t-shirt can be interpreted a number of ways, who are you to judge how it's interpreted?
And two, we are also entitled to freedom of speech. If the average joe is allowed to wear such a t-shirt (Which I'm sure that many more people own shirts that insinuate these kinds of statements), why shouldn't Jessica Simpson?
The only reason you people focus on her so much, is because...you got it, she's already famous. (Not to mention, we hear about her all the time, so I highly doubt she's trying to seek more attention by wearing a t-shirt..)
And lastly, sure she may not be the sharpest crayon in a box, but rather than being pissed at her for committing a simple "mistake" or what not - since you all seem to be very provoked by her t-shirt- why not just have sympathy...?
I mean, if she couldn't know any better - considering you all think she's downright dumb - than why get so aggravated by a T-SHIRT?
Why not focus your energy writing these industries that you people are all so against due to animal cruelty, rather than focusing your energy on CELEBRITIES?
Since you all claim she's seeking attention...seems like she's getting it, from you people anyways.

Good luck with the whole animal cruelty thing, we all know it'll be a long battle. But you don't have to attack individuals for such petty things, really.

Posted by: Emmanuelle | June 18, 2008 12:17 AM

"4. Meat will make you fat. All the saturated fat and cholesterol in chicken wings, pork chops, and steak eventually leads to flabby thighs and love handles. I hope the upcoming "Jessica Simpson's Intimates" line comes in plus sizes! Going vegetarian is the best way to get slim and stay that way."

Hmmm...this seems to go against your #2 point that compassion is sexy.

Acceptance of all people, large or small, meat eaters or not, is sexy. Contradicting yourself when you're trying to make a silly point over some ditzy celeb's T-shirt makes you look even sillier.

Posted by: JK | June 18, 2008 12:18 AM

Reading this article made me very angry, especially reason number 5. Maybe you don't think so, but world hunger is a serious issue, one not to causually throw in an article meant to demean a celebrity. As people have already stated, it is a completely bogus argument. Anyone intelligent would realize that. Which means that I'm starting to think that whoever wrote this article is either dumber than Jessica or just thought it sounded good so posted it anyway. No matter the reason, this article shows PETA in a bad light. Is this really the kind of repuation you want?

Posted by: M. | June 18, 2008 12:44 AM

It's things like this that make me angry at PETA. Just because you eat meat doesn't make you automatically a stupid and heartless person, so the righteous attitude has got to go. "Meat will make you fat"? Just as others have said, nothing makes you fat other than lifestyle choices. Overeating and not working out as a vegetarian can make you fat, too. So maybe we should just change that to "Eating makes you fat."

That last reason is kind of ridiculous too. Just because the world would have more grain to grow if meat consumption was lowered doesn't mean we'd just go around giving it away for free. In fact, farmers would probably cut down on the amount of grain they farmed if they didn't need it for animals, leaving us in square one. This country would not go around growing a crop they didn't need because it's way too money hungry for that.

I support animal rights, but I'm not cool with using exaggerations to get people's attention.

Posted by: Amy | June 18, 2008 12:44 AM

Why are vegetarians so darn judgmental? I'm a carnivore and so far reading your comments me and my fellow carnivores have been called:
1.) Stupid
2.) Blood sucking vampire
3.) Cruel
4.) Like the taste of death

Do you realize that you would better convey your argument if you didn't reduce it to petty attacks?
Also, sure cows are putting off some serious methane but what about you vegetarians and all the beans and soy you eat? The gas cloud you collectively create surely have ripped a few holes in the ozone. Let's get some research going on that!!!

Posted by: Em$$ | June 18, 2008 12:47 AM

Mary (june17th) So do you actually know Jessica Simpson personally????? If not don't stick up for her!!! That shirt she wore was horendous... have you ever seen how animals are treated in slaugher houses you dumb woman?????????? It is barbaric and if you cannot in your heart find that it is wrong you should not be called a compassionate woman... As a child of GOd "Thou shall not kill' i Used to be a fan of Jessica but after seeing that shirt i was DISGUSTED... the only meat i like is human man lol...Bye Kelly

Posted by: Kelly Lenoir | June 18, 2008 01:11 AM

This is why so many people dislike PETA and its members. All you do is bash people who eat meat to make your selves seem high and mighty because you don't.

Since humans are omnivores we eat meat AND veggies, food from both groups helps keep us healthy.

And Ken, come on! I'm a meat eater and I was taken to this sit through dlisted. Just like you i wanted to read what people thought about Jessica's shirt. PETA members posted their opinions, so I will post mine. This isn't some conspiracy against PETA to promote the meat industry, nor am I here because I feel guilty about eating meat.

Some people like meat, and some don't. I don't believe in wearing animals skins or fur and I don't buy meat from violent slaughterhouses where animals are treated inhumanely. I think that makes me a fairly compassionate person and for anyone to say otherwise is simply ignorant and unnecessary.

And what about animals that are carnivorous? Will you attack them too and try to reason with them? After all, as humans we're just a step up from any other animal.

Posted by: michaela | June 18, 2008 01:12 AM

we are meant to eat meat along with grains and vegetables. take a look inside your mouth, we have canine teeth ( the pointy ones) these are for tearing meat. there is nothing wrong with eating meat, its natural, although the method in which some animals are killed can be called into question. hunting if done right is one of the most humane ways of killing. it is also one of the healthiest ways to eat meat. i'm telling you this because most of you are morons

Posted by: wyman calhoun | June 18, 2008 01:39 AM

"Do you realize that you would better convey your argument if you didn't reduce it to petty attacks?"

Thank you!!! Why is the message always harsh and rude? Does being a vegetarian equal being an @ss, for the sake of vegetables I hope not.

Posted by: Meat Lover | June 18, 2008 01:46 AM

I agree with Jessica.
Real girls eat meat.

Posted by: Brianna | June 18, 2008 01:56 AM

One more thing - I'm sick of this argument that "if we were meant to eat meat, we'd have incisors like wolves!"

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Since prehistoric times, man hasn't had to eat the raw meat off an animals using only his teeth. They used tools to cut if off, then cooked it over a fire to soften it - Which we've been doing ever since.

Yeah, I think that after a few million years of this our incisors would disappear thanks to EVOLUTION. We no longer require them, because we don't rip the raw meat off of animal carcass'.

Posted by: Izzy | June 18, 2008 02:00 AM

meat makes you fat???? so what your saying is the reason that people are fat is because they eat meat? i know many vegetarians with serious health problems because it is so difficult to get all of the nutrients you need. i think that is a really stupid thing to say. not only that but how bored do you have to be to write an article about some womans shirt? its a shirt get over it why do people have to be so sensitive... if it was a man wearing a real men eat meat shirt there wouldn't be such a big problem. shes talking about eating a steak not clubbing a seal, its something humans have been doing for thousands of years. go boycott gladiator if you really want something to do

Posted by: Kim | June 18, 2008 02:01 AM

I LOVE MEAT! IT'S SO TRUE, REAL GIRLS DO EAT MEAT! HUMANS EAT MEAT!

Posted by: Jane Doe | June 18, 2008 02:07 AM

I would like to address the meat eaters on this forum:

I completely agree that PETA can be insulting sometimes. I have posted many pesky remarks criticizing them for that, and to their credit they have always posted my comments, no matter how harsh.

I also want to say, I apologize for using the word "fat". I simply meant overweight, as most people will agree, overweight means "unhealthy". Obviously curves are gorgeous on women and big men can be extremely hot as well.

I believe that a respectful dialogue is very important. Not to "convert" anyone, but because all of us here have the RIGHT to know where meat is made and how the animal is treated. We deserve the truth.

Despite any misinformation (I agree that the "kids starving in Africa thing is a big stretch), PETA is right on in protesting factory farmed animals.

As a veterinary nurse, I am here to tell you that these animals are raised in horrible ways.

1. They are given vaccines, antibiotics and hormones that no human should consume second hand. It's disgusting.

2. They are abused and mistreated in the most heinous way that a person can imagine.

How they die is important, but I am MUCH more disturbed by the way these animals are treated during their lifetimes.

I won't go any further: I would just ask you to visit this website of a Food Network contestant who is also a butcher, and see what he has to say about how cows are treated - and see the video on his post.

http://www.offalgood.com/site/blog/resources/this-is-cheap-meat/

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 18, 2008 02:18 AM

It is ironic that an article touting Jessica Simpson's sub-par intellectual capabilities actually includes the word "funsies".

Posted by: Alex | June 18, 2008 03:09 AM

To all the posters who know "plenty", "many" or "lots of" vegetarians:

How do you know all these people? Vegetarians only comprise about 5% of the population of North America (unless the numbers have skyrocketed recently). If you're posting from India or belong to a vegetarian society, I could understand.

One person indicates they know "many" who are fat; another states they know "plenty" who are malnourished.

It's not just hyperbole with a side order of BS, is it?

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 18, 2008 03:37 AM

Are you all serious? So pathetic. Personally, I am neither fat nor dumb nor condone animal "cruelty" but I do however enjoy a nice juicy steak. Amen, Michaela!

Posted by: KEvan | June 18, 2008 03:46 AM

So, I'm going to stop eating meat because I don't want to be like jessica simpson who ALSO eats meat? what in the world?

Erm..

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian.

Perhaps we should come up with stronger arguments...perhaps.

;/

Posted by: eMM | June 18, 2008 04:07 AM

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I STUDY ECONOMICS AND THE STARVATION ISSUE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A LACK OF FOOD SUPPLY. THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOOD BEING PRODUCED TO GO AROUND. THE PROBLEM IS WITH DISTRIBUTION, NOT WHETHER WE ARE GROIN WHEAT OR MEAT. I MUST SAY I FOUND THE OTHER RESEARCH YOU POSTED INTERESTING, HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH I DO FIND THERE IS ROOM FOR DISCUSSION.

Posted by: Juliana | June 18, 2008 05:32 AM

animal rights is a joke, we exist in a natural system in which we are at the top of the food chain and BELOW us are the animals, we have every right to eat them as it is the way things are supposed to be, meat supplies essential nutrients you NEED to live, vegeanism is unatural because everything you are eating is man made. many animals are carniverous, go try to make them veagans i wont because they are supposed to eat meat just like us, so get over yourselves animals are not people, they are property, they do NOT think they do NOT have feelings, we have every right in the world to eat meat

Posted by: bob | June 18, 2008 05:35 AM

Hey you mindless, meateating morons this a blog sight, not the New York Times.

So, if you want to check some facts I suggest you go back and read that Bible again. It is absolutely forbidden to eat the flesh of an animal beginning on PAGE ONE. Genisis 1:29.

You can eat at the Table of Satan or you can eat at THE TABLE OF CHRIST.
I choose Christ and I choose life.

As for Jessica's naive, and I daresay dumb T-shirt, I pray God gives her Revelation.

Posted by: Saucy | June 18, 2008 05:35 AM

Look, I'm all for animals and such, but this is stupid. As far as the ethical treatment of animals: people have been eating meat for thousands of years. Thats a fact. The shirt is meant to portray the fact that you don't have to starve yourself on lettuce to be beautiful. And if meat makes you so fat, then why do most diet experts tell people to stay away from SUGAR??? sugar is a plant. Hell, diabetics are warned to stay away from most plants. SO what are they supposed to do. You know what, you people need to quit making people who eat meat out to be criminals. If you handed that starving child a hamburger or rice, guess what they are going for first? But I guess that starving kid is evil, right? You all need lives.

Posted by: Brandon | June 18, 2008 05:50 AM

I'm sad that all the PETA people are up in arms about Jessica's shirt. I'd just like to remind them that freedom means that sometimes people will do things that we might not like. But they should remain free to do so. As an aside, I'm smart, thin (5'3" at 130 lbs), and I eat meat every day. Charles Darwin said it best. If nature is going to decide that people shouldn't eat meat, then lions would need to start walking on all fours and taking out humanity one by one. Good luck with that.

Posted by: Misty | June 18, 2008 05:53 AM

To michaela

well said and I couldnt agree more. I can see why people would change to be a vegetarian, but I couldnt handle all the pills and stuff required to keep up your iron levels etc, since veges dont have alot of it. and besides I can think of nothing better on a sunday night than a good pork or Lamb roast.
I too do not agree with wearing fur or cruelty to animals, and i thought that PETA was an organisation that promoted not wearing fur or cruelty to animals, but I didnt know that they were trying to turn the world into vegetarians.....

Posted by: Hayden | June 18, 2008 05:53 AM

ok, first of all, the earth was doing quite fine without the cars and stuff and the cows weren't killing it. those emissions are farts, there's an LOL for you.
vegetarians get breast cancer too, people. meat builds muscle. it's protein. the kids that look older and overweight are like that because we overemphasize video games and television. just excersize and stop whining about your weight when you don't do anything about it.
eating ANYTHING is stealing food from starving kids. i'm sure the kids in Africa aren't picky, so give up your veggies and go give them some brocolli. maybe you should focus on CHILDREN RIGHTS, because the same thing is happening to those kids over there that happening to the poor pigs and chickens.
and last, i'm sure Jessica doesn't like to torture little animals. maybe you should keep your opinion to yourself. i don't abuse animals..i'm 15 and i'm sure as heck not living by Jessica's example. i don't like to kill animals but they do provide us with the nutritional value that we can't get from vegtables. i think vegetarians are cool, yay PETA, go animal rights, but i like to ballance my deit. and believe me, i'm sure the earth is fine with me doing so. look at the sharks..and um big carnivorous kitties..yeah..um PUHLEEZE. they're carnivors too. there's a reason humans are labeled omnivores people. open your textbooks. maybe you should focus on a more pressing problem. i used to look to the people in PETA but this is harrasing and stupid. i'm really disapointed.

Posted by: the kid | June 18, 2008 06:04 AM

Some of the idiotic comments about how the consumption of meat is destroying the earth just make me want to laugh. Eating meat in moderation is perfectly A-OK; you certainly aren't going to get fat doing that. I would suggest those who argue that any meat consumption is bad get a grip on reality before they spill their ignorant, verbal diarrhea for everyone to read.

Posted by: Dean | June 18, 2008 06:04 AM

ok, i eat meat..i'm thin.
i know that my entire family eats meat. most of my friends. and many many many countless others that impact my life everyday that eat meat and don't like to hurt things. we're not less compassionate than you. and you people that segregate and degrade people for their dietary practices are ridiculous. i mean, FLESH EATERS?? i'm 14 and i'm much more mature than that. i agree with THE KID. you should focus on more pressing issues.

Posted by: also compassionate | June 18, 2008 06:19 AM

The point is. She wore that t'shirt just to insinuate and she's acting in a covert way.
Wow! it reminds me when I first time i watched her saying is there a chicken of the sea? Gee whizzzzz! where is her brain a dead fish!

Posted by: Mapoi C Larson | June 18, 2008 06:42 AM

I've always been amazed at how outspoken people are when someone proclaims that they do what humans were intended to do. There is a reason that we have canine teeth and a digestive tract that handles meat. WE ARE OMNIVORES! What a revelation. To deny that is to deny humanity. If you don't like meat, don't eat it; but don't bitch about people who do.

If her shirt said "Real girls eat vegetables," I doubt that you'd have meat loves posting the top 10 reasons why she's an idiot.

Grow up, and learn to live with people who don't agree with you.

Meat isn't murder, stupidity is.

Posted by: JP | June 18, 2008 07:17 AM

Amy: I think you forgot "selfish...."

Posted by: antigone1000 | June 18, 2008 07:25 AM

so. this post is ridiculously biased and one sided. you can't assume that people who eat meat are fat. its like assuming at vegetarians are thin. and climate change is caused by a number of factors. furthermore there are countless social, political, as well as environmental reasons to starving kids in developing nations. in fact, its not just kids starving, adults need food too. it's like using just baby seal pictures to bring awareness to seal-hunting. but i digress.
this post is absurd, it makes the writer look ignorant, narrow minded, and self-righteous.

Posted by: lh | June 18, 2008 07:36 AM

Regardless of your stance on meat--attacking someone's weight isn't cool at all. I'd have a hell of a lot more respect for you if you didn't feel so insecure that you had to stoop to sizeist crap.

Real progressive of you.

Posted by: Lupa | June 18, 2008 07:53 AM

You kind of contradict yourself in the reasons stated.

Posted by: Meghan | June 18, 2008 07:54 AM

You know, I have seen the slaughter videos, I understand that it is very, VERY wrong to abuse animals. However, why is eating a steak so bad? The protein is great for you and meats contain vitamins your body needs to stay healthy. And the fats that are in the meats are great for you too. A lot of people say it's not what's right in God's eyes but look, we have 32 teeth in our mouth. They are designed both for meat and for veggies. Cows have flat teeth, cheetahs have razor sharp. Cows an't chew meat so they are herbivores. Cheetahs eat meat and have difficulty eatin grass(es) and are carnivores. WE NEED THE MEATS AND SO THAT IS WHY OUR TEETH ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. Vegetarians, tell me, do you have to take some extra vitamin supplements? And I am asking the vegetarians who have done this for YEARS. 10+ no less. If you do, then please, since you know how much and how many carbon emmissions are coming from the slaughter houses then how many come from the factories who have to make your vitamins? How many resources are wasted to callibrate the exact amount of whatever and the exact heat and exact blah blah blah to create your stupid vitamins so you can save a cow?

***"""4. Meat will make you fat. All the saturated fat and cholesterol in chicken wings, pork chops, and steak eventually leads to flabby thighs and love handles. I hope the upcoming "Jessica Simpson's Intimates" line comes in plus sizes! Going vegetarian is the best way to get slim and stay that way. """***

I made this stand out because this...it..this is just pure stupidity...I mean, come on...for someone who is so brazen enough to post something on this site, you should know better than to post something dumb. Are you serious? For this one comment made in the post, YOU are null, void, and down right retarded...

'If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world.'

Grain is fine and dandy, but it won't help the starving kids in Africa. Not for long. And that is an honest statment. You could give the starving kids in Africa the meat you chose to waste(because it is still produced whether you want it to or not and it will continue to be produced...whether you want it to be or not.). The kids in Africa need fat, because once the body runs out of things to eat in the stmach, it munches on the fats stored by the body. You don't get those fats from grain. You don't get those from veggies either. Those are why the meats and poultry are an essential part of our food pyramid. They contain all those extra proteins, but they also have fat...And the brain sends out signals when certain types of foods are eaten. Meats trigger the chemical message, "Hey we need to save some of this for later," ergo, trans fat...high volumes found in meat.

I'm not bashing the PETA way, I think it's an awesome thing for someone to fight for the right of helpless animals who are ruthlessly slaughtered for no reason(like the people who make fur coats and minks and stupid pointless things that people don't even wear for warmth or more than 2 times a year). I am just saying, making this pointless of an argument over a CELEBRITY(not someone important) wearing a t-shirt(which was meant for humor purposes and is a dumb thing to get all pissy over) is a dumb, pointless waste of time and energy. Looked to me people needed to feel better about themselves and had nothing better to do than get angry at something for the day. I have to agree with my newscaster about PETA organization getting mad over Jessica simpson's t-shirt when nothing get's said about her wearing leather boots for The Dukes.

**Special note to the "go vegetarian or you hate the world!" "meat eaters are cruel people" "people who eat meat are ignorant, dumb, mean, cruel, stupid"**

YOU ARE DUMB IN YOUR SINGLE MINDED THINKING. JUST BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO BE A VEGETARIAN BECAUSE YOU FELT BAD FOR SEEING A SMALL CALF THAT CAN'T MOVE IT'S ARMS OR LEGS JUST SO THE MEAT INSIDE IT WILL BE TENDER ENOUGH TO MAKE VEAL DOESN'T MEAN THOSE WHO EAT VEAL ARE CRUEL. IT DOESN'T MAKE ALMOST EVERYONE IN AMERICA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO CHOWS DOWN ON A MEDIUM-RARE 10OZ SIRLOIN AND DOESN'T FEEL BAD FOR IT CRUEL, DUMB, IGNORANT, STUPID, OR ANY OTHER DEMEANING ADJECTIVES YOU DECIDE TO GOOGLE IN A THESAURUS. GET A GRIP, GET OVER YOURSELF, AND SNAP BACK INTO THE INTELLIGENT CIRCLE YOU SHOULD BE IN.

If anyone has any problem with anything I said or wants to talk about it or continue a debate, fine...email me. I enjoy conversation.

Sincerely,
Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 18, 2008 07:58 AM

Really? You think it's good to show compassion to animals, but it's okay to make fun of those carrying a little more on their hips? Your plus size comment was uncalled for and insensitive.
I know fat Vegos too...

Posted by: Bex | June 18, 2008 08:00 AM

You know, the person writing this article just enjoyed writing bad things about someone, that's what it is. Why not go after Pam Anderson or anyone else for their flaws? This article just exposes the writer's ugliness. Yeah, the shirt is stupid. It is like shirts that say Real Men Drink Beer, or other disgusting nonsense people somehow get convinced of to make a statement about themselves like they are somehow something because of that. Look, take that picture of Jessica with that shirt on and surround her with pics of tortures and quotes from descriptons of slaughter house tortures, then send her the pic and put the pic on your site, but do not take the despicable approach taken in this article that really sounds like an innerly ugly female writing about another female this way, which is a total turn off and just shows the stupidity and ugliness of the writer. Go ahead, make the pic I just described and get on Jessica's case in a responsible way to show her she is wrong, and never write that kind of junk again.

Posted by: drew | June 18, 2008 08:12 AM

I'm vegetarian. I'm fat.

Posted by: Callie | June 18, 2008 08:19 AM

Soy is a bigger cause of breast cancer than meat is.

Ever read those studies PETA?

Plus meat makes you fat? Isn't that a little bit superficial? More superficial than a blonde that eats meat anyway....

Posted by: Sheep | June 18, 2008 08:32 AM

Meat = Iron and protein, the building blocks of muscle. Sure you can eat soy and lentils, but the phytoestrogens in soy are directly related to increased estrogen in men, and several forms of cancer, including breast cancer, in women. Soy is contraindicated for infants as well.

So eat up your cancer causing soy, I'll be the
blood sucking vampire.

Posted by: Erik | June 18, 2008 08:32 AM

While you make some good points, a lot of these reasons are completely idiotic (for lack of a better term).
Were you being serious when you wrote number 5? Do you expect that if more people went vegetarian that it would solve world hunger? That's such a ludicrous statement.
As for number 3, this may be a valid statement but it's not practical to think that people are willing to give up a source of protein before they stop driving their car.
And number 2 really bugged me the most. When you say 'real girls' does that mean that 'real boys' can support animal abuse? I understand that you were trying to make some cheap pun at the expense of Jessica's t shirt but it just ends up making you sound a bit sexist.

On another note, some of your arguments really shocked me. If they are in fact true then I may have to rethink my meat consumption.

Posted by: Lauren | June 18, 2008 10:40 AM

Ok..
Those 5 reasons were really harsh dont you think?

Just because Jessica eats meat doesnt mean that shes a bad person.

Is she wearing fur? No, leave her alone.. I hate when people make a big deal out of stupid shit..
Do you have a life?

Posted by: Brittany | June 18, 2008 10:47 AM

Brooklynne, ;) Thank you, that is so sweet! You made a really good point - our food supply in general is vanishing, becoming tainted and if the bees die out then we are so screwed.

The bee population is in trouble in the U.S. because we introduced honeybees, an invasive species that are bred in apiaries and spreading diseases to themselves and other species that pollenate our crops.

If the bees die out, humans are only 4 years behind because we will all die of scurvy.

ps Connell, that's a good question - just so you know, it is extremely unlikely that people will stop eating meat overnight. If we are VERY lucky, eating meat would be phased out over 10 to 20 years time.

In that quickest case scenario, the cattle farmers would have a gradually diminishing demand, so they would breed fewer and fewer animals. The cattle would die out as meat eating stopped. It would not happen suddenly.

That way, methane emissions would go down gradually, as would deforestation for farmland. It would be an incredible benefit to the Earth.

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 18, 2008 11:53 AM

EAT FISH!
Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, fish and seafood lower the total amount of LDL in the blood, which can decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease.

It has the best tipe of fat!
People are supposed to eat MEAT, our body needs MEAT!
What should be done is stop how people kill the animals.
Not stop eating meat, this is so s.....
O.o

Posted by: CajuCLC | June 18, 2008 11:53 AM

"Only idiots eat animals"

Judgemental, self-righteous, trend-follower.

Posted by: Remy | June 18, 2008 12:11 PM

Hey Kim

Yes That is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

NOT People for the ethical treatment of STUPID PEOPLE.

And as far as the Price of Rice. Talk to the Chineese, oh informed ones.

OOOhhhhhhhh, Confronting meateateres is a fearsome thing. The truth is hard to degest.

GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE!

Posted by: Saucy | June 18, 2008 12:12 PM

YOU GUYS ARE ALL RIDICULOUS...Sometimes meat is and essential part of life and even if it means killing a baby pig so be it....God put animals on this earth to be hunted...Get over yourselves and grow up Jessica has every right to eat what she wants and where a shirt that states it...

Posted by: Jackie | June 18, 2008 12:36 PM

to all the antiblogging oximorons up here: my time has become too precious for to repeat again and again the same arguments and i wonder why this peta blog is publishing all this rubbish again and again - even more than at jack's times! i just want to add the following: every meat eater has to know that eating meat means the cruel death of an animal - a living being! i'm a vegetarian for 35 years now for ethical reasons! i'm not thin and no living being has to die for me! i wish you all a nice time and so i make my farewells for once and always!

Posted by: animalfriend | June 18, 2008 12:49 PM

Meat is good for you. It Will make you smarter and firm up your stool. EAT MEAT I always say.

Posted by: kevin | June 18, 2008 12:51 PM

good grief, you people need to get a life...I was a vegetarian for over 20 years ..I'm not anymore and I'm much healthier for it...granted Ms. Simpson is hardly the most erudite of people...but she should be able to wear and say what she wants...is this not a democratic country?? Is free speech not a right over every US citizen? You liberals are all the same...bleating on about free speech, unless you disagree with what's being said...pathetic.

Posted by: J | June 18, 2008 12:52 PM

'If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world.'

umm... peta sorry to say but the world food supply situation is just slightly more complex than what you imply. just stopping the production of meat will not result in every person in the world having enough food to eat all the time. keep dreaming though.

Posted by: ceanf | June 18, 2008 12:55 PM

Give me a break. It's a t-shirt.

Posted by: Chris | June 18, 2008 12:58 PM

Call me a stupid girl!
I LOVE MEAT!!!
What make it ok for "PETA" to smack off some dumb ass comments about any one that eat's meat?????
Why don't you go plant your garden and leave us meat eaters alone!?!

Posted by: Randi | June 18, 2008 12:58 PM

Yeah because her shirt couldn't possibly be about blow jobs.

Posted by: ELISE | June 18, 2008 01:02 PM

What do we do with all the animals in the food industry if we stop eating meat?

Seriously.

Posted by: anonymous | June 18, 2008 01:14 PM

I agree with not eating meat and all the benefits thereof, but the comments here sound like a bunch of jealous, whiny, women who are very envious of the fact that Jessica Simpson is one of the hottest, not smartest women around these days.

Posted by: Michael Hunt | June 18, 2008 01:15 PM

You know whats funny is everyone on here bashing her is just jealous! She's a great singer and gorgeous! Just because you dont look like her or sing like her dont bash her for a shirt! Last time I looked this is america the home of the FREE! We can wear what we want and eat what we want! If you wanna gnaw on a carrot for lunch so be it! And if you wanna nice juicy steak for lunch God bless you! Meat it's what's for dinner!

Posted by: BE. | June 18, 2008 01:15 PM

At one point in history did eating meat become wrong? Pilgrims and pioneers would have starved to death without meat. Many Eskimos survive on a meat-only diet (its hard to grow food in ice).

Posted by: TimmyBaseball | June 18, 2008 01:15 PM

Your comments are just too funny to let pass. OMG! Listening to the vegetables, talk about vegetables, is a damn hoot and half! Hahahahahahahahah! Meat rules!

Posted by: Mighty Meaty | June 18, 2008 01:19 PM

i think it is great she likes to eat meat. i love meat, especially deer meat.

Posted by: zeek | June 18, 2008 01:24 PM

god for jessica i think she is great and should wear wear what ever she want and PETA can get a life

Posted by: randy | June 18, 2008 01:26 PM

Now I know why her ass is twice as fat as Carrie Underwoods.

Posted by: KH | June 18, 2008 01:26 PM

This is one of the most ridiculous articles I've read. Thank you for writing it. Keep up the good work PETA...you amuse me greatly.

-Sexy, intelligent carnivore ;-D

Posted by: A real meat-eating girl | June 18, 2008 01:26 PM

I want to print up my own tee shirt in response......any good ideas as what to say?

Posted by: AtlVege | June 18, 2008 01:28 PM

Maybe by not always personally attacking people, and just sticking to passing you information might get your cause a bit farther.

Ted Nugent for President!

Posted by: Jon | June 18, 2008 01:28 PM

i have half of a burger left from lunch. sorry i stole from the mouths of hungry african children. i support your cause ( most of the time) but on this case your looking childish by ripping people who dont share your beliefs! grow up!

Posted by: don s. | June 18, 2008 01:28 PM

I, for one, enjoy eating real food instead of getting my protiens from nuts and bugs.

Or do you people consider bugs to be sacred as well?

As for eating meat taking food away from hungry kids... why not just eat the kids and save everyone some grief?

BEEF - It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: NotAVeg | June 18, 2008 01:28 PM

OKAY!!
Vegetarians' are just more conscious!! We evolved from the "Norm", That's all!!
Please don't bash!!
Love: once a "meat eater" but now feeling sexier!!

Posted by: Carla | June 18, 2008 01:29 PM

There's nothing better than a nice Filet Mignon. Yum Yum I'm hungry. I don't think our front teeth are meant totally for a vegan diet.

Posted by: hp | June 18, 2008 01:29 PM

you are all just jealous of a sucessful hot girl in america. stop hating. O and I love baby lamb. yummy.

Posted by: styles | June 18, 2008 01:29 PM

meat is good

Posted by: chris | June 18, 2008 01:31 PM

good grief, people. it's just a shirt! you guys have way too much time on your hands...couldn't it be better used, oh, i don't know, PRODUCTIVELY??

Posted by: molly | June 18, 2008 01:33 PM

If vegitarian lifestyle is so healthy, why do I hear so much about needing to take extra vitamins and supplements. If your eating the right combination af meats and veggies, you would be ok.

Its called being at the top of the food chain.

I think PETA should concentrate its efforts on counceling lions not to be so cruel when they eat their prey alive. Now thats cruel.

Posted by: Neal R | June 18, 2008 01:33 PM

I think that it's so funny how Jessica Simpson is so jealous of Carrie Underwood! We all know who's the better singer and the classier person! Thanks to PETA for doing such a good job at slamming Jessica SPAMSON!

Posted by: Krystle | June 18, 2008 01:36 PM

Gross. She is an idiot. What is wrong with this world?

Posted by: GingerAle | June 18, 2008 01:36 PM

All you people on your high horses, eating poor little defenseless plants.

Get a life, not a cause.

Posted by: Baby Cow | June 18, 2008 01:38 PM

Her shirt is hot!! I would love to share a juicy mediam rare ny strip with her. I LOVE MEAT!!

Posted by: T2 | June 18, 2008 01:39 PM

There is a boy in my son't Boy Scout troop (I only mention the Boy Scouts so you understand the reference to camping) who is a vegan. He is very respectful to the boys that are not vegans. He has even bought the food for the campouts, and has included the meat products from the menu that he and the other boys make. I respect him not becuase he is a vegan, but because he respects the other boys that are not vegans. I have heard him talk during lunch and dinner about what he will and won't eat. For example, I had no idea about gelatin. He has NEVER acted or talked the way most of the vegans do here. "Blood sucking vampires", "I hope you choke to death" on meat. What kind of way is that to get your point across? By the way, I love broccoli, but should I stop eating it because it gives me gas?

Posted by: Geo | June 18, 2008 01:41 PM

I like my steaks rare and love every minute of it. Oh and if J.Simpson is so dumb then why does she have more money than all of you combined? She plays it up-- like any smart gal would do for the right price. Oh, and don't be jealous because she's beautiful.

Posted by: LEW | June 18, 2008 01:41 PM

I am impressed by the number of intellectual giants who read this page, and who are eager to share their valuable insights regarding Jessica's alleged mental shortcomings. Jessica is obviously making a vital contribution to society by giving smart people an opportunity to feel better about themselves.

Posted by: Evan | June 18, 2008 01:42 PM

Just so everyone knows, I had had a big, juicy Angus beef burger for lunch and it was exquisite. I don't know what they do to those cows, but whatever they do makes them delicious.

Posted by: Derek | June 18, 2008 01:44 PM

How about you knuckleheads jump on everyone out there wearing a pro vegan shirt? Enjoy the lifestyle you've chosen and quite shoving it down everyone else's throats!

Posted by: Bruce the Mighty | June 18, 2008 01:47 PM

Ha,
I actually got a kick out of her shirt. Mostly because it has led to all this mindless name calling and hypocritical meat-eater bashing (if we all ate veggies, what would we give the third world folks?). If people want to eat meat, let them. If converting vegans is your goal, this is not the way to do it....

Posted by: Jesse | June 18, 2008 01:47 PM

Funny all of you write these comments about someone else and don't take the time to look in the mirror. There is nothing wrong with eating meat, and I noticed most of you referencing articles written by people who don't eat meat. Everyone has a right to their own opinion just like this website so explain to me what the problem is with other people eating red meat?

Posted by: Zack | June 18, 2008 01:48 PM

Honestly, I would rather have a girl with some "meat" on her bones than someone who only eats a salad and looks like a skeleton. And who really cares what Jessica Simpson thinks. Its not like thousands of girls are going to run out and only eat meat because she is wearing that shirt. Come on lets be reasonable here.

Posted by: Brian | June 18, 2008 01:50 PM

You veggies are retarded. Know your facts before you post that wings, chops and steak will make you fat...fat doesn't make you fat, carbs do....and not working out. And not raising animals for food will shore up grain to feed hungry children? Puhlez...the food fed to animals is usually grown on the same farm that supplies animals to slaughter houses. And my take on eating meat...kill 'em and grill 'em!!!!

Posted by: Joe | June 18, 2008 01:51 PM

Romans 14:1-3
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgement on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does. for God has accepted him.

Posted by: phil | June 18, 2008 01:53 PM

No offense to anyone on there beliefs, but some Vegetarians on here scream Compassion, yet you have none. I have Vegen friends and I respect them for their decisions not to eat meat, yet like them many of you hate meat eaters and call them stupid. So who is the compassionate ones? Hypocrits, need some Saratonin from meat to get rid of that anger.

Posted by: Randy | June 18, 2008 01:53 PM

Vegetarians look emaciated, sickly, and just plain unhealthy. Eating meat "steals" food from starving kids? Really? Heres an idea - if your starving don't have kids! Blame the stupid parents, not people who like a juicy steak instead of a pile of bird seed

Posted by: scotty | June 18, 2008 01:54 PM

I am not a vegetarian but I find the vehemence towards those who eat meat to be incredibly offensive and counterproductive as well. Comments about those who eat meat such as "I hope you choke on it and die" are so out of bounds I don't know where to begin. And using United Nations reports to bolster your argument when so many of their reports have been proven to be false or relying on faulty data, is no scientific evidence to improve your argument. Consistency and well-founded research is key. The silly assertion that Jesus was a vegetarian flies in the face of historical and archaeological proofs. Those types of claims makes people who might be open to your cause laugh and walk away. I have found many people who are committed vegetarians whom fight against animal cruelty, to also be pro-choice in the abortion arena. How do you condone such a dichotomy of thought and reason?

I eat less meat than I used to, but it certainly is not due to the work of PETA. It's a shame that a group fighting for a worthy cause would spend so much of its financial and respect capital on poorly crafted advertising and poorly documented evidence.

Posted by: prov163 | June 18, 2008 02:00 PM

If you don't want to eat meat thats just fine. It leaves more for me. Just don't try to force your ways on me and I won't force mine on you.

Posted by: anon | June 18, 2008 02:06 PM

As a mom of 4 cats, I agree that animal cruelty is wrong. But I also draw a distinction between cruelty to a domestic dog or cat, etc. to a chicken, pig or cow who is a source of nutrition and not necessarily intended to be the family pet.

Furthermore what I don't get: PETA has a cow - pun intended - when innocent animals are slaughtered for human consumption or human covering, but where are they to protest the slaughter of innocent babies by means of abortion? Something is amiss when you value an animal's life over that of a human's. Shame on you PETA and all of you who suscribe to this nonsense.

Posted by: Tina | June 18, 2008 02:09 PM

eveyone has a right to be a vegetarian. and everyone has a right to eat meat. i just wish that people would stop the name calling. it just mean. she not terrell owens. people need to ease up

Posted by: duffy | June 18, 2008 02:17 PM

I was watching History Channel the other night, and these scientists were saying that the main source for the evolution of human intelligence over other primates was our higher protein diet and consumption of meat.

Posted by: scott | June 18, 2008 02:18 PM

If god didn't want us to eat animals, WHY did he make them out of meat???

Posted by: Chris G | June 18, 2008 02:20 PM

eat more meat!!

Posted by: me | June 18, 2008 02:20 PM

Its political problems and not lack of food that keeps most people starving. We already have enough food to feed the world and the biggest problem causing food shortages is a lack of corn caused by rich Americans using it to fuel their hybrids and exerbated by recent flooding. Besides, converting land from free range to farm land depletes the soil and causes errosion, thereby also destroying the earth.

Posted by: Stormy | June 18, 2008 02:23 PM

I just have one question....What is PETA's stance on abortion?

Posted by: Jeff | June 18, 2008 02:24 PM

I love the shirt and it is about time celebrities started supporting us meat eaters. Why do you think she has such a healthy, sexy body? You small veggie eaters should learn from her.

Posted by: Jeff | June 18, 2008 02:24 PM

screw the environment and the starving kids. i want steak.

Posted by: unknown | June 18, 2008 02:25 PM

While I wouldn't want to visit a slaughter house, I love to eat meat. Eat it just about every day. Some points above in the comments are pretty funny.

Posted by: Jeff | June 18, 2008 02:26 PM

You know, I've been supporting peta for quite some time now, however, I disagree with you by calling Jessica Simpson Stupid. I am a meat eater. The majority of people in the world are. Peta, are you really trying to say were all stupid.

Posted by: Jojo | June 18, 2008 02:28 PM

I love the shirt even though I don't like her. I love meat and I think all of you are pansies. So eat my meat!

Posted by: josey | June 18, 2008 02:29 PM

Jessica may be an idiot; but not because she eats meat. PETA should constantly be ashamed of themselves for bullying everyone they dont agree with. This does nothing for your cause but make me want to eat a giant steak.

Posted by: Jonathan | June 18, 2008 02:35 PM

you get your stats from the U.N.? Figures

I guess we should all become cows now thats what you people are trying to make yourselves and everyone else.

I'm all for not mistreating animals but you people are nutjobs.

Posted by: RENEE | June 18, 2008 02:36 PM

Once again Peta people, you managed to get rylled up over a dumb chick who doesn't know that buffalo wings were made out of chicken and not actuall buffalos. Laugh at yourselves for taking her serious. Now that peta has brought this up, more chicks will get this shirt...Good job!

Posted by: migo lito | June 18, 2008 02:36 PM

I think it is hilarious that everyone is commenting a a SHIRT that someone wore. Is she the smartest, no. Does it matter what her shirt said...only if your only purpose in life is to critize others for what they wear. And for all of you other people making the statement that the word meat was a reference to the human male body part....don't act like you don't do it. It is pathetic. Is there one person that has posted that is perfect in everything they do? Doubt it. However, that hasn't stopped any of you for acting like you are better then her. Get on with your life and find something real to complain about!

Posted by: BAN | June 18, 2008 02:41 PM

Jessica Simpson can wear what ever she wants to. Shame on everyone for bashing her, who are you to judge someone for eating meat? That is stupid. Not her shirt.

Posted by: irisheyes | June 18, 2008 02:41 PM

I think her shirt is great, you people can't take it when someone challenges your holier than thou attitude.

Get a life!!

Posted by: Jason | June 18, 2008 02:41 PM

get over guys... Cows taste good!

Posted by: sf | June 18, 2008 02:42 PM

let her eat meat it wont hurt her for goodness sake! Its only a shirt remember

Posted by: Pete | June 18, 2008 02:45 PM

We have canine teeth for a reason. I was never a big beef fan (because of the taste) and did not eat a lot of it, but my doctor told me I needed to add more red meat to my diet because I had iron and protein deficiencies. Our bodies are made to be fueled by meat. It's a fact of life and it may seem cruel killing animals...but we need to survive as well.

Posted by: CougGal | June 18, 2008 02:54 PM

Personally I think you are a moron

Posted by: Lauren | June 18, 2008 02:59 PM

The benefits of becoming a vegetarian are sooo obvious I can't imagine any one still eat's meat. Let's review:
1) More vegetarians means more meat for me and mine!
2) More vegetarians means cheaper meat for me and mine!
3) More vegetarians means more weaklings running around for me to exploit for my own material gain!

EVERYONE GO VEGAN!!!!

Posted by: Stephen | June 18, 2008 03:03 PM

If you want to see the largest group of people with compassion, love for animals then go visit a group of hunters and talk to them about animal and nature and how hard the fight to keep thing in balance. If they did not they would not have animals to hunt in the future.

Kids starve in Africa because their parents raise them in a area of the world were farming is nearly impossible, not because some eat meat. If they cared about their families, they'd move.
It's not mean it's just the truth.

Posted by: Paul | June 18, 2008 03:04 PM

Why don't you worry about mistreated humans first? You have too much time on your hands. Try to worry more about unborn babies being dismembered by abortion first. Feed starving babies before focusing your energy on eating a cow. God put animals on this earth for FOOD, not entertainment. They were made for us to use. When all the children in the world have food and a place to sleep, then worry about animals.

Posted by: Angie | June 18, 2008 03:04 PM

What the F#*K is a lacto-ovo vegetarian???

Posted by: Lance | June 18, 2008 03:05 PM

The dastardly shirt in question is a shirt sold at Porterhouse Restaurant in New York City which, for all any of you knew, she ate a salad.

Posted by: Tabitha | June 18, 2008 03:11 PM

I must say PETA you have hit an all time low. How sad it is to see you have reverted to the second grade name calling. You may want to refer to your own top 5 and see just how true your top 5 are. With everyone trying to be "green" these days, its funny you would encourage only eating the things in this world that actuall produce OXYGEN for us to breathe. Cows and other such animals emitt gases and so forth into the atmosphere so people who eat meat are actually keeping the air cleaner. (to a point lol) But to call someone names because of a t shirt it totally insane. I dont want to support or be a part of any group who would be so petty and shallow. You should respect the opnions of anyone whether you agree or not. Congrats on an all time low. I can say you just lost at least 1 supporter.

Posted by: Kristin | June 18, 2008 03:13 PM

I'm not surprised she's wearing this since she has no brain. She's a retarded cowgirl!

To Micaela's reply- People don't need to eat animals to survive. Eating animals is humane. How would you like it if they ate you?? It's not same as animals eating animals. How can people still not get that?! LOL

Posted by: Kelly | June 18, 2008 03:14 PM

Talk about stupid. This whole article is one of the stupidest things I've read in a long time. Maybe I should come to this site and read more often. LOL

Posted by: big w@ang | June 18, 2008 03:16 PM

Eat a rib-eye and shut up!!!
You go Jessica!

Posted by: John | June 18, 2008 03:17 PM

I love jessica simpson... its just a shirt. get over it!

Posted by: Meg | June 18, 2008 03:19 PM

Speaking of compassion, I think PETA would be better served if they showed a little towards other human beings. Trashing a person (smart or dumb) and calling them names is NOT the way to help prevent animal cruelty. Also, being healthy and being slim are different things. I think it's offensive to state that gaining weight is bad; what you mean is that a vegetarian diet helps maintain a healthy weight. That does not automatically mean skinny.

Posted by: Saskia | June 18, 2008 03:19 PM

Remeber she was born in Texas

Posted by: Wolves | June 18, 2008 03:20 PM

Human beings are carnivors. We eat meat. It is unrealistic to think that we should, can and/or will stop eating mat. I agree that more humane ways to slaughter are necessary. But to try to convince everyone to "just say no" is not a realistic way to deal with the problem and also tends to turn off much of the constituency needed to make a change...the meaters!!!

Posted by: DPW | June 18, 2008 03:22 PM

I was sent to this site after the article on Jessica Simpson's shirt appeared on Fox news. So I don't sit here "trolling PETA's website" to make a point about eating meat. And deep down I don't think that it is wrong and I am trying to "compensate for my own guilt." It's a stupid shirt. This is nothing to freak out about. Some people eat meat and some don't. Half of those reasons on the list are false, incorrect and just offensive. I eat meat and I don't have weight issues, I am not the reason that kids are starving in Africa, with all of the techonology in this world I am pretty sure that eating meat is not what is destroying the planet, I have not seen a lot of compassion in these messages and my aunt was a vegetarian and we lost her three years ago to breast cancer. So, until you can get your facts straight on what you are reporting, why not just let it go. Seriously, it is just a shirt. Grow up and focus on feeding starving children instead of killing a cow.

Posted by: Shanna | June 18, 2008 03:22 PM

live and let live.......if you don't want to eat meat, don't.............please don't force your ideals on me

Posted by: rek | June 18, 2008 03:23 PM

hahahaha.... you people are so silly... recess is over now time to get back to class boy and girls

Posted by: notexan | June 18, 2008 03:24 PM

Actually, u guys are not completely right. its not just the meat that's making people overweight, it's all the MSG, sugar and cornstarch in the food... even if we didnt have meat, people would overcompensate with other good tasting foods and they would still be overweight.. But the animal cruelty thing is completely right, some farmers just treat their animals like objects and not living things and its not right.

Posted by: L33t | June 18, 2008 03:25 PM

Absolute idiot - period. People are complete morons in our society anymore. Eating meat for breakfast, luch, dinner, never considering the cruelty, suffering etc. that is takes to get them that food and they look the other way because "they" the idiots who stuff their faces with meat on a daily basis like the taste. I wish everyone who ate meat had to watch how the meat got to them. Vegetarians are such a more introspective and intelligent group of people.

Posted by: Mike Rodeno | June 18, 2008 03:25 PM

I agree with Amy's comment!

Posted by: April | June 18, 2008 03:25 PM

I saw this comment:
"Well, only real cruel peopel eat meat!!!!!!! I geuss shes one."

Sir your saying all the money she has donated to numerous charitys is cruel....just because your against meat eather gives you no right to judge w/o knowing the person. You just know what you read! I'd say your cruel!
GO MEAT EATERS!

Posted by: April | June 18, 2008 03:33 PM

wow.

so only previously feed-specific grain would somehow magically end up in the hands of children rather than being sold for bullets like the *billions* in handouts that successful meat-eating western countries give to the third world yearly?

greenhouse gases -- are you saying would you rather all of the precious cattle were DEAD? Dead cows are the only ones that don't fart (i.e. produce methane)

Just more proof you'll all believe pretty much any god damned thing, fact thrown out the window, as long as it makes you feel better about yourself.

Posted by: dan | June 18, 2008 03:34 PM

To all you morons bashing Jessica as ugly: she is either A) Way hotter than your girlfriend/wife/mistress/mom or 2) Way hotter than you. Honestly, vegetarians are idiots - you deny that humans have canine teeth for a reason, ie to eat friggin tasy animals. Nver seen a healthy looking vegatarian in my life... you all look like your starving, and your nasty pale skin is just not sexy at all. Vegatarians are just disgusting. Stay away from me, because you are weird

Posted by: scotty | June 18, 2008 03:34 PM

Jessica may be blonde, but she's certainly not dumb, and I'm very glad to see her standing up to the mindless PETA zombies. Humans are carnivores. It's how nature intended it to be. That's why we have canine teeth. That's why we have BBQ's. That's why meat tastes SO GOOD ! It's sad that some humans are becoming so pathetically weak and sensitive, that they can't even stomach the cost of survival anymore.

Posted by: Tom | June 18, 2008 03:35 PM

If I were Carrie Underwood, I would be laughing my bootie off....why doesn't Jessica just wear a shirt that says "I am VERY insecure"....=)

Posted by: dkay | June 18, 2008 03:37 PM

It's just a shirt......get over it. And as far as the statement about meat making you fat......I've eaten meat all my life and I'm a athletic size zero....I run marathons and work out at the gym. When it comes to eating meat it's not about eating none.....it's about moderation. Chicken and tuna are extremely healthy for you as long as they are not processed. Telling young women that they are going to lose weight simply because they become vegetarians is extremely misleading....I've seen many skinny women with celulite....skinny does not mean healthy. Plus, it's the way god intended it....the circle of life. People have been eating meat for decades and living healthy lives....it is only recently that America has been consumed by obese people and it is not from meat alone but from processed foods. We know that eating a piece of chicken with some green vegtables and a potato for dinner is healthy.....in 50 years....what will be the health side effects to a vegetarian?

Posted by: Giselle Turcotte | June 18, 2008 03:40 PM

Real people think for themselves, and refuse to have biased interest groups get them down, despite all the negativeness they perpetrate.
Go Jessica! If you choose to eat meat, so be it! More power to you! Freedom of choice lives. Freedom to destroy others for speaking their minds simply because they think differently than a SMALL minority exists too unfortunately. Oh well! I toast this incredibly juicy steak to you Jess.

Posted by: chris | June 18, 2008 03:40 PM

Meat is tasty.

Posted by: sean | June 18, 2008 03:45 PM

what happened to freedom of speech!? She is free to say whatever she wants, if you don't like it, turn around and leave! Vegans are crazy, you all need to be shipped to Mars, that's where you guys belong!

Posted by: SandraS. | June 18, 2008 03:46 PM

To Sarah way above:
PETA has trampled on the meat eater's soil, too. Don't even try to pull a fast one on us.

But, being a veg is not healthier. I know this first-hand. It all depends on your lifestyle.

Posted by: Elizabeth | June 18, 2008 03:48 PM

Jessica should be ashamed of herself having a shirt that says "Real Girls Eat Meet"... she should have a shirt that says "Real Girls Toss Salads"

Posted by: TinMan | June 18, 2008 03:48 PM

meat is the best food on the planet. I think she's super SEXY now. Before, I was worried she was getting weirded out by eating brain-wash food like all you do. I'm super glad someone in hollyweird is actually smart. Meat is the best food there is.

Posted by: shaggy | June 18, 2008 03:49 PM

This is the kind if sh*t to expect from talentless heartless manufactured pop tarts. Only idiots eat animals. I hope they choke to death!

Posted by: Natasha | June 18, 2008 03:50 PM

Why in the world do any of you care what some celebrity is wearing? How could it possibly affect your life?

Personally, I'm a fan of tolerance. I imagine most of you on here claim the same. I guess it's only if you agree, huh?

Posted by: Brad Harris | June 18, 2008 03:51 PM

Personally I don't really agree with PETA. By no means do I agree with cruelty to animals(Michael Vick, etc) but I think the organization takes it too far. It is hilarious to me that the posts on here have mentioned everything from breast cancer to the bible to try to defend not eating meat. The Bible one was really funny because Cain was a hunter, what did he hunt if we aren't suppose to eat meat? Not too many Berry Hunters out there. Christ's own disciples were fishermen. One quote for that post, "Take the plank out of your own eye first."

It is just a shirt. Laugh before the government finds some way to make us laughing offensive.

Excuse me now, I must finish my Bacon Double Cheeseburger from Five Guys Burgers and Fries, the best burger joint in the world. And if I die from that at least I died satified.

Posted by: Jeff | June 18, 2008 03:58 PM

"JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED THE SAME AS THE JUDGEMENT YE HAS PASSED ON OTHERS" The soldiers and veterans have paid with thier lives so that AMERICANS can have the right to thier own thoughts. We all have a right to be what we want to be and to serve in whichever relegion that we want to be in. Think about that the next time you want slam someone elses thinking. None of you in PETA want to be judged for being vegetarians so why have a double standard and judge those who eats meat or where a thoughtless shirt? Come on arent we adults or children?

Posted by: Joe | June 18, 2008 04:00 PM

[Sigh]. The hypocisy. You give someone like Underwood the superfluous title of "World's Sexiest Vegetarian", yet criticize someone like Simpson for having an opinion contrary to yours.

Posted by: Mark | June 18, 2008 04:00 PM

Allow me to start by saying that I am an open minded individual who sees both sides of this arguement. I typically do not comment on these types of things but happened upon this one by accident and felt compelled to respond. I work in Human Resources and see how many people in my area of the world struggle for jobs. I have seen the affect that closing a meat processing plant has on our already poor economy here in East Texas -just down the road from Jessica's Waco. I have seen families that are already on public assistance who struggle to make ends meet and feed the families they love while working long hours at a poultry or beef plant...but the positive side is that they do have jobs, they have a sense of pride and accomplishment that they are able to provide for their loved ones. It's great that these jobs are available for them. Think of the jobs that would be lost to the American people alone if McDonalds closed it's doors because they stopped selling burgers-my town has three and two are open 24/7. In case you aren't aware, public assistance does require that the person receiving benefits has some sort of income aka-a job. In some parts of the country, Texas included, fruit/veggies/grains are a part of the industry and jobs in those industries are available -but not in my part of Texas. Here we grow pine trees and pollen because the soil isn't good for growing many crops-especially the commercially grown type. If it were not for a good burger (piled w/veggies) or a good piece of fish or medium rare steak (w/veggies on the side), I would be a card carrying vegan...but instead of using your energy, resources, and money on marketing your cause, PETA, why don't you put it to better use by supplying aide to our country and others that could desperately use your assistance. Pour your money into helping horticulturalists/biologists/geologists learn how to naturally enhance soils so that crops would grow better, stronger, longer, and faster-without using harmful chemicals that affect our bodies and our environment. The staff writers you have who spend time researching/bashing celebs and the common man for their personal choices could very easily spend their time in a soup kitchen, at local food banks, volunteering at local animal shelters...or any number of things that could benefit those in need while supporting your cause. By the way, I just ate a yummy salad after almost being mauled at my local animal shelter by a full blood boxer who had never been agressive in his life, and had full obedience training. I am not against PETA or any other organization trying to do good for our world, I am against whiny, know it alls who waste their time and energy and take up valuable oxygen complaining about how others are destroying our world while sitting on their lazy butts typing away on their computers which waste energy that could be used to power a small town in rural Arkansas or a remote village in Africa so that the residents could have a generator to help filter amoeba infested water to make it fit for drinking, run a much needed medical facility to provide vaccines against malaria/polio or other potentially diseases, or to heat up a meal of rabbit and potatoes on a hot plate that will provide the only meal a family of 5 will eat for 2 days...when is the last time anyone at PETA missed a meal, got sick because of lack of medical care, or developed an intestinal virus because of tainted water. When you look at the big picture...it does not matter WHAT you eat...it only matters THAT you eat. Respectfully submitted, Kimmie

Posted by: Kimmie | June 18, 2008 04:03 PM

Hahaha you people are crazy. Eating meat does not mean you are stupid or cruel or anything. You are all just crazy. I love meat. Reading your posts makes me hungry for a juicy steak. BTW, I am a very healthy, in shape individual who loves to eat meat and loves to work out. Good luck convincing me its unhealthy. Enjoy your tofu. haha

Posted by: Chris | June 18, 2008 04:04 PM

Just FYI...this is a free country and people can eat meat whether it is an act you agree with or not. If you really want to make a statement with your facts, you should site your sources. As it stands, who really knows if what your saying is the truth or something you just created to make someone else look bad. Do I think she is the smartest person in the world? No, but it is not my place to judge other people nor is it yours, that is GOD's job.

Posted by: HLC | June 18, 2008 04:08 PM

Hmm

Isnt it a great sign of democracy and freedom of choice when folks can determine on their own if they want to eat meat or vegetables. Why is it that folks are so threatened they have to retaliate with the kind of responses above? We have eaten meat since our existence began on earth and it will be that way until we die. Hopefully folks will balance that with other choices. Resorting to this kind of language and attack only serves to place your group in the extreme. How about common sense education and leave extremism at home.

Posted by: Paul | June 18, 2008 04:08 PM

You guys are lame. Get a life.

Posted by: carnivore | June 18, 2008 04:08 PM

"It's sad that some humans are becoming so pathetically weak and sensitive, that they can't even stomach the cost of survival anymore."

Scotty, I agree. Today's news included a salon owner in London who was sued because a job applicant's "feelings" got hurt. It sets a bad legal precedent.

Posted by: Mark | June 18, 2008 04:10 PM

I'm so tired of PETA getting in a tiff over somebody expressing anything that doesn't match their views.
Hey if you want to be a vegetarian or a vegan, please go right ahead. I will not stop you. Just don't go nuts when I hunt, fish and eat meat. This is my right and my choice, not yours.
I support humanitarian societies but PETA is way too extremist for me. Everyone doesn't feel the way you do and no matter how much of a fuss you make many never will. There are stupid girls that eat meat and plenty of others that are vegan. Who cares. No reason to have a debate.
Wear that shirt Jess, its your right and your choice.

Posted by: LRG | June 18, 2008 04:15 PM

Not news worthy at all!!! Are you going to investigate whether the shirt is made out of organic cotton as well, why not bash her for something else... please, there are so many other true instances of animal cruelty that you could be writing about!!!

Posted by: Samantha | June 18, 2008 04:16 PM

You do not need to eat meat to pursue a healthy diet—protein yes, meat no.

"Protein has many important functions in the body and is essential for growth and maintenance. Protein needs can easily be met by eating a variety of plant-based foods." (USDA)

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association (the A.D.A. paper cited more than 250 studies—my comment) and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases....Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life-cycle including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence."
(As published in PubMed)

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 18, 2008 04:21 PM

Im not gonna lie, i LOVE me some meat, so what??

Jessica should brag shes with tony, i think its funny.

Posted by: Lindsey | June 18, 2008 04:21 PM

Mmmm... Steak, eggs and a rather large glass of milk.. Yummy!! Go Jessica Go!! obviously it does a body good... ha ha

Posted by: Christopher | June 18, 2008 04:23 PM

I understand that the way they kill animals is usually not all that great...but that doesnt mean people should just not eat meat at all...I am a oncology nurse and when patients are on chemo and their red blood cell levels drop, red meat is one of the best things they can eat to bring them up. Also, a lot of people on coumadin, the blood thinner, cant go vegetarian so do we make them feel bad for eating meat?

Posted by: rach | June 18, 2008 04:23 PM

Um... I personally like he shirt. I love to eat meat, and if you haven't noticed it even says in the bible we are supposed to eat meat. And NO! It doesn't take food away from starving kids cause HELLO! Eating plants also takes food away from starving kids, oh wise one! And might I add that they usally don't abuse the animals before they kill'em!!! They don't abuse them either, Now don't get me wrong, I love animals, but ,I"m not gonna turn into a leaf licken tree hugger for em!!! I persanolly LOVE the shirt and I just might buy one! And no I'm not stupid. Thank you for your time.

Posted by: Stefani | June 18, 2008 04:24 PM

You people all need to get a life! I love animals and they taste pretty good at madium rare with a little A1.

Posted by: Matt | June 18, 2008 04:30 PM

Umm.
"If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world. "
Cool. How many is that? Like, if 10 more people went vegetarian we'd feed the world? Or is it 20? 30? Oh, just more people. That is bunk. So is your "fat" theory. I am, male, 32, look 25, 44 inch chest, 32 inch waist, 6% bodyfat. My diet? Chicken, steak and fish in large quantities, some green veggies.
Am I stupid? Scored top 2% in SAT. IQ 136.
Am I cruel? Ask my cats, or the animals on the ranch I was hand on as a kid.
and MY GOD, I am not even going to touch the global warming BS meat industry theory. These are cow farts, people! Wow. I used to respect PETA for their beliefs and efforts. This just makes them look stupid, ignorant, uninformed. Actually, Jessica there seems to be the superior intellect in this brawl. Never EVER thought I would say that.

Posted by: SmarterThanU | June 18, 2008 04:31 PM

Ok, so the shirt is a little... off-beat.

Jessica Simpson is not a "stupid girl". How else does someone become worth multi-millions in music and film being stupid? More than meets the eye...

I agree on the cruelty to animals bit, but not all meat is processed in a way that is cruel to them. I love animals, but I love meat, too. The more people become aware of farming conditions, the stricter the laws are going to be to govern farms.

Let's just cut Jess a break.
Go Meat!

Posted by: rachel | June 18, 2008 04:33 PM

If eating meat is taking food away from starving children, stop and think about how many children Al Gore has killed by forcing Ethonal on the world -

For that matter, why is PETA so concerned about animals and Simpsons t-shirt but not
about children in Africa or child abuse in our own country?

Saving babies is a lot more important than chickens and livestock don't you think?

Posted by: RSW | June 18, 2008 04:35 PM

Wow. Quite judgemental in all your comments, don't you think? Come on...you all are making those of us who choose to eat meat as a healthy part of our diet out to be scum of the earth. I don't sling nasty comments your way because of your choices. Sure does seem that if we don't succumb to your way of believing we all are going straight to hell. Wow. Also-my husband and I eat meat that we cleanly and humanely harvest ourselves through bowhunting. Have ANY of you ever been out in the wild long enough to observe how "nature" takes care of her own? What do you all have to say about the ravenous mountain lion that rips the guts out of a baby elk while it is still breathing???? Pretty stinkin' cruel, wouldn't you say? Ahhhh, but for some reason, you'll justify it and say that it doesn't "count" in the argument about cruelty to animals. What happens when the herds get SO overpopulated because of imbalances that many of them slowly starve to death? Do you guys look beyond your own agendas long enough to REALLY consider all the cruel accusations you're making about those of us who are educated and work our tails off to provide our own MEAT for our families? And I'm sorry, but when I was younger and followed the whole "fad" thing of not eating meat, I was 15 pounds heavier!! All those carbs and very little protien added up to extra pounds as opposed to eating a well-rounded diet like I do now. Please get off your high horses and expend some of your energy in areas that might truly have an impact on other human beings in a positive way...

Posted by: M.L. Rauch | June 18, 2008 04:37 PM

I just have to say, I'm in 4-H and the slaughter-houses aren't that bad. Sure it's sad to see the animal you raised from a baby get killed but it's not THAT bad. In 4-H you raise the animal, auction it of at the fair and then you watch it get killed. I've been doing this since I was eight and I've raised five cows. I have one every year, and if you people are smart enough to figure out jessica is stupid then you'll be smart enough to figure out how ould this back woods northern wisconsin girl is!

Posted by: Dooger | June 18, 2008 04:40 PM

Fact: meat is delicious. Fact: Jessica Simpson is really hot.
That's a great shirt. Stop hating on my girl. We don't complain about your sick-looking vegetarians.

Posted by: tom | June 18, 2008 04:41 PM

damn some people are a bit too wound up. Have a couple of beers and a bratwurst and calm down.

Posted by: clay | June 18, 2008 04:42 PM

You people baffle me. It's a stupid shirt worn by an obnoxious pop star with a perverted dad. In no way is this worth anyones time or energy beyond that point.

Posted by: Zac | June 18, 2008 04:46 PM

I think that we ought to eat Jessica Simpson! I'm first!

Posted by: Mike Hunt | June 18, 2008 04:49 PM

So... Why does it seem as though giving up meat turns one into a bitter and caustic individual? You all seem like a little meat (interpret as you see fit) might do you well. At least, you might lose some of the vitriol.

Posted by: Rick | June 18, 2008 04:51 PM

Uh........does anyone think this conversation was taken a little to far? It's just a t- shirt.

Posted by: jen | June 18, 2008 04:54 PM

I don't know guys honestly I'm glad I live in America where you can do whatever you feel you have to. I live on a farm/feedlot and the sad truth is the only thing you people see is the negative side of the agriculture community. reality is the majority of cattle being raised for slaughter have very healthy and happy lives. I would invite any of you people to take a trip to a feedlot/farm/ranch anywhere in the country and you'll see what I'm talking about. These operators take great pride in the care of their animals. As for your judgement to people who do eat meat... really grow up we're built to eat meat and plants and for reason 4... Meat doesn't make you fat being lazy makes you fat. Just be more open minded

Posted by: Austin Kaess | June 18, 2008 04:56 PM

Vegans are Stupid.. Enough said

Posted by: Bob | June 18, 2008 04:56 PM

You people are idiots. So, if we don't eat meat, what is the purpose of having a cow or chicken around for?

Posted by: John Boyer | June 18, 2008 04:59 PM

I Now have a favorite girl country singer.....way to take a real stand on something worth while Jessica!!!!

Posted by: Joe | June 18, 2008 05:00 PM

you all are ridiculous!!!! We need meat in our diets to be healthy!! Its not being Cruel to eat meat, its the FOOD CHAIN!!!! Get a life and worry about something a little more important than livestock! Like maybe the war thats going on, crime rates rising in our country, educating our children, etc. Eating meat is a natural thing!! I understand killing animals for fur or something is pretty wrong. But EATING it? No! you people make me sick!!!

Posted by: katie | June 18, 2008 05:02 PM

Hey! I'm directing this to "Ken". Jesus was so a meat eater! If your not a christian than how would you know! How does anyone know! I'm a firm believer in christ and I believe in him because he helped me get through cancer! I'm thirteen and have seen miricales through him and I don't get why people are baggin jessica. You wouldn't like it if you wore a t-shirt saying, "Real girls eat leaves and hug trees" and then told you you where stupid! (Even though you are!!!)

Posted by: stefani | June 18, 2008 05:12 PM

There's plenty of room for meat eating girls right next to the K-Y Jelly! You go Girl! BTW copyright photo infringement - lawsuit coming soon PETA!

Posted by: Dave | June 18, 2008 05:14 PM

Are you serious? I had a VEGAN roommate and she was seriously overweight. Saying "meat makes you fat" is just, well, dumb. Not exercising/eating too much/bad thyroid condition makes you fat.

Not exactly stellar journalistic reporting here.

Posted by: Maggie | June 18, 2008 05:17 PM

Hmmmm? So being a couch potato & eating fries is more healthy than eating a chicken club & going jogging?

& You people call Mrs Simpson stupid?

Posted by: Rob | June 18, 2008 05:18 PM

the majority of the world still eats meat...

Posted by: jeep | June 18, 2008 05:22 PM

PEOPLE LIKE TO EAT MEAT! GET OVER IT!

Posted by: XXXXX | June 18, 2008 05:24 PM

Can someone elaborate on point 3 please? If we stop eating the animals will we not have even more to increase the green house effect as they are no longer being slaughtered for food?

Posted by: Connell | June 18, 2008 05:31 PM

Gee, the boyfriends of vegan chicks must be really bummed out guys. I know that I'd be bummed out if my chick didn't like to "go down" and "eat meat". (Big grin)

Posted by: Palerider | June 18, 2008 05:35 PM

Real guys eat meat too!!!

Posted by: Hunter | June 18, 2008 05:39 PM

This is for saucy

yes this is just a blog site but the person writing it is represented by a larger group and is therefore using their reputation, this is not simply a blog this is a representation of PETA

Posted by: Kim | June 18, 2008 05:39 PM

It's amazing that there could possibly be this many ignorant people in one place. I could go on for hours proving how truly ignorant some( by which I mean every one) of these comments truly are. And to Hettie G. If only animals are classified into species, then I guess all plants are considered animals too.... Oh wait, that would mean that all you vegetarians have to quit eating altogether. Wow, you will truly be missed when you starve, I won't have as many people to laugh at.

Posted by: Brandon | June 18, 2008 05:39 PM

Oh, get over it. It was a joke.

Posted by: Karen | June 18, 2008 05:40 PM

I eat meat and I see nothing wrong with it. Since the beginning of time we have been eating meat. It is an instinct to eat meat. If we were not intended to eat it like some animals are, then we would have never started eating it. I believe those animals were put on the planet for that purpose. TO EAT IT!!!

Posted by: Just me | June 18, 2008 05:47 PM

You tree-huggers are something else! I'll just say what everyone else is thinking: You people have no brain and I really feel sorry for you. You're missing out on one of the best meals on earth: A big 'ole fat juicy STEAK!! ...even better wrapped in bacon!!! I grew up on a farm and ranch in TX, so I know first hand the whole process from birth to dinner table. I bet 99% of you PETA wimps have never even been out of the city, never been to a farm or ranch- therefore, you have no idea what you're talking about. The Bible says that we "have dominion over every creature on earth", that means that meat was God's gift to us. Sure tastes good too!
The motto on our ranch is: "Ride your horse hard, eat red meat two meals a day, live a long and happy life!"

Posted by: ilike'emrare | June 18, 2008 05:48 PM

natasha: "People who eat meat are idiots"- is a very ignorant and arrogant statement. "I hope they choke to death"- That's good...put the animals above people Grow up.

Ken: What the hell are you talking about? What do Christians have to do with any of this? I think you just need anger managment.

Posted by: PETA sucks | June 18, 2008 05:50 PM

This is the stupidest thing I have ever witnessed. I like point number 5 about 16lbs of grain being equivalent to one pound of meat... who conducted that research Carrie Underwood. I would love to see the research methods and data to that study! Quick point; the majority of cattle graze in open pasture eating grass, last time a checked starving people in Africa couldn't digest prairie grass. I didn't really care for Jessica before this incident, but now I LOVE her!

Posted by: Bob Johnson | June 18, 2008 05:51 PM

To the people who ask if he has anything better to do than whine about animal rights issues.
No.
It is his job.
Do you have anything better to do than flip burgers when you are at your job?
No.

To the people who argue that "studies say there is enough food to go around it is distribution that is the problem"
Who did these studies? They are lying.
Just last month an official statement was released by the US government that the worlds population has outgrown the food supply.
There isn't enough food to go around.

To the people who know "plenty" of vegetarians who are "overweight" or "unhealthy" I give you an allowance of one.
I think what you mean is "I know A vegetarian who is a fatass"
'scuse my french.
I know at least 30 "god bless 'merica" steak eaters that are obese. Need skooter chairs to haul their fat guts around.
I think my fat friends outnumber yours.

There were a lot of other issues I would like to address, but Maya and a few other more eloquent and better informed me did it better already than I could ever hope to do.

Posted by: Brookelynne | June 18, 2008 05:53 PM

Some people need to get a life!!! I don't see any veggie heads nearly as hot as Jessica!!!!

Posted by: Chris | June 18, 2008 05:55 PM

I am sorry to say this but most of you vegans are just posers...you go out of your way to prove you are better than everyone else...but unfortunately you are merely trying to be different.
Humans are meat eaters, that is what our teeth are for...animals are there to feed us...it is survival of the strong..it is evolution in action....
BTW: Plants feel pain too!!!

Posted by: sailor | June 18, 2008 05:55 PM

PETA meat doesnt make you fat.That happens if you exercise and you have to exercise no matter what you eat. Meat is healthy:I know someone who is a vegetarian and her skin doesnt look good: its as if she died.

Posted by: Jamie | June 18, 2008 05:59 PM

Great job Jessica Real Girls and Boys Eat Meat and lots of it!!!! Mmmmm Yummy Meat!

Posted by: Warren | June 18, 2008 06:00 PM

Ok, ready for my two cents? Oh well here goes anyway. I will not comment on the breast cancer thing, I have no facts as to either way so I can't talk intellegantly about it. On the rest, it has been stated more than enough about the stupidity that eating meat causes people to be overweight, and futhermore the pro-vegitarins show little compassion for people whose views differ from there own. The thing I want to talk about is the greenhouse gases and the starving children points that was poorly attempted. If everyone in the world wakes up tomorrow a vegitiarn and no more animals are killed soon there will be an over population of these animals as they have no natural enemies and will continue to reproduce. The more animals running around combined with the humanthat both now consume plants to survive will depleate the world of all plant life in an alarming rate. Food will no longer exist and all life will cease to exist. Plants help remove pollutins from the air and with plant life being consumed faster than it is growing the greenhouse effect will be multiplied expotentionally. Truth be told meat eaters are need for the world to survive. Without us the world would destroy itself, you should thank us for keeping that from happening by controlling the animal population.

Take the blinders off and open your mind. I hope you e-mail me, I'd love to talk this out with you more.

Mark

Posted by: BigDaddy meat eater | June 18, 2008 06:02 PM

I am having a nice, well-marbled Rib Eye steak for dinner tonight, and tomorrow I am having veal.

Steak - it's what for dinner! (you bunch of plant murderers).

Posted by: Chris | June 18, 2008 06:05 PM

I can not believe the gooder than thou people in here. Don't break your arms off patting yourselves on your backs.
Why do u hate a person for what she wears? It's called FREEDOM do what you want! Not everyone thinks like u so that means we are losers.
Get over yourself. Beef, it's what s for dinner.

Posted by: Brad Hartman | June 18, 2008 06:14 PM

"This is the kind if sh*t to expect from talentless heartless manufactured pop tarts. Only idiots eat animals. I hope they choke to death!"

oh my god natasha! yu actually wish death on people who eat meat? you are an ugly person...and i really mean it. THAT is immoral.

and kelly, you are a nitwit. you should think and research before you open your mouth...really. people ARE animals...if we weren't, we couldn't be classified as a species. and you do need some form of meats to survive. people thousands of years ago died at the ages of 20-30 years old because they haven't yet developed the right technique to killing animals for their meat so they had to rely solely on veggies. and animals do eat other animals. how would i feel if i was eaten by one? well, if i wasn't the top of the food chain it'd suck but that's life...THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

ignorance is annoying and all of you guys who call meat eaters idiots and blood sucking vampires are dumb. look, we don't bash vegetarians for doing your thing, so quit being jerks about everything and worry about what really matters. cruelty to animals, not trying to survive. fight for the cows right to be humanely slaughtered. maybe from now on they shold just inject air into their blood stream so they die peacefully. eating meat doesnt make us bad people. it makes us people.
--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 18, 2008 06:15 PM

Once again PETA is getting their panties in a wad over what - a T shirt that states "real girls eat meat" If Jessica likes snacking on a T-bone, fish or ribs who cares? But it's never enough for PETA, they can't let it go. Some people like to eat meat and others don't. If PETA had their way everybody would be eating bark and dirt.

I hunt and guess what? I'm healthy. The deer, moose and grouse I eat are range free. Vension has nearly no cholostrol and there are no growth hormones. My deer steaks are great with salads.

Posted by: G-man | June 18, 2008 06:19 PM

Ken, yes the PETA types do post to pro-hunting sites and protest at NRA and other events as well.

Shawshank, Christ actually helped feed many people with fish and even helped people find fish to catch. I guess this means He was not a strict vegetarian. Of course, you may have mised those parts of the New Testament.

Posted by: Karl | June 18, 2008 06:20 PM

PETA, you need to get over yourself. You are a tiny minority in this big world. People have always eaten meat and will continue to always eat meat.

Posted by: Brandy Peavyhouse | June 18, 2008 06:22 PM

This discussion should not be about PETA, it should be about the cows, pigs, turkeys etc who are suffering.

Being overweight has many reasons - but the antibiotics, hormones and vaccines that go into meat WILL make people sick and cause cancer.

The cruelly treated animals are also much more likely to have mad cow disease and to live in fecal matter which causes ecoli and salmonella.

PETA works hard to encourage people to buy HUMANE CERTIFIED meat. "Free Range" is a bogus term and should be avoided.

Buying this kind of meat would mean small, local farmers would keep the economy local and people would have better lives overall in our communities!!

Small scale farming also means we would need to try being vegetarian once or twice a week so that the animals could have more land with fewer crowded cattle conditions and more room for them to roam.

Ask any vet, these humane conditions are MORE healthy and safe for people to eat this kind of meat. In the meantime, insist on buying humane certified and try going vegan or vegetarian once or twice a week,

Then you can have meat and support a healthy and partially cruelty free diet that's good for humans and the Earth as well!

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 18, 2008 06:25 PM

ELG, thank you...I was expecting major bashing...^^ I;m glad you actually took the time to read it...! I don't think that it should be done the way it's being done, but I love to eat meat and if it's such a massive problem about the way it's being done, why not make it nicer...and I think it'd be easier and much cheaper as well just to do a shot of air. or something that wouldn't have the chance to leak harmful chemicals into the animal.
--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 18, 2008 06:25 PM

I guess my post never was accepted 2 days ago when the 9 comments there were up seemed to only be pro PETA. Many people have iterated my points in the original post, but I just wanted to point out one more interesting piece of information.

Point #1: Eating Meat increased the risk of getting breast cancer. I looked up this study and it showed that only 1.12% of the people they tester developed breast cancer. Now, these are interesting numbers because the chances of a woman developing breast cancer and dying in the US is 3%. So the people who develop breast cancer is LESS than your chances of getting breast cancer and DYING (your chances of getting breast cancer in the states is 12.5%)
So if anything one could idiotically argue that eating red meat DECREASES your chances of getting breast cancer.

Studies are just studies. They are not facts. As you can see from above, these studies can easily be proven wrong and lead to very different conclusions. Heck, there was a study done once that showed men who looked at breasts multiple times a day lived x-number of years longer. Will people suddenly take that as a fact? No.

Posted by: Lynne | June 18, 2008 06:32 PM

Go Jessica...real women do eat meat. To all the veg-heads, shut up and leave this lady alone, she has more class than all of you!

Posted by: Tim | June 18, 2008 06:49 PM

Please... people get fat because they simply overeat and don't exercise. If you over-ate veggies you would get fat too.

This is crap.

"Do you have any idea what they do to those animals?"
"No, but it's delicious."

Posted by: D | June 18, 2008 06:54 PM

I think in a case like this, you have to consider who the source is...Jessica Simpson! If stupidity was a religion, she'd be the Pope! I can't imagine any person, meat eater or not, wearing such a lame-o shirt. I would think she'd be a little animal compassionate since she does look like a horse anyways!

Posted by: MeL | June 18, 2008 06:59 PM

Mark: You're wrong, just flat wrong. Adults may be able to subsist on a veggie/vegan diet with supplements, etc, but developing children cannot- plant protein does not equal animal protein. Essential amino acids and vitamins B12 can only be obtained from an omniverous diet, and depriving infants of this diet is negligent, ignorant, and selfish. We are meant to be omnivores, not vegetarians, and certainly not vegans. There are healthy ways to eat meat, and there are better ways to obtain it than current practice. But to wrongly suggest that the diet is safe in children is just plain WRONG. If you look back in Pubmed, the data does not support your claims.

Posted by: shellb | June 18, 2008 07:01 PM

Being a vegan at heart, but a lacto-ovo vegetarian in practice, raising two kids the same, and beng married to an omnivore, I can say, Hettie, that your recommendation to "fight for the cows right to be humanely slaughtered" would serve a LOT of good all around. I wouldn't start eating meat because it's humanely slaughtered, but it WOULD help. PETA, can you put a little more effort in that department?

Posted by: ELG | June 18, 2008 07:05 PM

Okay, let's all get off our own soapboxes and take an objective look at what really happens in the world. The same people that are saying that eating meat is cruel, uncompassionate, and will make you fat, are also the people that are causing havoc in the horse industry.

As an instructor for 8 years, and an avid horse lover since I can remember, I want nothing more than for every horse to be loved and cared for properly, but now we have these WACKO's that are depreciating the value and ultimately the death of many horses for lack of care because they rallied and got laws passed to keep horse slaughter from occuring in the US. Now, we have horses being starved to death or abandoned to find their own means, and unwanted or 'glue-only' quality horses that are up in years are not getting the ease that they deserve. All of this is happening because some well meaning people didn't think through the situation with reason, only emotion. Did you know that it costs a person that needs to put down their horse (for any reason, whether medical or other) over $600 because they also have to dispose of the body? Hmmm....

Now on to the case of slaughter being inhumane or painful... Anyone ever hear the old adage "Running around like a chicken with their head cut off"? Well let me tell you, when you cut a chicken's head off, they do run if you let them go. Do you honestly think that they feel pain when they have no head? NO!!! But their nerves are still firing. Kind of like how an amputee can still feel an itch in a limb that is no longer there.

Slaughter is done quickly. I believe that all places that do slaughter animals should do so in the most painless way possible, and i believe that they do! Most of the "Video"s that are shown are of the most horrific and graphic nature, that it really doesn't show what happens in a majority of establishments...Only the ones who's actions would cause the most emotional impact.

Now here is something to chew on: Those same people that are against slaughter and the eating of meat are also in the majority that make up the Abortion Right's activists wanting to be able to have one any time they choose. Let's see, it really isn't a crime to tear a baby to pieces while it's still alive and pull it out of the mother, but it is wrong for someone to eat meat? Double standard? Yep. I think so.

Before you brandish your ideals, be sure that you have all the facts. Not just a reaction pulled from your rear by your emotion and touchy-feely crap. I am just as compassionate as any of you left-wing tree huggers, but let's face it! You are designed to eat meat! You have been physically for it! It tast's good! And, any doctor will tell you, that in order for a woman to be healthy, she needs lots of iron. The best way for your body to get iron is to absorb it from the food you eat. And no, there is no veggi that can give you what a piece of meat can.

Think first! Then Blab!

Posted by: Christina | June 18, 2008 07:08 PM

I think people need to mind their own business. If someone wants to eat meat then they can eat meat. If they want to be a vegetarian, then they can be a vegetarian. My daughter is a vegetarian. I eat meat. It's a choice. People have eaten meat since time began and people have eaten veggies since time began. I'm not a big Jessica fan but if wearing this shirt is the worst thing she ever does then she's doing pretty darn good.

Posted by: Suzie | June 18, 2008 07:13 PM

Get over it, I mean really... just get over it and live your life. You eat what you want, and let meat eaters eat what they want. Sheeesh.

Posted by: Stacy | June 18, 2008 07:27 PM

I don't understand how a group (whether it be PETA or vegetarians) who condone compassion, can tear down another person for making a personal choice. I'm a meat-eater, and I don't go up to every vegetarian or vegan I know and say 'You're an idiot. You're insane. You're a cruel, horrible person'. At most I say...whoa, I don't think I could ever give up meat.

If PETA was founded to protect animals, surely there are better things to attack in the world other than people who eat steak. Protest illegal hunting, or start a movement to protect an endangered species, or join in to help prevent the abuse of pets. Punishing someone because they aren't like you in ways is what homophobia and racism are founded on.

Compassion is sexy? Then be compassionate and understand that while the idea of a thick juicy steak makes you think of slaughterhouses and screaming animals, it just makes other people think of a nice meal. You shouldn't condemn people for living their lives different from the way you live yours.

Posted by: JessiB | June 18, 2008 07:33 PM

Dooger said, "I just have to say, I'm in 4-H and the slaughterhouses aren't that bad. Sure it's sad to see the animal you raised from a baby get killed but it's not THAT bad."

Would your opinion be different if you were the cow?

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 18, 2008 07:39 PM

PETA women have small boobs...give me a "meat eater" every time...

Posted by: john | June 18, 2008 07:46 PM

16lbs of grain to make 1 lb of meat.....

Wouldn't the cow be eating it anyway? By butchering the cow into meat, you're actually saving grain..... Or lets take it one step further... Lets kill ALL the cows, chickens, pigs, etc to free up the grain for starving children. It would make a great cookout.

I'm not a fan of anyone that abuses animals, but lets get real here. I think PETA needs to refocus their attention to protecting animal rights without trying to pass judgement on mine or others choices. Yes, raising animals for food has some nasty sides, so does cutting back the rain forests for farmland, etc. Lets go down the slippery slope a bit. We do this to animals to feed an increasing population, maybe PETA need to think about getting involed in population control. Start a movement to limit the number of children a family can have, just like China. That would reduce demand for animal flesh.

Posted by: Mike | June 18, 2008 07:47 PM

All of you need to get over it. Its such a stupid thing to make a huge deal out of. People like you would destroy my states economy. I'm a meat eater and damn proud of it.

Posted by: Megan | June 18, 2008 07:51 PM

Ya know if God didnt intend for us to eat critters.............why did HE make them taste so durn good?????

Posted by: Stu Benshoof | June 18, 2008 07:54 PM

PETA, you guys need to get a life. If you want to eat veggies fine, but the last time I checked this was the USA and we can eat what ever the hell we want. If any one here is stupid, its PETA.

Posted by: Scott | June 18, 2008 07:58 PM

I hate to break it to all the vegetarians in the world, but nature designed us to eat meat and animal products. We require vitamin B12 to live and you can only get it naturally from animal products. A diet devoid of all animal products will result in death within 3 years due to vitamin B12 deficiency so people who don't eat animal products must take vitamin supplements. Any diet which requires you to take vitamin supplements in order to not be fatal cannot be a diet that nature intended for us to eat.

Posted by: patrick | June 18, 2008 07:59 PM

This is a great example of people who need to get a life. Who cares what she wears and what's printed on it. We should all be glad she's wearing clothes unlike many singers and starlets.

Posted by: John | June 18, 2008 08:03 PM

I love the ignorant comments from people who know nothing about farming or animal science. Saying cutting piglets tails off is the same as saying it is cruel to circumcise or cut the umbilical cord of a human. Most animal practices are done to keep the animal healthy. I'm glad people think that they can watch one video that misrepresents 99% of the animal industry and then think they know what they are talking about.

Posted by: Jack | June 18, 2008 08:12 PM

Wow some of these comments...
It is really sad that people only care when a celebrity is involved(200+ comments). I do not really give a damn about what this woman thinks.I have an issue with all of the comments about how eating meat is natural and other animals do not care when they kill so why should we.Non human animals do not enslave and raise other animals for food. They make the kill so they can survive because they have no other options, no malice is involved. We however do have many simple alternatives to killing (and also enviromental destruction).We consider ourselves to be "superior" and "moral" beings. Maybe we should start acting so. And anyway since when have we taken cues from animals? A lioness will sometimes kill her cub, cannibalism sometimes occurs as do many other behaviors we would grimace at.There is nothing natural about veal,caviar and factory farming.No other animal consumes milk beyond infancy in the wild and certainly not cheese. Eggs are sometimes eaten by members of the weasel family and many other scavengers.Animals are different from us and we from them.However we are very much te same. The fact is they are living and feeling beings with their own unique behaviors and dare I say altruism! Willingly consuming meat when you are aware of the immense suffering (also leather,fur and other animal products) is something I believe to be very wrong. However if you can devour suffering with a clear conscience that is your choice.
Obviously simply consuming meat will not make you "fat". Meat is high in cholesterol and fat but there are many other factors. I am a vegan and quite thin and my mum is a meat eater and also in very good shape. She eats lean meats coupled with exercise and a balanced diet. Remarks like the above are not helping your cause Peta but simply giving you negative exposure. Who cares about shallow popstars? Focus on the real issues. I say this as a vegan and devoted animal activist!

Posted by: Annalena | June 18, 2008 08:13 PM

Obviously eating meat hasn't made her fat. Ms. Underwood has been known to pack on the pounds, ergo AT LEAST one of your points is wrong.

Face it, all you skinny and/or fat vegan bimbo's are jealous of Jessica and her gorgeous meat-bred body.

Face it girls, your dental and digestive biology PROVE that homo sapiens need meat.

Try bison, it's actually good for you.

T. Turner.

Posted by: Rocketman82 | June 18, 2008 08:19 PM

Give me a break already, who cares? If you are so worried about eating meat than handle up on this salami!

Posted by: Trey Martin | June 18, 2008 08:27 PM

Uhh Saucy?

The bible says we are not allowed to eat the flesh of animals right? But we are allowed to eat bread and crackers that represent the flesh of jesus? Weird huh?

Or is it ok because we're not eating the actual flesh of Jesus? Well I'm sure if his flesh was available for consumption, it would be replaced with those crackers in a heartbeat. Yummy Jesus Christ!

Posted by: michaela | June 18, 2008 08:41 PM

Im sorry but who gives you the right to tell us meat eaters what to do. I know peta doctors its information to give it more "shock". Im not that stupid. Most likely you wont even have the balls to let this get posted.

Posted by: People Eating Tasty Animals | June 18, 2008 08:45 PM

I have been on the PETA website and I have to say I find it quite entertaining. I just shake my head when I read some of the extreme comments made by pro-PETA people. If you want to be a vegetarian, more power to you. Ragging on others who do not support your view points make you hypocritical and narrow minded. Why do you care if Jessica Simpson eats meat or what she wears. Ever hear of a joke?

I'm proud to say I eat meat. Beef, pork, chicken, fish, etc. No amount of "slaughterhouse" videos or "brainwashing" can make me change my diet. Quit trying to convert the entire world and just enjoy the lifestyle you have chosen to live and leave others alone.

Posted by: Ginger | June 18, 2008 08:46 PM

You people are nuts, seek help.

Posted by: annoy | June 18, 2008 08:50 PM

i have seen plenty of over weight veggie lovers so the part about eating just veggies and not being overweight is simply wrong

Posted by: danney brantley | June 18, 2008 08:51 PM

look, there is nothing wrong eating meat. I do eat it myself, however (and this is a big however) all of the meat i have is free range and has been killed in a humane manner. Animals are being killed every day for food and if their meat is not going to be consumed, it is just going to waste and their sacrifice would have been in vain.

i have animals of my own and ive had to put a few down for several reasons. One of them had to be and it was not due to a contagen or an infection- now are you all telling me that i should have just burried it and left all of the perfectly good meat go to waste?

I belive everyone can make their own decision and make up their own minds, but i dont really see it as fair if meat eaters let vegetarians be, for vegetarians to label and be nasty to those eating a more varied diet.

and as it is, humans are ment to eat meat- we need the iron. We are omnivorous mammals and its just hte way things are.

You dont tsk tsk when you see a bear kill a cute little fawn doe you? ITS an omnivor... it could eat just grassses and fruit. its called the bear neeeded iron. If it didnt eat meat, it woudl get sick.

Us humans can take suplements but i donyt honestly belive that was how we were intended to live, popping pill after pill to eat an irregualr diet.

Posted by: Megan | June 18, 2008 09:01 PM

I think that PETA has too much time on their hands. You will never prevent people from eating meat, never. You have so many positive initiatives that are productive in the fight for E.T.A. Why focus on this?

Posted by: Marc | June 18, 2008 09:14 PM

Oh wow. That has to be the most stupid thing I have ever heard... by making food we starve little kids across the world?? Please! get youre facts straight. Meat is not the devil. OK? You can eat it. Dont fear it...YOu all have lost your flippen mind. Lions eat meat...maybe we should kill them off...then we could feed starving children. And then we could start violent protests infront of meat shops, that will show them! Meat must die...No...stupid people like you should die...its not just real girls eat meat...humans eat meat...that is the way the world works. If you have a problem with it then deal because it's not going to change.

Posted by: Kelsey Cumley | June 18, 2008 09:29 PM

I love all animals. Some are warm and fuzzy and fun to play with, like our kitties. Others are big, fat and just plain delicious! So, you see...there's something for everyone. Bon appetit!

Posted by: ryno | June 18, 2008 09:30 PM

Just because a celeberty eats or does not eat meat does not mean that is what others should do. I have a friend who can't eat vegies because he gets very ill. I also have a friend who worked in a slaugther house in England and will not eat meat. They don't preach their choices, they live by what they need. BTW, I eat both meat and vegies well aware of how these essential food sources are processed. Chicken breast for the protien, fruits and vegies for the vitamins, rice and whole grain bread for the carbs. Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: David | June 18, 2008 09:32 PM

Oh puh-lease.

I'm with Jessica on this one.

Gotta go - hamburgers for dinner! Yum!

Posted by: Sarah (age 21) | June 18, 2008 09:43 PM

My first post apparently wasn't 'approved' either. Imagine that......

I believe that animals should be treated humanely, I also believe that they are a source of food. A lot of the arguments I've read border on the childish, from bringing religon into it to who's fatter, meat eaters or vegetarians. The use of the word 'stupid' by this organization only makes them look bad. All animals should be treated ethically, but apparently PETA has decided that they can choose who gets treated nice, and who they throw under the bus....
PETA could do much more if they stuck to the real issues and not continue to do hatchet jobs such as this. It only hurts their credibility.

It is what it is, humans eat meat, if you choose not to, then thats your decision. More power to you and I hope you live a long and happy life. I'll continue to make 'veggie' meals for my guests that choose this lifestyle when they are in my home. I also hope they never try to repay the favor when I'm in theirs, vegetarians honestly can't cook meat worth a darn.

Posted by: Mike | June 18, 2008 10:11 PM

Now she can prove that she's stupid without opening her mouth! Someone needs to send her Meet Your Meat.

Posted by: Kelly | June 18, 2008 10:15 PM

Real Girls Also Keep Their Men Satisfied....maybe that's why she's single and always getting dumped!

With that awful shirt she can now prove that she's stupid without opening her mouth! Someone needs to send Stupid "Meet Your Meat."

Posted by: Kelly | June 18, 2008 10:18 PM

OK, first, she can wear anything she wants. Second, you idiots need to get a life. Third, have any of you ever worked on a farm, how do you know the animals are treated badly. I worked on a farm and the animals, usually ate better than we did. I do not feel sorry for killing a cow to feed my family, or a pig or deer, or any other thing for that matter. You can not be healthy and not eat meat, meat gives you protein. Get a life you idiots. I don't see how there can be so many stupid people in this country. Tell you what you don't want to eat meat go some place where there is no meat. Umm wait you can't. The bible says the animals of the earth were put here for people to use. By use I mean eat. Get a life.

Posted by: Robert | June 18, 2008 10:18 PM

Dear PETA,

No one criticizes you for choosing to go vegan, and so why do you think you get to bully people who choose to eat meat? Most are not "monsters" or heartless criminals. Most are men, women, and their families who are hard-working and pay their taxes so you, as PETA, don't have to. Bombarding us about how fat we are, or how we're going to get cancer leaves us no room to respect you. Learn.

Posted by: Shirley | June 18, 2008 10:22 PM

I dont under stand how you come to the conclusion that raising animals cause greenhouse gass emissions.

Posted by: Crystal | June 18, 2008 10:35 PM

I totally agree!
I am a TOTAL vegiterian, and to think I used to like her, hah!
Slaughter should be ended, we can live off of fruits and vegtables, and other such things NOT containing meat! I am 100% against slaughter, and animal fighting, or any other sort of abuse!

Posted by: Alyssa | June 18, 2008 10:52 PM

Meat tastes good.

Posted by: Medium rare | June 18, 2008 10:56 PM

common people its only a t-shirt.

Posted by: didiz | June 18, 2008 11:10 PM

I agree with Kelly.

Thought I am a vegitarian, I don't think it is fiar to push my beliefs on others, and insult people for what they do.

Up untill the last 25 years it has been perfectly acceptable to eat meat. So why should a girl, raised in a state where they most likely pushed her to have a nice rack of ribs every night, feel bad about that?

It isnt our place to be smearing this girl, all over telivision and the internet about a shirt she wears.

Come on people, how cruel can you get. Its a piece of clothing. So, in your opinion, it isnt okay to kill an animal and eat it, but it is okay to completly massacre a girls self esteem?

Your all a bunch of hypocrits if you ask me. Let's not eat meat in peace, and leave the people that do alone. It wouldn't be fair if this happened to any of us, and its ridiculous if you think you have the right to act this way.

Posted by: Bri | June 18, 2008 11:15 PM

I'm a vegetarian and it infuriates me when other vegetarians make dumb comments like this... It's a freaking shirt people, who gives a hoot?!
This is why people think we are crazy, can't you just enjoy your lifestyle without imposing it on everybody else?? Humans are in fact carnivores, they are supposed to eat meat. I don't like it so I don't do it, but you can't expect everyone to just change.
I'm ashamed, Peta always finds a way to bring vegetarians and vegans a bad name.

Posted by: Minerva | June 18, 2008 11:25 PM

I've always supported the PETA message, but reading a board like this makes me second-guess that.

What a load of emotive hyperbole.

The woman wore a dumb shirt. Get over it. The pseudo-science in the original piece is matched only by the hysteria of the responses 'Cruelty!', 'Torture!', 'Ignorance'

Meat doesn't make someone fat. Eating more calories than you use up makes you fat.

Eating meat STEALS FOOD FROM STARVING KIDS? As has been said before, this one is not even worth a rebuttal. Utter drivel.

When the PETA crew get a grip on reality and lose the hysterics you will be in a better position to effect real change for good.

In the meantime, articles like this (and the responses) only degrade any credibility you have left.

Posted by: Jade | June 18, 2008 11:26 PM

The shirt is obviously ambiguous, and most likely meant to be silly or fun. But since other points were made about why eating meat is "bad" I thought I'd throw in my few cents:
Frist: Moderation is key in anything. There are plenty of benefits to eating meat, but of course if that's all a person eats (and if they don't exercise), they will certainly become unhealthy.
Next: It is upsetting the way animals are treated in the mass farming industry. They are crowded and prone to diseases, which makes for bad meat. That to me is more upsetting than how they are killed.
Lastly: Are meat eaters really keeping grain away from starving children? Really? Seems to me one factor could be a government which continues to pay people to NOT farm their land or grow crops, but rather leave the land sitting empty. Another might be the people who want to take potential food and turn it into fuel for their cars.
Mostly what I don't understand is why people are spending so much time bashing others for lifestyle choices, calling other people "idiots" or "nitwits" (those are just a few of the choice insults I read in the comments), when they could be putting that time toward getting educated and taking a stand on something that matters.

Posted by: Heather | June 18, 2008 11:57 PM

Feel in your mouth. Notice those sharp sets of teeth? Guess what you are suppose to use them for? Guess what those enzymes in your GI are for? Meh, let your kids have birth defects. Rise congenital diseases rise!!!

Posted by: The Laughing G-D | June 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Funny, why is it always the vegan girls are the angriest, most vitriolic and apt to cause harm to others while the girls who eat meat are as kind as a kitten?

And please tell me how successful PETA has been in getting Africans to stop hunting for meat and live off a vegetarian only diet?

Posted by: Farmer John | June 19, 2008 12:25 AM

Um- I don't even like Jess, but the shirt is funny. And, also, I come from a long line of rednecks where a chick eating a medium steak with blood on the plate is sexy. I LOVE prime rib. Wouldn't give it up for anything. I believe that God put animals here for us to eat. I think we should kill them humanely and call it good. I also think PETA goes way too far sometimes and could accomplish more good if they weren't so ridiculously extremist.

Posted by: Shannon | June 19, 2008 12:26 AM

Jessica is obviously insecure about her boyfriend's ex Carrie Underwood (and she should be...have you seen Ms. Underwood?!). As far as I'm concerned Jessica needs to grow up and perhaps invest in an education about how cruel most of the meat industry is. You Go Carrie!- you are the talented one after all!

Posted by: E | June 19, 2008 12:36 AM

It's just a slogan as far as she's concerned. She's not looking more deeply into the issues.
She's not taunting PETA.
Give her loads of info.
Maybe she'll come around.
If not- NAIL HER!

Posted by: jg | June 19, 2008 12:56 AM

I'm glad we don't have veggies in our military. I doubt they could squeeze a trigger or carry a 80lb ruck sack.

Posted by: reuben | June 19, 2008 12:57 AM

Whoa!!! Everyone is welcome to voice their opinions- whether we agree with Peta or not. I see most here don't. That's fine.
But please bear in mind that we're all guests here, and a little respect for our host wouldn't hurt.
My opinion-real kind girls don't eat meat.

Posted by: lynda downie | June 19, 2008 01:06 AM

Meat is natural, but every one to their own I say.

Vegetarian and vegans are generally deficient in vitamins and minerals.

Even seen a lion catch a gazelle. or a bear a fish? or a hawk a mouse. Nature. Pure unadulterated nature,
Just because we are smart enough to farm them doesn't make us cruel. some peoples methods are cruel admittedly which could be changed for the better hopefully.

Cruelty is allowing poor counties to overpopulate themselves which is a vicious cycle.

Enough grain wont increase the brain, you need meat for that. Bigger brains means more education and a sustainable population..

Posted by: Speter | June 19, 2008 02:32 AM

"If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world."

There is sufficient grain growth capacity to feed the world. Distribution is the problem, as well as dictatorships, poverty, greed, and a whole host of other issues that precede meat-eating.

Where's the beef?

Posted by: HungryMan | June 19, 2008 03:00 AM

I think we should also ban all of those carnivores in the wild from eating meat. Did you know it causes an intense pain to an antelope to be killed by a lion? Can you imagine if you were a salmon and a bear pulled you out of the river to use you as a snack? The point is, people are omnivores. Grow up.

Posted by: matthew | June 19, 2008 03:21 AM

Just because you guys are so freaking stupid, I am going to eat 2 steaks this weekend. Please - Stealing from starving children are you really that clueless ?

Why are the so many fat vegetarian's ? Maybe all those fruit pies

Posted by: George | June 19, 2008 05:40 AM

WTF is this shit.. stop complaining and make me a sandwich! With extra salami!

Posted by: Chris | June 19, 2008 08:16 AM

I'm a 40 year old mom. I love animals and have many pets. I don't eat veal or wear fur.Please get over yourselves. There's a difference between eating meat and animal cruelty. Lighten up peaple.

Posted by: ANDREA DRISCOLL | June 19, 2008 08:40 AM

Why don't you just relax and go have some nice healthy tomatos.

Posted by: jom | June 19, 2008 08:45 AM

Meatheads eat meat.

Posted by: Balance | June 19, 2008 08:47 AM

#1 As far as meat making you fat, why don't you check out a real gym and see what the serious lifters with the leanest bodies eat. Hint - it's not celery.

#2 All the vagetarian (spelling is correct)ladies who responded with much hatred and jealousy for JS need to medicate.

Posted by: Skip | June 19, 2008 08:52 AM

I'm not a vegetarian. I'm a meatatarian.

Posted by: Jason | June 19, 2008 08:54 AM

I must say, half of the comments on this page (1)REALLY make me not want to become a vegetarian and (2) not like PETA, as it and its advocates come off as being pompous jerks. I'm not saying all vegetarians/vegans are like this but I believe that people reserve the right to eat what they want. Why is it that most of the posters sound like they have their nose high up in the air where they can look down on other people? So what if the girl was wearing a shirt that said real girls eat meat? You advocate against animal cruelty, but the fact is, even if someone found a way to humanely put down the animals for consumption, you'd still complain! People have been eating meat since the dawn of time. It's natural, ok? Yes, cavemen hunted for twigs and berries but their staple was MEAT. And let me tell ya, I'm sure clubbing a mammoth or a sabertooth over the head was not humane, but I don't see anyone complaining about past historical methods. And what about people that are starving in 3rd world countries, whose diet of starch and MEAT is being provided by non for profits? Are you going to tell them they can't have it because the meat processing industry is cruel? There can be no exceptions to your judgment - it's all or nothing. People eat meat for a lot of different reasons, including everything from taste to religion. If you want to complain about baby seals being clubbed, I'll support you there. IF you want to discuss about how minks, rabbits and other animals are being murdered simply to be turned into coats and accesories, I'm behind you 100%. But don't judge me or bother me about what I choose to put in my mouth!

Posted by: Tam | June 19, 2008 09:09 AM

I grew a garden and raised animals for years for my children to eat. We were not cruel to them, we watched them get slaughtered, and we ate them. It's the cycle of life. I've never gained weight from eating meat. It's called not OVER eating, people. Get a life. It doesn't matter what you eat so much as how much you eat. No offense, but making sure MY kids ate was my priority. That is a parents first responsibility. I'm not going to starve my kids just so kids in other countries can eat, I'd go to jail for that. At least I knew where our meat came from and what the animals were fed. In this economy some people have to do what they have to do to survive. You all need to worry about more important things than what Jessica Simpson is wearing on her shirt. Give me a break!!!!!!!

Posted by: Barbara | June 19, 2008 09:31 AM

And on a second note, not be vulgar, but I did a little background check on the origin of that shirt...it's referring to giving head. Just putting that out there.

Posted by: Tam | June 19, 2008 09:38 AM

There is NO difference between eating meat and cruelty to animals. You like to think so because you want to ease your consciences. Well, easing your consciences doesn't lessen the suffering of cows and pigs because of your selfishness. I know that thinking about someone other than yourself is going to seem a foreign concept to many on here, but just try it.

Posted by: Antigone1000 | June 19, 2008 09:57 AM

No john, Posted Jun 18, 2008 @7:46pm
I'm a 34 C, 24" waist, 33
and O'Natural!!
Always maintained that even when I was a "Meat Eater"
Veg Power!!

Posted by: Carla | June 19, 2008 10:55 AM

I can't believe that I am taking the time to comment on such a "has been." Next week, she will have on a "Go Green" t-shirt because it is trendy. Another clueless dumb@$$!

Posted by: Wendy | June 19, 2008 11:28 AM

All the meat-eaters here need to notice this:

1. Yes, PETA are slightly offensive but they are only using propaganda to further their cause like all organisations, so GET OVER IT meat eaters. Besides, I interviewed Jessica Simpson once and she is NOT smart in any way or form.

2. Stop attacking vegetarians. We are not all like PETA. We do befriend and understand that meat-eaters retain compassion.

3. All the idiots out there who think they know best because they study Economics (WOW!! who gives a crap??). Peta is technically correct in saying that greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced (PARTLY) if land was used instead for crop growing.

Thx,
DOG FACE

Posted by: DOG FACE | June 19, 2008 11:54 AM

Nothing better than an Outback Steakouse Victorias Fillet....Well if it was served by a topless Jessica Simpson that would be better.

Carnivores Unite !

Posted by: Meat Eater | June 19, 2008 11:54 AM

Because the bible tells me so!
The Bible says many things I do not agree with. Just talk to my homosexual cousin who has been disowned!

You are not pure carnivores! A mako shark in a carnivore.I doubt you have the stealthy hunting skills of a bird of prey. You are an omnivore. If meat is so natural go hunt down a moose with your canine teeth instead of pulling a plastic wrapped hormone laced cut of a shelf.
You can not "love" something and eat it. What you mean to say is you love the flavor of animals.Haha. I am not jealous of Jessica Simpson.Really. I do not long to be a blond superficial celebrity, her only worth being how "hot" men think she is. I am perfectly happy being a small chested brunette (who is not overweight). Go ahead chow down on slaughtered animals. I am perfectly happy with my fruit and vegetables.Why should the horrors of meat consumption bother you if you are so adoring of your steak?
I bet people taste pretty good! Can I eat my fellow humans. It is natural for animals to do so.Oh wait..by your logic people are superior and can do whatever they want to animals but never to eachother. Stop allying yourself with animal behavior yet utterly seperating yourselves at the same time.

Posted by: Annalena | June 19, 2008 12:48 PM

Go Jessica! Ha Ha!

Posted by: juneo | June 19, 2008 12:53 PM

Your #4 reason is offensive, and the reason why I can't stand PETA even though I'm a vegetarian.

As a vegetarian woman who eats healthy and works out regularly, I am blessed with those "flabby thighs and love handles". Hey, it happens when you reach a certain age.

What a low blow you deal to all women, young and old, by exploiting self-esteem for the sake of animal rights.

How dare you.

Posted by: karen | June 19, 2008 01:01 PM

I have been a vegan for almost 4 years and I have to say honestly that the above entry is the main reason vegans and vegetarians are ostracized and marginalized. Seriously, you can flame me or not, but attacking someone's apparel without knowing anything about it? Let me go out on a limb (further) by saying that it's not right to pile on someone you don't even know (her being famous doesn't count as "knowing" JS by the way). In fact, it doesn't make any sense. Being an animal rights site you'd think the author would be frying bigger fish (no pun intended, honest). You guys talk about compassionate living. I don't detect even a shred of that here. I LOVE animals, but we are also here to love and learn from one another-as human beings. Just saying.

Posted by: Tara | June 19, 2008 01:50 PM

yeah - we do cut the tails off baby pigs and we cut out their testies - it's part of have animals (that i love to eat!) oh - but wait thats not cool right? so i guess you don't fix your dogs and cats either. whoever wrote these 5 reasons is a complete moron. get a freakin life people!!! Jessica Simpson it one star who can poke a little fun at you freaks and by the way she has a lot more going for her than any of you will ever dream of. like a life! anyone? anyone?

Posted by: I love MEAT! | June 19, 2008 02:24 PM

This blog lost its crediability a long time ago.

I love coming to laugh at how ignorant and self-righteous some people are that post.

Oh, go meat!

Posted by: Brandon | June 19, 2008 03:03 PM

Well, Im a vegetarian and I hate how mean ever post and this entire artical is. We will never make the entire world vegetarian...we will how ever lable ourselves as massive ass holes with things like this.

Posted by: Stevie | June 19, 2008 03:10 PM

I realize in my post reply earleir, Jun. 18, that some people may not agree, nor in my comment later, and I had said email me i you feel like it and had some problems...Well, forgot my email!
fordhter001@msn.com

(Must not be getting enough veggies! ^^ j/k...)

--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 19, 2008 03:29 PM

Meat is nice, it belongs in mah belly!

All you vegetarians are the cause of starving kids around the world, you eat all their grain and vegetables.

Posted by: Jouma | June 19, 2008 03:45 PM

I don't get it. Does this mean that fake girls don't eat meat?

Posted by: Jackie | June 19, 2008 03:50 PM

I totally agree with people who object to picking on this woman! However, take a good look, people!

Look around at the OTHER posts that PETA has. One, two, maybe 10 comments at most.

There are like, 300 PLUS comments on this one!!

THIS IS HOW PETA GETS ATTENTION, BECAUSE AMERICA HAS SUCH A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN!

Try posting 300 comments on the non-offensive, intelligent, kind OTHER posts that PETA has made, folks, so you're not proving them right when they think that celeb picking is the only way to get people's attention!!!

Remember, any marketing person knows that even negative attention is better than no attention at all.

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 19, 2008 04:03 PM

Maybe she's just coming across by saying real girls actually eat - and healthy!! Meat can be healthy. PETA shut the hell up!!! I am all for animal rights and being nice to them and all, but certain ones are a source of food!! What does this shirt have to do with you people anyway? I'm so sick of the way you treat people, even after the Kentucky Derby... that was pathetic.

Posted by: Tess | June 19, 2008 05:13 PM

fordhater001@msn.com

Posted by: Hettie Marie Gilbreath | June 19, 2008 05:23 PM

This sounds like an article that should be on The Onion.

Posted by: Mary | June 19, 2008 06:44 PM

Ok then, so the bottom line is this:

Ignorant meat hoggers can have Jessica as their spokesperson (LMAO) and a reflection of their intelligence, and we compassionate earth and animal respectors can have Carrie as ours.

Posted by: Animal Lover | June 19, 2008 06:59 PM

urhm.. I think it was the 'moderator's 'day off' on this one.. so many silly banal comments.. ps I think all drooling red blood meat eaters should be barred from gleefully gloating and rejoicing on this site from the fact that they eat lots and lots meat.. (who cares.. that's their problem) we are not here to make light of the horrendous killing or slaughter of billions of animals for their meat..
but to try and encourage MODERATION.. or even better weaning off away from daily regualr consumption of meat (BECAUSE believe you me.. it's not necessary to keep wolfing down the high cholestorol fleshy stuff) in any case.. as mentioned many times before.. all that meat aint good for you anyway..
now.. where is that moderator??

Posted by: gemma | June 19, 2008 07:19 PM

First of all i would just want to remind you people that it is just a shirt! Dont hate on Jessica she didnt do anything to you. If your a vegetarian good for you thats your own life dont hate on people who like to eat meat.

Posted by: Monica | June 19, 2008 07:45 PM

Judging by the fact that no one even cares about Jessica Simpson anymore and she's a washed up has-been, my guess is she's trying to cause a ruckus to get herself back in the limelight. Whatever. Who cares what she thinks anyway? She has no credibility. And she's most definitely not a 'real woman' (laughing hysterically)

Posted by: Karen | June 19, 2008 08:22 PM

Well, kind of ironic, that 'real meat' message on such unreal boobs..no further comments.
Eating meat is a sign of ignorance. It is up to all of us who have the information to share it, so maybe PETA can send a copy of EARTHLINGS to Jessica...

Posted by: martha | June 19, 2008 10:13 PM

Those of you who think meat is good for you, I hope you live real close to a real good hospital.

Secondly, what the heck are all you dead animal eaters doing on Peta's web site anyway? You're all so ignorant thinking that meat is healthy, you need the protein, etc. Why don't you do some research?

Disease cannot exist in an alkaline state...meat causes your body to be acidic. Why do you think there is so much cancer in the US? In the countries with the highest life expectancy, their diets consist of no animal protein, mostly vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, etc. NOT MEAT. Duh....

Our digestive system cannot digest meat...the small intestine is approximately 22 feet long. The animals in the wild have a short small intestine, meaning they are carnivores, unlike humans. All the vegetarian animals have the same system as we do. Just goes to show, animals truly are smarter than humans. They KNOW they are herbivores.

I see a bunch of sheep here. The beef industry loves you all. They've managed to brainwash all of you while they all get extremely wealthy.

Posted by: CathyS | June 19, 2008 10:39 PM

I lose more and more respect for that airhead by the day... first, no guy can stand being with her because all she does is act like a dumb toy. Then, she has a problem with being confused for somebody else. Sorry Jessica, but she should have taken the fan's confusion with her and Carrie Underwood as a compliment. Carrie Underwood is obviously much more intelligent. Using that shirt to poke fun at Carrie was only seen as another reflection of her desperate stupidity. Hope Romo dumps her for good soon...haha

Posted by: Tax | June 20, 2008 12:06 AM

People, get over it. PETA is promoting strict vegetarian diets for a reason. If they promoted half-meat, half-veggie diets no one would cut down on the meat that they eat.

They've become so huge that stupid people are trying to sabotage their company and make them look bad. PETA's method of marketing is successful, so more power to them.

Posted by: Tax | June 20, 2008 12:09 AM

What I'm wondering is why all these people against vegetarians are even on this website?? GROW UP!

Posted by: Anonymous | June 20, 2008 12:49 AM

Can somebody tell me what exactly is wrong with eating meat?

It's legal. They sell it in a store.

Problem?

And just for added effect, I have in fact seen videos of slaughterhouses.

I have absolutely no remorse. They're animals. If they were smart and strong enough to escape let alone survive, then they would have.

People have been killing and eating animals since the birth of mankind. And you expect us to stop because of some poor bird's beak? Get real.

Posted by: Daniel | June 20, 2008 07:21 AM

Obviously PETA has nothing better to do with their time than to criticize someone from wearing a dumb t-shirt. Are you all equally offended by people who display profanity on his/her t-shirt?

Posted by: Rich | June 20, 2008 11:24 AM

I eat meat from responsibly raised animals only? What's wrong with that?

Posted by: BD | June 20, 2008 11:48 AM

Doesn't this girl have a supervisor or a management whom give advises?

Posted by: TAG | June 20, 2008 12:17 PM

I think that you are making a lot of fuss over Simpson making a dig at her boyfriend's old girlfriend. Carrie Underwood's a veggie. DUH!!

Posted by: Karin Buchanan | June 20, 2008 12:41 PM

just because someone likes meat, does NOT make them stupid. im not saying you should kill animals for their fur or anything. im just saying its her personal right to wear what she wants. and to be a carnivore is not bad. did you all know that we have teeth specifically for chewing meat? and as for the getting fat if you eat meat argument, well if you eat enough then DUH! if you eat french fries instead of burgers its the same thing. just because your a vegetarian doesnt mean your eating healthy. and it doesnt mean that you will not be fat. if you dont exercise you increase your chance for obesity, heart disease, and breast cancer. so get the facts before you go and post something like this. and get both sides.

Posted by: leigh | June 20, 2008 12:45 PM

Anonymous - for the same reason vegetarians visit KFC.

Posted by: Tabitha | June 20, 2008 01:03 PM

So, a message to one for all from me!

To:
CathyS | June 19, 2008 10:39 PM

Be prepared, I am now officially on my soapbox.

YOU need to do some research. Meat doesn't cause cancer. Our bodies are SUPPOSED to be acidic. THAT'S how we digest food. What are you? 12? You speak like you haven't been taught the right info and you also sound like you just feel like you want to be a part of the conversation.
As for why are meat eaters here on the PETA website? Since when are you the spokesperson? PETA isn't anti-meat, it's anti-animal cruelty. Now, I do believe animals have the right to roam free rather than be pushed with a forklift to be slaughtered. THAT is cruel. As I stated before, we could ease the crueler aspects of the killing of our meat sources before we officially slaughter them for meat processing. I eat meat, yes, because my body NEEDS it. As does yours. As does everyone elses! It also tastes delicious.
The fact that you say our bodies cannot digest meat is a completely false statement. As is that it causes cancer. Look, the originl poster was a fool for saying something she could not back up with correct or factual information. I'm not saying don't go vegetarian, just don't try and say everyone is wrong. Not EVERYONE'S ystem is vegetarian or vegan friendly.
"There is absolutely no question that the average person does best health-wise by consuming a mixed diet that is as fresh, and hopefully as unprocessed as possible. Beyond that, an individual assessment is needed to provide the necessary info to help make a decision of whether one's diet should be adjusted with greater emphasis toward 1) specific food groups, 2) a change in the percentage of the carb, protein or fat content of a meal, or 3) toward a more vegetarian or non-vegetarian diet, - for the more optimal approach to health."
(Pretty much, each body is different in how their body digests things and spreads the vitamins you get from your food.)
"There are only animal, but no vegetarian sources of Vitamin B12, which is why herbivores (i.e. rabbits) meet their Vitamin B12 requirements by eating plants that are infested with insects, or by eating their own feces, while in ruminants (sheep, cows), the microbes fermenting and digesting plant material in the rumen (the first stomach)incorporate cobalt into Vit B12, which is subsequently absorbed and utilized."
'Nuff said there.

On the meat causes cancer thing, read on.
"The study came out in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute which concluded that people who eat meat saw an increased risk of colon cancer.

A person’s Diet Type is important here. The more proper fuel your body can consume to work efficiently, the better your health. The better your health, the less likely your chances of developing cancer, like colon cancer. If you feed a giraffe a lion’s diet, the giraffe will not survive. In other words, if a person whose Diet Type should be primarily vegetarian consumes a high protein (meat-based) diet, his body will not be healthy and may eventually develop disease or die. Each individual body is meant to receive its own individualized fuel source.
This study also commented that the study participants consumed processed meats, which is an extremely important factor here. This is a perfect example of how reading your labels, including your frozen hamburgers and all other processed junk is important. Your body does not need to detoxify any more than it has to. It is constantly being bombarded by toxins from the air, the water, cigarette smoke, and the like. If your body is so overwhelmed with detoxifying chemicals in your food and water, it lessens the defenses able to kill off abnormal cells as efficiently. The longer your body is exposed to toxins and the less ammunition you give your body to fight, the better your chances are of developing such a disease.

The study also reported that those with regular consumption of fish had a lower incidence of cancer."

*ahem*
FISH IS MEAT TOO!

So, the 2007 study of meat causing cancer had a lot, A LOT of factors that the original nit decided to to add, making the info misleading.

To cover some things you tried to make sound true about our physical make-up:

***Teeth - we have teeth suited for both rip/tear and for grinding. Seems to me that puts us somewhere between the two types.

***Intenstinal length - actually humans fall somewhere in between carnivores and herbivores with a length somewhere around 8x body length.

***Intenstinal construction - Herbivores tend to have a variety of special digestive organs for dealing with slow-to-digest plant matter. We lack these, meaning we can’t directly deal with something that won’t digest in about a day.

Now, there have been many stories over the past several decades of explorers getting lost and starving to death - in situations where they are surrounded by vast amounts of lush vegetation. It is a situation in which many animals would have no difficulty whatsoever in surviving. The reason Man does not survive is because he cannot live on vegetation alone.

I'm pretty much done but I do want to get back to the 'dead animal eaters being on petas website.' Once again, you are not the person who can tell others where to go and where to stay. Second, what the heck are you doing surfing the other websites created by meat eaters? HM?!

On a closing note, do your research when you want to be a part of the conversation by making ""points"" for an argument. Make sure you are fully informed about the circumstances and please, PLEASE, open your eyes.

If you feel the need, email me. I'm always up for convo.
fordhater001@msn.com

--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 20, 2008 01:43 PM

And, vegetarians, just a quick look for meat eaters and maybe some info YOU didn't see...

By follwing the idea that animals have rights and therefore we should not use any animal products or by-products, then vegetarians should not drink alcoholic beverages as some of them are clarified by using animals ingredients. Biscuits and pie crusts are likely to be made using animal fat, so they should also be avoided. Vegetarians should not eat off of bone china dinnerware or use utensils that have bone handles. They should avoid vitamin or medicine capsules as most are made with gelatin. They should not use paint brushes as well as other brushes unless they arer made with synthetic fibers as most brushes are camel hair or other. They must watch for whey and emulsifiers in chocolate. They cannot wear cashmere clothing, nor wool, nor mohair, nor can they use felt. Vegetarians cannot use down-filled pillows or bedding. They cannot eat anything that contains gelatin. They cannot chew certain types of gum becuase the gum contains animal glycerin. They cannot eat any type of gravy. They should not use any type of hand or body lotion which contains lanolin, (sheep). Vegetarians should not wear any type of leather shoes, belts, coats or jackets, nor carry leather billfolds, purses, luggage, or cases. They may not be able to eat noodles, pasta, pastries, cakes, pies, and the like. And they cannot use cameras because the film is made from gelatin. They must buy their pets special dog and cat food and not use most of the store brands becuase they contain meat and meat by products. Vegetarians cannot use soap and body cleansers becuase they are likely to contain animal fats. Toothpaste has to be bought specially as many toothpastes contain glycerin. This is just a partial listing of what vegetarians cannot eat or use. There are hundred of other restrictions to add to this list.
--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 20, 2008 01:47 PM

Animals are our friends. You don't eat your friends, unless they donate their meat, as friends donate their kidney, body parts etc. World is full of ungrateful people who do not understand the meaning of the word "gratitude". Meat eating is no more ethical than murder and rape. Carnivores are disabled animals, their disability is not a proof of their valor or any NATURAL superiority. T-Rexes became extinct, gazelles still roam. There are people who could be educated and given a chance towards compassionate and harmonious living which is a must for a sane, ethical, healthy, sustainable and livable future. Meat is murder , although most people are scavengers who could not nerve up to slaughter an animal with their own hands. Nature is not perfect, we evolve nature as we evolve ourselves, and the next step of it is to ban the murder of animals and enforce it. If you must eat meat then go for fake meat or grow in-vitro meat without brains and nervous system. Factory farming and fast food industry is NOT your gift to your kids or mine.

Posted by: Muneer | June 20, 2008 01:56 PM

Animals are not my friends, they are a source of protein. Being a carnivore is a natural selection process of evolution. Go ahead and convince a hungry tiger he should eat plants...in fact take the plants into the cage yourself and explain to the tiger you are his friend ;) I'm curious what chance of success you would have. LOL you guys are a laugh! I think I'll go have a nice juicy med-rare steak! YUM!

Posted by: Jim | June 20, 2008 02:08 PM

Muneer, or is it manure because you are full of shit, eating meat is the same as murder or rape is preposterous.

1st animals are not our friends that are not here to be loved and enjoyed. Love is a human emotion given by humans. The animals you love have no more love for you than they do for another animal. They have come to depend on you to provide them with food and tolerate you as long as you continue to feed it. If you stop providing for it then nature would take its course and it would seek food at the first available source which could be you or a member of your family. Your animal no matter what it is has been cultivated over many years of human interaction to tolerate human interaction. Case in point, take the common house cat, and a lion. Both are feline and descend from a common ancestor. While you can walk up and pet your house cat you can’t walk up and pet a lion and expect the same result. The lion would rip you to shreds and eat your body pieces without showing the least bit of remorse. You can pet your house cat because over time the species has grown to depend on humans to survive. And it is only with human contact that you can interact with the cat at all. Take the same house cat that you have now and change its environment to where it wasn’t raised by a human and it had to fend for itself. Would you be able to pet it and have it purr at your touch? No, animals are vicious in nature and have no compassion for you. It’s not a “disability” rather the way things are. I challenge you to provide proof of this meat-eating disability. You won’t find any scientist that would ever say that a meat-eating animal has a disability that makes them eat meat.

Murder by definition is not the killing of an animal. Your use of this word in reference to the harvesting of meat from an animal for food is an abomination and inflammatory. If you think that throwing words like MURDER or RAPE around will turn people to being closed minded such as you are then you are fooling yourself. It won’t work. Humans are made to eat meat, if we were not our bodies would reject the substance as soon as we ingested it. Meat would be a poison to us and we’d suffer horribly at the attempt to eat it.

I’m truly surprised that I have had no challenges with my previous statement about the consequences of a world where animals were allowed to roam free, a world without meat eaters. I feel that this is because it is a point that not many if any of you closed minded people have dared to figure out a response to. I dare one of you to come up with an alternative to it. I will restate it briefly so that you don’t have to search for the post in this growing thread of posts.

If all humans turned to vegetarians tomorrow and all animals were allowed to roam free without being killed for food then the world would end at an alarming quickly pace. All animals would eat plants and plant life which produces the oxygen that we breathe. Humans would also join in this consumption of plant life and the supply would deplete faster than it can be grown. Hard to believe but plants don’t grow on the shelves at Wal-Mart. Plants also have this time where they don’t bear fruit called germination and without something to eat then people and animals alike will starve to death. Now please explain, if you can, how the billions of humans along with the numerous animals will share the same food supply and be able to have enough to go around to everyone? It’s not possible, use your brain, or did they remove that when you signed to stop eating meat.

If anyone wants to challenge me I accept. We can do it here or you can e-mail me at mg_72370@yahoo.com I have no problem answering you and I will each and every one of you that thinks they can present a compelling argument as to why I should stop eating tasty animals. A radio station here in Arkansas has there own meaning of the word PETA, it is state simply as this, People Eating Tasty Animals.

I’m online all day everyday send me your best. I’m waiting.

Posted by: BigDaddy meat eater | June 20, 2008 03:05 PM

Hettie said, "Our bodies are SUPPOSED to be acidic. THAT'S how we digest food."

Actually our bodies are not supposed to be acidic—our stomach digestive juices yes.

The normal pH of human blood is approximately 7.40, which is on the alkaline side.

Also, your list of restrictions applies to ethical vegans, not vegetarians—you have got the two confused. A lacto-ovo veg by definition can consume dairy and eggs. There are a lot of people who are veg*ns for personal health reasons or the environment, and they don't necessarily give a fig about animal suffering. So your "manifesto of deprivation" does not apply to them.

An ethical vegan realizes they cannot prevent all harm. It's not about achieving a state of perfection anyway; it's about minimizing suffering.

Hettie said,"Now, there have been many stories over the past several decades of explorers getting lost and starving to death - in situations where they are surrounded by vast amounts of lush vegetation."

Can you cite a few of these many stories?

B12 was also found on plants when humans weren't so cleanly with their food. Many people, including meat-eaters, require B12 supplementation as they get older (just like vegans).

The science also supports the soundness of a veg diet:

"Protein has many important functions in the body and is essential for growth and maintenance. Protein needs can easily be met by eating a variety of plant-based foods." (USDA)

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association (the A.D.A. paper cited more than 250 studies—my comment) and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases....Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life-cycle including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence."
(As published in PubMed)

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 20, 2008 03:29 PM

I never knew vegetarians were so mean.

And my vegetarian friend is much heavier than I am. While I'm eating grilled salmon and string beans, she's eating nachos and cheese.

It's not meat vs. not meat... it's about the choices you make.

Posted by: Lisa | June 20, 2008 03:46 PM

Well she is not to smart any way. Look who she voted for George Bush. I try to watch what I eat I make sure its free ranged.

Posted by: Joan Faszcewski | June 20, 2008 06:02 PM

look people.. before everyone comes to blows with everyone else.. on this pro- not pro meat debate..
many years ago I came across a book entitled' what blood type are you?.. and apparently according to what blood type you were ie. A, B, O or AB.. it kind of dictated or recommended what diet you should consume to be mostly beneficial to your body or for your blood type., correct me if I'm wrong. but a certain blood type person shoudl avoid or steer clear of most meats.. one particular type was (gulp beleive it or not) mostly a meat eater (poor them).. and another was a mixture of both.. on a personal note. I happen to be an AB. which meant I could eat a mixture of carbo's veggies and some meats.. mind you I out of preference just prefer less of the fleshy stuff.. raw, cook, roasted.. boiled whatever.. though I do tuck into the odd ham sandwich on a rare odd day.. so this argument I feel could go on forever (hence the length of this blog topic).. it seems
there are some die hard meat eaters out there.. who would rather lie across a rail road with an oncoming train than say never or no to meat forever more.. that's their choice.. as long as they've honed up on the benefits and/or non benefits or even detrimental aspects of consuming so much meat ie. on a regular and daily basis (ewh.. I coudlnt' do that.. not meat each and every single dreary day) then the final decision is theirs..
I think if you eat meat.. you should sit down take a good long hard think of where this flesh came from.. and how many animals have to be slaughtered horribly to end up eventually on your plate.. enough said.. and if you're on this website becuase you have concern and interest in the welfare of animals. then you shoudl be eating less of the flesh stuff.. becuase what the animals go through on intensive factory farms is horrendous! and quit buying those battery eggs too..
perrlease..

Posted by: beth | June 20, 2008 06:37 PM

yeah and i'm sure girls with deficiencies are so much smarter. i wouldn't call you smart, more like idiotic and childish.
and the add-on to the picture; tres bien! you achieved in being stupid with miss simpson via your childish and grotesque writing. bravo.

Posted by: malleus malificarum | June 20, 2008 07:10 PM

someone should tell this person to sit through a 1 hr slaughter house video .. that relentlessly shows all the cutting. bellowing, struggling, bleeding.. gasping.. fear and horror in the animals eyes as they go to meet their horrific deaths.. and see how she feels afterwards.. still feel like lots and lots of meat? huh?..

aahahahahahhahahahahah

dude if you showed me that i'd be hungrier.

Posted by: anonomous | June 20, 2008 07:50 PM

To Mike,

When I mentioned acidity, I was discussing the acidic levels found in the stomach, I honestly thought I specified that. However, to her message, meat doesn't make your body acidic because when I get a cut and bleed, my blood doesn't eat a hole through the floor.

**Stories**
This story of a explorer is old, yes, but, here's one(need adobe file viewer to view):

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F01E0D81439E233A25750C0A9649D946796D6CF&oref=slogin

One more recent, and quite possibly more famous(they made a movie about it), was Christopher McCandless.

http://bestuff.com/stuff/christopher-mccandless

Google for the reports.

That's just to name a couple. From oldest to more recent.

B12 may be found in some plants but not very many common ones. And rabbits eat the insects from the plants to get their protein and vitamins they need. As stated above, they sometimes resort to their fecal matter.

I'm just trying to point out that, yeah, eating more vegetables than meat in your diet is okay. Even if you want to be a vegetarian, fine. They make supplements to help you out with that one. I also understand that Vitamin B12 is availaable from another source from plants, but you'd most likely need to eat a lot of those plants to match what you need. Easily more attainable from meat.(I will say this, I don't know how much about the amounts certain foods carry. I am not a nutritionist. So, for that reason, I won't make comparisons on hw much one has and how much one doesn't.)

--Hettie G.
fordhater001@msn.com

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 20, 2008 07:50 PM

Hey everybody,I have a problem...I decided to be a vegeterian some time ago,and I hadn't eat meat for some time...but my mom says it is not right...yesterday we even had a arguing about it...she said that it is stupid...today she came home from shops,bought sooo much meat,and even natural skin bell for me...she said that we will eat that meat...so she gave it to me and sat behind me, so I would eat that meat,and I did,becouse I didn't want to have arguing again...ahh...I am so sick of it...I had a tears in my eyes while doing it......just don't know what t do now...all my family eats meat...and they think it is not normal that I don't want to...can someone suggest something?

Posted by: Agnese | June 20, 2008 08:04 PM

Just listening to everyone that wants the USA to stop doing everything is crazy. The other countries are not cutting back on any of the things the tree huggers want us to do. It is like Al Gore telling us about global warming when the earth has been cooling. Eat in portions and cut out the snacks. Before long we will have the government telling us what we can eat.

Posted by: Tracy | June 20, 2008 08:13 PM

Hmm, yes. You don't agree with her, so call her a dumb, fat slut. That's both mature and logical. This well reasoned argument is sure to convert a lot of people to your way of thinking.

Please don't be on my side. You're making my side look bad.

Posted by: veganarama | June 20, 2008 10:20 PM

I would like to bring up the fact that it's not the whole farming industry that is being cruel to animals. There are still the independent farmers that aren't torturing them. They humanely kill the animals. the animal doesn't die a slow and painful death (if done correctly), the quickly die. Also, what about milk? With the corporate farms they hook them onto machines and milk them 24/7. If you buy organic milk and meat the animal is treated with respect and care. Also, in Native tribes when they consume meat they pray to the gods and thank them for giving their life up for them to eat.

While we are on the subject of respect, how respectful is it to mock someone who happen to like to eat meat. What if she wore the shirt because she thought it was funny...I would.

Why must you impose your beliefs on others. I have absolutely no problem with people sitting down and talking. Why not nicely have a convo with your meat-eating friends and tell them why they shouldn't eat meat. Or better yet, wait for them to ask you why you don't. When I see PETA videos, I am more likely to go eat meat. I tend to do the opposite of what people say when they push their beliefs on others. I think that those videos make you feel extremely guilty. It's just like with the religious right. They want you to do want they want and make people feel like crap along the way. When that i the point of Christianity.

I think you are no better of a person for eating meat than if you don't and vice versa. If you make a conscious decision to eat more organic meat and dairy, I think it is fine.

Posted by: Maria | June 20, 2008 11:03 PM

I commend Jessica - she has a right to her free speech.

Posted by: Jennifer | June 20, 2008 11:27 PM

And now for the real reason JS wore the shirt. It was a dig on Tony Romo's former girlfriend, Carrie Underwood, who is a(can you guess) vegetarian!

Posted by: JimboBillyBob | June 21, 2008 12:31 AM

I dont understand the difference in raising animals for meat or just letting them live... there will be the same amount of animals producing bad gas emissions if they all stayed or some died for meat and more were born..... just dont think that is a good point on this topic. Dont get me wrong but i eat meat and all but we butcher our own beef/pork/chicken they are not neglected or abused its just god put them here for a reason and let me tell you it is a tasty one. Humans are the top of the food chain for a reason.

Posted by: Kristen | June 21, 2008 12:50 AM

Well, if you are going to publish an article, at least tell the truth. Meat makes you fat? not really, unless you eat like a cow (sorry, don't mean to offend by using an animal as an example).. also, of course one will get fat if they eat meat and fatty foods all the time, without exercise. and big deal, she is a meat eater.. get over it.. more than half of the world eats meat. i just love how when it is a celebrity, people blow everything out of proportion..

Posted by: Leila | June 21, 2008 01:44 AM

Sorry to say but choosing to eat meat or not is ones personal choice. Bashing someone for their choice, which ever it is, is more sleazy than her shirt. I strongly disagree with many of the ways PETA delivers their messages. Scare tactics and crude bashing are not what I would call compassionate by any means. Open your own eyes PETA. It is the only way you can get others to see through you.

Posted by: Rachael | June 21, 2008 01:51 AM

Hettie G: People who do as you suggest are "vegans" not "vegetarians." Perhaps you should actually KNOW what you're talking about before you act as though you do. And, yes, man CAN live on vegetation alone--YOU just selfishly choose not to.

Posted by: Antigone1000 | June 21, 2008 02:03 AM

I don't know why people have to be so childish & overly indignant about a T-shirt worn by some brainless pop star. If you think she's so dumb, why even bother analyzing what her T-shirt proclaims?

And as for all those reasons against eating meat...you MAY have a point but the line "real girls eat meat" is really more like an exercise in trying to sound smart / witty / cute than an actual offense to PETA or vegetarians / vegans in general. There are vegetarians / vegans & there are meat eaters. If we don't criticize you for choosing not to eat meat, then lay off the meat-bashing. It's a dietary choice, not a second Holocaust (no offense to Jews or Germans).

Making a mountain out of a molehill is never a good idea, especially a molehill as puny as this one.

Posted by: Cheryl | June 21, 2008 06:23 AM

Nice article. Not.
Am really freaking angry with this 'article' responding to Jessica Simpson's t-shirt. Oh, sexism and misogyny; how appropriate for a company who treats women like slabs of meat in their activist campaigns. I'm a vegetarian, but I don't support PETA's exploitation of women for their own gain. Want to criticise Jessica Simpson's shirt? Fine. But don't do it with the stupid blonde jokes or the 'go vegetarian or otherwise you will get fat' lines. It's alienating, offensive and downright stoopid.

Posted by: Jen | June 21, 2008 09:30 AM

Lisa, I agree. Of the several vegetarians I know, none of them are as petty and defensive as most of the people here.

If everyone is so determined to stop the hurting of animals, why are they all wasting time commenting on an article about Jessica Simpson instead of something a bit more productive.

This is why there is such a rift between omnivores and vegetarians, everyone is trying so hard to prove the other one wrong that everyone loses – including starving children AND the animals.

Posted by: Joanie | June 21, 2008 10:08 AM

To:

Antigone1000 | June 21, 2008 02:03 AM

You should actually READ the post. In the FIRST LINE it states, and I quote, "By follwing the idea that animals have rights and therefore we should not use any animal products or by-products...."

That line, which has been slammed at all meat eaters by VEGETARIANS and vegans alike(about not using or eating meat products or by products) is what I was addressing. A vegetarian is a vegetarian is a vegetarian as far as I see it. Vegan is just a term I see as over compensating. All the I am saying is that people keep on talking about the RAPE and MURDER of of cows when they still use all that crap. Being a 'compassionate' and 'caring' vegetarian, I think you shouldn't open your mouth to try and talk when you still have to brush your teeth with the toothpaste that was made from the MURDERED cow...or the bisuits you eat are made with animal fats or the cakes and pies...animal animal animal. Or vitamin capsules for the supplements that *ahem* will probably be needed due to some mineral deficiency, you wil have to suffer; they contain gelatin...Made from a DEAD ANIMAL. So, how about you actualy use that brain of yours and read the CONTEXT fo which the text was written.

And the comment about 'acting' like I know something, I have admitted when something I say could possibly be wrong and suggested further research, for the rest, it IS researched and, to my knowledge, factual. I admit, I don't have a PhD but that's alright with me because OBVIOUSLY I'm not the only one. And neither are you.
As for the comment that I am 'selfish' and 'man can live on vegetation alone', I'll refer you to this link:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/21/opinion/edplanck.php
Since you say I don't know what I'm taling about, here, have some fun learning so you can better YOUR knowledge. efusal to do so shows your ignorance and fear of being wrong.
Note: This mainly mentions vegans, but as I said earlier...It's the same thing basically. Vegans are just a real vegetarian. Vegetarians complain about eating meat kills the animals while they use animal made by-products. Vegans go the extra mile to cut it all out all together...But read the article. It's great. But read the text in the context it is written.. Read the whole thing, like I did. Sure, a fully grown and developed person can chose to live in a vegan/vegetarian(no matter what my thinking is on the subject) life/lifestyle and survive(although you would need to eat a lot of the veggies to get what you need), however(a post mentioned something like this earlier so this is to you as well as the rest) children cannot be raised on it. They have to be raised on a normal, healthy, meat-like(can't think of a word, sorry) diet in order to develop and grow correctly. Vegetarianism should be a personal choice. You shouldn't force it on people and certainly not children.
Read the text put on here before you open you mouth and get typer-happy and try to sound smart. Research your words. Google is NOT that hard.
Now bug off.
--Hettie G.
fordhater001@msn.com

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 21, 2008 12:16 PM

Hettie,

Thanks for the links.

Your first link is pretty old (story is circa 1913). It refers to the far north—not a location exactly brimming with "lush vegetation."

Your link to Chris McCandless indicates he died of starvation in Alaska (once again, minimal edible plant life).

The Inuit in the far north depend primarily on meat to survive, since the plant life there is so sparse, or inedible. This dependence on animal protein creates an acidic state in their blood. This acidic state must be neutralized with the absorption of calcium from their bones, with the subsequent thinning of the skeleton.

"The Inuit (Eskimo) have the highest osteoporosis rates in the world. In a study of 217 children, 89 adults, and 107 elderly Inuit in Alaska, researchers found that they had lower bone mineral content, onset of bone loss at an earlier age, and development of bone thinning with a greater intensity than white Americans. The scientists attributed the greater degeneration to the acidic effects of the Inuit's high meat diet."

The countries that partake in the most meat and dairy also suffer the highest rates of osteoporosis (due to the acquisition of calcium from the bones to buffer the blood's over-acidic pH).

To all the meat-eaters out there who complain incessantly about PETA:

PETA is an organization that promotes animal rights and vegetarianism (as I'm sure you are well aware). They are not forcing anyone to quit eating meat; please tell your story if you feel you've been "forced" to give up meat. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and welcome to post here, but no-one is being forced to be here. If PETA bugs you that much, there are a million other sites you can occupy your time with.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 21, 2008 12:37 PM

C’mon now Jessica…. When you think she could not be any more stupid than she’s proved–you see something like this. She has to know she is going to get attacked by this… Its a cute stunt by an insecure girl who is upset because her Boyfriends Last girlfriend–self proclaimed vegetarian Carrie Underwood–is more popular and people think is hotter.

Maybe she should realize that REAL GIRLS don’t fake stupid to get ratings on a Newlywed Show that was doomed from the start because the girl couldn’t attempt to make her marriage work.

C’mon Jessica grow up you’re in your 20’s not your teens… You’re going to lose a LOT of fans over this…

Grrr...Maybe her weight wouldn't fluctuate so much if she was a vegetarian with the rest of us...and believe me Jessica--we're REAL women...women who stand up for what we believe in...

Posted by: Ashley B. | June 21, 2008 12:44 PM

The PeTa blogger is an yet another example of intolerance, lack of compassion and idiocy. Oh - did I mention self-righteousness? I want one of those t-shirts just to annoy people like her.

Posted by: Lisa | June 21, 2008 02:14 PM

Lets get real here people. She probably could barely read the shirt let alone understand its meaning! Cut her some slack- she was probably "thinking" (term used very loosely) about her little sister and how successful she is. Then she realized the only person commenting on her is her dad. But don't worry Jess- he LOVES your DDs...

Posted by: MMC | June 21, 2008 03:03 PM

Life is a wonderful!

I personally love life enough to know that I do not want to be part of snatching a precious life out of any young, teen-aged, adult, or old animal for their flesh for my sake.

The most precious thing we have is our life.

How can anyone think it is ok to steal life from any living animal for any reason when you love your own life and know how precious life is?

Most animals are killed in the prime of their life and younger, used up so you who are perfectly capable of eating a variety of wonderful foods that do no harm can satisfy your lust for their flesh.

To chew and know your chewing up a dead animal who was tortured and murdered just for you!
Life snatched away in a time when we know better, makes no sense.

Please Go Vegan and save up to 100 farm animals per person a year!

Go Vegan!!!

Posted by: Holly | June 21, 2008 03:23 PM

Has anyone ever thought of the fact that if animals weren't killed, we'd be overrun by them? Saying that raising animals for food increases greenhouse gas may be true-but if we didn't kill them, wouldnt there be more animals running around increasing greenhouse gas even more?

Posted by: greg | June 21, 2008 04:54 PM

If I remember correctly, the T-shirt was meant as a jab @ Carrie Underweight- er...Underwood. Like the writer said. I'm glad it was HEr of all people out there embarrassing herself. I'd expect nothing less from that air head.

Posted by: Saturna | June 21, 2008 05:57 PM

A calf is born and taken away from its mother so you can drink the baby's milk.
Any of you woman who have ever had a baby know how awful it would be if someone took your new born baby away from you.
Its a mothers instinct to want her baby.
The mother cow calls and calls for her baby.
Baby's call and call for their mothers.
It is so sad to hear their cries.
The milking machine takes her baby's milk so you can drink it.
lots of sadness behind each glass of milk you drink.

If the calf is a male, it is put into a small area, usually alone and up fed a diet that makes the calf anemic so its meat will be light in color and tender when it is killed as a veal calf, so you eat baby calf's flesh.
All this so you can drink a glass of milk and eat some baby calf.
This process is repeated until the poor Mother milking cow can no longer produce enough milk, then she is shipped in a large truck with many other cows some times all the way across country and often with out stopping the truck to let them out to feed or water them. After all it really does not matter they are being sent to slaughter right? This is awful for the cows and they are hot and frightened, cramped and some times they fall and are stepped on by the other cows, and bones are broken. The truck drivers dont care, the cows are going to slaughter...
Once at the slaughter house the cows story becomes so awful I cant bring my self to talk about it.

But to say:

Please go Vegan and save up to 100 farm animals a year per person...

It is a choice intelligent people can and do make every day for their health, for the animals and for the earth.

so can YOU...

Go Vegan...

Posted by: Holly | June 21, 2008 06:10 PM

she means penis not meat, like real girls suck cock, its a knock on lesbians not animals

Posted by: jessica simpson | June 21, 2008 06:46 PM

mmm meat i love eating meat but u vegitarians can enjoy all that green shit while i happily eat my meat mmm i love eating animals especially since they were put here for our use and since im on top of the food chain as well ;)

Posted by: josh | June 21, 2008 07:07 PM

I think you all are Jealous.
Quit hating on America and trying to take away our freedoms. Jessica's hot and you're not. I have met too many over weight people that are vegetarians. We can really save the planet by getting rid of communism socialism and terrorism like the U.S. has done in the past. They are the ones taking the grain from people who need it. Besides We have been eating meat for thousands of years.
That is what its there for, da.

Posted by: Joe | June 21, 2008 07:11 PM

i agree with jessica! where can i buy this shirt?

Posted by: chelsea | June 21, 2008 08:45 PM

Ok first of all it's a freakin shirt people get over it!!! you don't like meat well good for you. second of all im a meat eater, and almost everyone i know is a meat eater as well and we don't judge vegitarians so what gives you all the right to judge meat eaters. so like i said get over it and stop acting like babies!

Posted by: LISA | June 22, 2008 08:15 AM

First of all, I believe in free speech. I may not agree with you, but I believe you have the right to say it. Yes, I am a Vegetarian and have been for 17 years and PROUDLY so.
But I do have several questions for people reading this blog.
#1. WHY in the world are MEAT EATERS and people who are pro animal cruelty, reading PETA's blog??? What? You have nothing better to do with your time???

#2. WHY do vegetarians ALWAYS have to be tolerant of meat eaters, but meat eaters NEVER have to tolerant of vegetarians??? Can anyone answer that question?

Posted by: Ann | June 22, 2008 12:40 PM

It is ridiculous to me to see everyone's comments. The shirt was worn to make a statement about Tony Romo's ex-girlfriend. Obviously, PETA doesn't have anything better to do than make up stupid rules for a washed up pop star. Maybe they should be spending some of that money on the starving kids in Africa.

Posted by: Tasha | June 22, 2008 02:07 PM

Daniel just because something is legal does not make it right.And just because you can does not mean you should. Would you think it is wrong to dominate and control the weaker and disabled members of our society? Your logic means that the pursuit of domination simply for the sake of it is justified. As for legality, in many regions of the world abuse is legal. I suppose that I can kill and use those who are defenseless because I am stronger and have the upper hand.Pornography is legal in which people, especially women are degraded endlessly. What is the problem, people have been objectifying women for ages? The problem is we should not inflict pain and torment on living beings if it can be helped.I suppose dictators of the past were right because they were simply exercising their strength. I suppose all of the people that Stalin killed should have found a way to survive or escape but they did not because they were "weak". Can I sneak up behind you and kill you, steal all of your things just because I can and people have been killing one another for ages?I suppose you also agree with slavery and sexism?

Posted by: Annalena | June 22, 2008 04:48 PM

your comment:
... horror in the animals eyes as they go to meet their horrific deaths.. and see how she feels afterwards.. still feel like lots and lots of meat? huh?..

aahahahahahhahahahahah

dude if you showed me that i'd be hungrier

answer..
that's becuase you in your chest cavity.. it's hollow and rotten to the core .. you're selfish and only care about yourself.. p.s. you're on the wrong website.. you obviously dont' give a damn about animals ..
it's times like this I feel it's a pity people aren't cannabilistic and someone should carve YOU up and relishly savour every morsel of your flesh and gobble you up too.. or see you hang by your rear leg on some shank bleeding profusely out of your carved open neck.. yes. see how you would feel.. and then after they relish more .. and laugh ahh haha haaa haaaa!!
now that really really would ! be funny ..
dont' you think??

Posted by: bet | June 22, 2008 06:06 PM

will people pls stop using 'God' as an excuse as to 'why' animals are here.. ie. to be eaten.. if there really was a 'God' where is there so much profuse abuse and suffering in the world both to humans AND animals.. ps. it's always the humans that hurt, abuse, harm and kill the animals (not the other way around).. (horrid horrid humans) dont' say he planned or prepared for that too!!
give your reasons for or against meat eating.. but quit using this lame Bible excuse of reason for 'why animals are here'.. ps.. in any case.. who can verify 'who wrote the bible anyway'> could be all merely be a book of fiction.. now I don't want to start another religious argument here.. whether fact or fiction the Bible.. suffice to say it's gettin' kind of boring hearing that same old reason or excuse.. oh sure and the animals went into the Ark 'two by two' as well ..
and where specifically in the Bible does it say.. thou shall eat mostly and mainly cow, pig and chicken.. do avoid other meats such as horse, buffalo, giraffe, hippopotamus, rhinocerus, ostrich, donkey meat..
you see.. all a load of mumbo jumbo..

Posted by: yvonne | June 22, 2008 06:21 PM

Kirsten's comment: animals .. 'god put them here for a reason'

(yawn.. yawn.. zzzzzzz)

sure yeah.. and 'pigs can fly' and not to mention the 'cow jumped over the moon'.. I don't suppose he particularly put animals here on earth to be abused so terribly suffer so horrendously by these humans too.. in vivisection, factory farming.. fur, blood sports, animal fighting.. the list is ENDLESS.. so why follow one code of practise but ignore the other?.. or maybe he was a cruel and couldn't care less God about terrible and relentless suffering of animals ??
evidently just so as long as it suits yourself.. or the human race.. to be glaringly blatently obvious .. it really has nothing to do with 'God' has it?.. glaringly and evidently not !!

Posted by: yf | June 22, 2008 06:44 PM

THERE ARE MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED. I DON'T CARE IF JESSICA WORE A SHIRT THAT SAID EAT DUNG. I SEE PETA IS GETTING WRAPPED UP INTO CELEBRITY LIFE. THAT IS ASHAME.

Posted by: ASHLEY | June 22, 2008 07:30 PM

I would like to know more information on the "eating meat causes cancer" study, as that is something I had never heard of? All you state is "A 2007 study of 35,000 women published in the British Journal of Cancer found that women who ate meat were far more likely to develop breast cancer than women who consumed none. "

Who authored this study (scientists' names and credentials, I mean), what was the actual number that you translate as "far more" likely, what was the age range of the women, whether they were testing all meat or excluding things like fish (we all know red meat's the worst for health, right?).

I'm just curious and as a not just compassionate but health-conscious young woman would like to see a lot more details on this?

Posted by: Piroska | June 23, 2008 12:11 AM

wow I'd rather be a weight-gaining carnivore than a vegetarian asshhole. I came to this website to check out info about helping out animals, I'm not really interested in reading catty gossip about someone who dared to express a different opinion than your own.

Posted by: kayla | June 23, 2008 02:21 AM

Its just a t-shirt for goodness sake! stop being mean you sound like a 15 year old high school bully. Sarcastic comments and bitchy put-downs are more of a turn-off than eating meat!

You want to prove a point? then do it by sticking up for what you believe in without resorting to attacking other people.

I'm not a vegetarian but i only eat meat chosen carefully so that i know its been produced in a humane and eco friendly way. Because funnily enough that is possible.

And while all of you lot carry on not eating meat, i stave off turning aneamic and stay healthy and full of vitality by getting ALL of the nutrients i need, which you can't (even supplements aren't ever as good as the real thing) get from being just plain vegetarian.

I hope you understand my very valid point!

Posted by: Beth | June 23, 2008 08:39 AM

Piroska,

The first link (the pdf) has all the info, while the second link is an article on the study.

http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/press_releases/current/assets/cancer_paper.pdf

http://www.breastcancer.org/tips/nutrition/new_research/20070416b.jsp

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 23, 2008 11:06 AM

Hettie G: Again--you are clueless. Vegans and vegetarians are NOT the same, by a long shot. I am a VEGAN, so avoid those things that you tell me I use. I also don't take "supplements" because, as someone who HAS lived on vegetation for 16+ years now, I KNOW that it can be done. I also KNOW that children can be raised vegan. The only arguments against it are promulgated (directly or indirectly) by the meat and dairy industries because they make money at the expense of the health of naive people like you. So--eat what you want, but don't look to animal research to cure the heart disease, high cholesterol, cancer, and other diseases you will get from it. Don't look to insurance to spread the cost of your medications to those of us who actually eat right and exercise and live a healthy style. If you want to choose to eat meat, then be willing to die for your choice without inconveniencing the rest of us. If you really want to learn something, check out the PCRM website for an UNBIASED (i.e., non-meat/dairy industry) opinion on a veg diet.

Posted by: Antigone1000 | June 23, 2008 11:06 AM

Beth: Actually, I have eaten no meat/fish/chicken for 16+ years and I am in such good shape (from working out, too) that other women always want diet and exercise advice from me. So, yes, you can be healthy (non-anemic) without meat. I never take additional supplements/nutrients either as I do not need to. You may have other issues that should warrant going to a doctor, though.

Posted by: Antigone1000 | June 23, 2008 11:11 AM

Greg: Animals left on their own would not breed to the extent that we breed them for our use. Also--before we concern ourselves about the "overbreeding" of any other species, we need to look at our own. We really need to wake up and look at the number and quality of people being added to this earth. I don't think anyone should be prohibited from having a child, but I have never met one single person that was so great that he needed to add more than one or two children to the planet. If you want a large family, have a couple kids of your own, then adopt. Unles we control our own population, we will have far bigger problems than being overrun by cows.

Posted by: Antigone1000 | June 23, 2008 11:16 AM

Beth,

The American Dietetic Association begs to differ with your "valid" point. The ADA is a professional society that represents the interests of over 70,000 registered dietitians. In creating their position paper on vegetarianism, they cited over 250 studies.

Their conclusion...?

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases....Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life-cycle including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence."
(As published in PubMed)

Athletes like Ruth Heidrich also debunk the myth that you can't be healthy on a veg diet:

" I’ve got over 800 first-place trophies from all the races I’ve done—all since the diagnosis of cancer and all since changing to my vegan, low-fat diet!"
(Under the guidance of Dr. John McDougall, she adopted a vegan diet to keep her breast cancer in check)

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 23, 2008 11:56 AM

Well said and very true Antigone 1000! Wonderful posts full of truth and wisdom!

Mike Quinoa Great examples and web sites!

Go Vegan, save up to 100 farm animals per year per person!

Go Vegan!

Posted by: Holly | June 23, 2008 11:56 AM

PETA: Why can't you people stop shoving your agenda down people's throats.

The only people that would be affected by your silly list/statistics are insecure girls with bad body images- apparently you don't give a damn about woman and their bad body images.

Do you realize how much it harms the environment to run enough computers to keep you on the internet?

Don't pretend you care about the people, or even the animals you preach for when I know all of you drive cars.

Don't you realize you catch more flies when honey than vinegar? The huffy attitudes in your writings and celebrity bashing make you look like the bad guys. Why not nicely post reasons why a being a vegetarian is good for personal health without using gutter trash talking.

Posted by: Van | June 23, 2008 01:22 PM

Jessica is just advertising how incredibly insecure she is about Carrie Underwood and what a caring, sensitive person Carrie is that she is trying to stir up some fans any way she can. She has zero talent mentally and spiritually.

Posted by: Nicole | June 23, 2008 01:39 PM

To Antigone1000 | June 23, 2008 11:06 AM

I'm done with you. You skim my posts and just don't read the things and you just are trying to make it look like I am saying one thing when I'm not and trying to make it look like I don't know when it's YOU who doesn't understand...if you would actually READ the posts, it'd be one thing. I'm done with you and your ignorance...I have stated over and over again...I KNOW they are different...if you would have read the post, I STATED that the post was pertainging to mostly vegans. MY point was that as, yes, VEGETARIANS, have stated on this post and as is their REASON for going vegetarian, cruelty to animals, they, in turn are being hypocrites. To ME, vegetarians are posers whereas a vegan actually does what they should when choosing to not eat meat for the reason of cruelty to animals. READ THE POST BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH! So, if you still can't get it, I'm done talking to you.

Now....
To Ann | June 22, 2008 12:40 PM

I watch the news and this actually made the news. I am a meat eater but I support PETA's ACTUAL message about cruelty to animals. As stated a billion times, I do eat meat but I think it can be more humanely done. So, when I saw that someone at PETA actually made a DEAL about a stupid shirt and then proceeded to make themselves look like an ass, I decided it couldn't possibly be true and I wanted to check it out. And I don't bash vegetarians, I just bash people who think they know it all without the proper facts and the people who try and say something to the masses that in itself is completely untrue, ergo the original post. Once again, YOU are not the PETA spokesperson nor the doorkeeper. YOU cannot tell anyone to not come here regarless of the eating and dietary habits. YOU cannot tell ME what to do anywhere or anytime and honestly expect me to do it. You aren't my mom. And half the time I don't do as she advises either. And some meat eaters on this site have said some derrogatory thins to veggie eaters, but they are dumb for bashing just for hat you eat; same goes for vegetarians/vegans on this site. I think okay., chose what you want, no problem. My main reason for all my posts is that a lot of people on here are ill-informed and are getting the wrong information. Not all meat eaters are pro animal cruelty. That is a bogus statement and a superficail stereotype as equal as saying all black people are 'gangsta', all mexicans are dirty, and all homosexuals are immoral. THAT is prejudice. THAT is a stupid comment and you should feel ashamed.

To Mike Quinoa | June 21, 2008 12:37 PM

Yeah, I knew the first one was old, that's why I warned ya! lol, and I knew they were both in the Alaskan Terrain but in the USA everything is so easily attainable and there's really no forest or wilderness to get lost in for such a long time. Plus we have an extensive search parties and technology available in the US. Also, with a high meat diet any and everyone would not be healthy. You need vegetables. But you need meat. With the lack of vegetation, they mostly eat meats. Their health studies wouldn't be really useful when comparing to the US where vegetation is sold uber cheap in every store.
I think the key to being healthy is small portions of everything with it all balanced, meat and veggie alike, combined with excersise.

--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 23, 2008 02:10 PM

To Nicole | June 23, 2008 01:39 PM

Carrie Underwood is overrated in the pop culture. So is jessica Simpson for that matter. The fact that she went veg for the sake of popularity is just that. Her career went down the toilet so she reached out to whoever was left. The shirt isn't a stab at someone else it's just a tawdry cheap joke about sex and cock. Get over your fanatic-ness about Carrie. Jeez. I'm sick of seeing the same post.
--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 23, 2008 02:21 PM

Hettie G.
It has been nice to meet you, and it was very nice of you to stop by.
However your posting has become old hat and boring not informative or educational.
Sorry but I, along with many others here will no longer read your posts.
Enjoy your day now, and your over inflated ego.

Posted by: nightnurse | June 23, 2008 03:50 PM

Plant Foods
Provide Nutritional Building Blocks to Optimum Health

To understand why this program is the most powerful form of medicine, you must start with the recognition that plant foods are the most abundant sources of nutrition on earth. Animal foods don't even come close in comparison. And, despite what you've been told, animal foods are not essential sources of minerals, calcium, protein, amino acids, vitamins or essential fats.

Dr.McDougall
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/06/top_five_reason.php

Posted by: Holly | June 23, 2008 04:41 PM

nightnurse | June 23, 2008 03:50 PM

You don't like it, skip it. And you and your attitude can bite my butt. You are just afraid that if someone comes at you with actual facts helping to provide information on a side you don't participate on that you won't be able to make yourself look better than everyone else. As for my ego, I never said I was better than anyone. Go suck a soybean.
--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 23, 2008 04:56 PM

Dr. McDougall's web site
http://www.drmcdougall.com/free_2e.html

Go Vegan and save up to 100 farm animals per person per year!

Posted by: Holly | June 23, 2008 05:46 PM

Why if a person eats meat they are lumped into the pro-animal cruelty class? I eat meat but don't believe that animal cruelty is any more right than you do. Eating meat doesn't make me a bad person; it makes me who I am. I don't condone clubbing baby seals in the head for sport, or for tying dogs to cars to see how fun it is to drag them down the road. I don't kill animals for sport nor do I think that non-meat producing animals should be killed for any reason.

I don't believe in fighting dogs for sport or baiting bulls for entertainment. I own a pit bull and that is a very controversial animal. He is gentle but when I tell people what type of dog he is they all get nervous especially since they know I have a 3 year old running around the house. So to say I am pro-animal cruelty is preposterous. I have had many dogs in my life, and many other animals. I love animals, all animals, but I still like to eat meat.

How does any person know what an animal is feeling? How do you know for sure that they feel fear or any other emotion? Most people interject human emotion on living things and it is my belief that this is what we do with animals. I've not done any studies or looked for results for any but to say an animal has a thought process similar to humans is just strange to me. If you are pro-life then why can you kill vegetables that you eat? Do they not live and grow and deserve the same full life as the animal you defend? as you yourself deserve? Why do you pick and choose who you defend and who or what you think deserves the right to live.

I’m truly surprised that I have had no challenges with my previous statement about the consequences of a world where animals were allowed to roam free, a world without meat eaters. I feel that this is because it is a point that not many if any of you closed minded people have dared to figure out a response to. I dare one of you to come up with an alternative to it. I will restate it briefly so that you don’t have to search for the post in this growing thread of posts.

If all humans turned to vegetarians tomorrow and all animals were allowed to roam free without being killed for food then the world would end at an alarming quickly pace. All animals would eat plants and plant life which produces the oxygen that we breathe. Humans would also join in this consumption of plant life and the supply would deplete faster than it can be grown. Hard to believe but plants don’t grow on the shelves at Wal-Mart. Plants also have this time where they don’t bear fruit called germination and without something to eat then people and animals alike will starve to death. Now please explain, if you can, how the billions of humans along with the numerous animals will share the same food supply and be able to have enough to go around to everyone? It’s not possible, use your brain, or did they remove that when you signed to stop eating meat.

If anyone wants to challenge me I accept. We can do it here or you can e-mail me at mg_72370@yahoo.com I have no problem answering you and I will each and every one of you that thinks they can present a compelling argument as to why I should stop eating tasty animals. A radio station here in Arkansas has there own meaning of the word PETA, it is state simply as this, People Eating Tasty Animals.

Posted by: BigDaddy meat eater | June 23, 2008 06:00 PM

Van: PETA is not shoving THEIR agenda down anyone's throat. PETA (and all AR groups and people)are speaking for the animals who cannot speak for themselves. Animal rights is the agenda of the ANIMALS which we convey to those humans who are not intelligent enough to understand their plight or who selfishly choose not to because they think they can ignore it. What do vegans gain personally when others become vegan?? NOTHING--it is the animals who stand to gain and ALL humans (not just vegans) who benefit from the healthier environment that results.

Posted by: Antigone1000 | June 23, 2008 06:28 PM

I happen to be a huge lover of animals but I was unimpressed with the 5 "facts" listed here as reasons not to eat meat. #5 states that it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of meat. While I am not denying the truth of that statement, I just believe that such a statement will be true regardless of whther or not you eat meat. Grain is the essential sustenance of these animals. The only way to "save" the grain for starving children is to destroy--in other words kill--the cattle and sheep population. Also, to say that the meat industry is destroying the earth is also a fallacy. Carbon emissions merely SPEED UP the process toward climate change andthe general makeup of the earth. And while slaughter houses do produce carbon-emissions, factories around the world actually produce equal or greater amounts of carbon emissions. And so the only way to "save" the enviornment is to destroy all traces of the industrial revolution that has led to our comfortable lifestyle of consumerism that we know and love today. And while it is true that vegetables will make you slim, you lose out on the protein that meat and milk provides which is great for hair nails, kin, and boosting the amino acids in one's body.

Posted by: mary ann | June 23, 2008 10:27 PM

This would be funny if it was not so sad. You preach about nature but do not want mankind to be natural. When you convince the lions to give up meat let me know.

Posted by: F.B. | June 24, 2008 01:47 AM

The ORIGINAL article (and shirt) were about Tony Romo and Simpson......... is PETA REALLY that stupid? Or is that just a rhetorical question?

Posted by: Mark | June 24, 2008 03:34 AM

Health Benefits of Vegetarian Diets
Recently, there has been a renewed interest in vegetarian diets. Today there are countless books, cookbooks, and magazine articles promoting vegetarian diets and providing guidance for those who wish to follow a meatless diet. A Short Historical Perspective on Vegetarian Diets
In the past, many viewed vegetarianism as strange and faddish but appropriately planned vegetarian diets are now recognized by many, including the American Dietetic Association, as being nutritionally adequate, and providing healthful benefits in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases
(1).Choosing a nonvegetarian lifestyle has a significant health and medical cost. The total direct medical costs in the United States attributable to meat consumption were estimated to be $30-60 billion a year, based upon the higher prevalence of hypertension, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, gallstones, obesity and food-borne illness among omnivores compared with vegetarians
(2). A large body of scientific literature suggests that the consumption of a diet of whole grains, legumes, vegetables, nuts, and fruits, with the avoidance of meat and high-fat animal products, along with a regular exercise program is consistently associated with lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, less obesity and consequently less heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and mortality (1,3, 4). In African-Americans, the frequent consumption of nuts, fruits and green salads was associated with 35-44 percent lower risk of overall mortality

(5).Distinguishing Feature
A vegetarian diet is distinguished from an omnivorous diet by its content of dry beans and lentils. These take the place of meat and fish as the major source of protein. And there are so many different kinds of beans you can choose from - kidney, lima, pinto, cranberry, navy, Great Northern, garbanzo, soy beans, and black-eyed peas. These can be served with rice, added to soups, stews, and salads or a variety of casseroles, and made into different ethnic dishes.

Tofu, or soy bean curd, can be used in dips and spreads, or served with pasta or stir-fried vegetables. Soy protein contains isoflavones, such as genistein and daidzein, that act as phytoestrogens and inhibit tumor growth, lower blood cholesterol levels, decrease the risk of blood clots, and diminish bone loss. These benefits clearly translate into a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and osteoporosis (6).

Cancer Protection
A major report published by the World Cancer Research Fund in 1997 recommended we lower our risk of cancer by choosing predominantly plant-based diets rich in a variety of vegetables and fruits, legumes and minimally processed starchy staple foods, and to limit the intake of grilled, cured and smoked meats and fish. These methods of preparing meat produce polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines which are carcinogenic (11).

Over 200 studies have revealed that a regular consumption of fruits and vegetables provides significant protection against cancer at many sites. People who consume higher amounts of fruits and vegetables have about one-half the risk of cancer, especially the epithelial cancers (7). The risk of most cancers was 20-50% lower in those with a high versus a low consumption of whole grains (8).

About three dozen plant foods have been identified as possessing cancer-protective properties. These include cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower), umbelliferous vegetables and herbs (carrots, celery, cilantro, caraway, dill, parsley), other fruits and vegetables (citrus, tomatoes, cucumber, grapes, cantaloupe, berries), beans (soybeans), whole grains (brown rice, oats, whole wheat), flaxseed, many nuts, and various seasoning herbs (garlic, scallions, onions, chives, ginger, turmeric, rosemary, thyme, oregano, sage, and basil)(9).

These foods and herbs contain of host of cancer-protective phytochemicals such as carotenoids, flavonoids, isothiocyanates, isoflavones, ellagic acid, glucarates, curcurmins, liminoids, lignans, phenolic acids, phthalides, saponins, phytosterols, sulfide compounds, terpenoids, and tocotrienols. These beneficial compounds alter metabolic pathways and hormonal actions that are associated with the development of cancer, stimulate the immune system, and have antioxidant activity (10).

Heart Disease
Regular fruit and vegetable consumption reduces the risk of ischemic heart disease. A recent survey of 47,000 Italians found that persons in the highest tertile of vegetable consumption had a 21and 11% reduced risk of myocardial infarction and angina, respectively, compared with those in the lowest tertile of vegetable consumption (12).

A British study found that daily consumption of fresh fruit was associated with a 24 percent reduction in mortality from heart disease and a 32 percent reduction in death from cerebrovascular disease, compared with less frequent fruit consumption. Daily consumption of raw salad was associated with a 26 percent reduction in mortality from heart disease (13).

In another study, lifelong vegetarians had a 24 percent lower incidence and lifelong vegans (those who eat no eggs or dairy products) had a 57 percent lower incidence of coronary heart disease compared to meat eaters (14). Healthy volunteers who consumed a vegetarian diet (25% of calories as fat) that was rich in green, leafy vegetables and other low-calorie vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, bell peppers, celery, green beans, etc.), fruits, nuts, sweet corn and peas experienced after two weeks decreases of 25, 33, 20 and 21 percent in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and total/HDL cholesterol ratio, respectively (15).

Various factors exist in fruits and vegetables that provide possible protection against cardiovascular disease. These factors include folic acid, dietary fiber, potassium, magnesium, carotenoids, phytosterols, flavonoids, and other polyphenolic antioxidants. Typically, vegetarian diets are also somewhat lower in saturated fat and cholesterol. Vegetarians typically have lower blood cholesterol levels. Plant diets rich in soluble fiber (such as found in dry beans, oats, carrots, squash, apples, and citrus) are useful for lowering serum cholesterol levels.

The many flavonoids in fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains, have extensive biological properties that reduce the risk of heart disease. Flavonoids are among the most potent antioxidants. They protect LDL cholesterol from oxidation; inhibit the formation of blood clots; and have hypolipidemic effects and anti-inflammatory action (16). European studies found that those who had the highest consumption of flavonoids had 60 percent less mortality from heart disease and 70 percent lower risk of stroke than the low flavonoid consumers (17,18).

The yellow-orange and red carotenoid pigments in fruits and vegetables are powerful antioxidants that can quench free radicals and protect against cholesterol oxidation. Persons with high levels of serum carotenoids have a reduced risk of heart disease. The recent EURAMIC study found that a high intake of lycopene (the red pigment in tomatoes, pink grapefruit, and watermelon) was associated in men with a 48 percent lower risk of a myocardial infarction compared with a low intake of lycopene (19). Cholesterol synthesis is suppressed and LDL receptor activity is augmented by the carotenoids beta-carotene and lycopene, similar to that seen with the drug fluvastatin (20).

Berries, Beans and Grains
Anthocyanin pigments, the reddish pigments found in fruits, such as strawberries, cherries, cranberries, raspberries, blueberries, grapes, and black currants, are very effective in scavenging free radicals, inhibiting LDL cholesterol oxidation and inhibiting platelet aggregation. Various terpenoids in fruits and vegetables, and tocotrienols in nuts and seeds facilitate lower blood cholesterol levels, by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase (21). Garlic, onions and other members of the Allium family, contain a variety of ajoenes, vinyldithiins, and other sulfide compounds that have antithrombotic action and may lower blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

A number of studies have shown that legumes lower blood cholesterol levels, improve blood sugar control, and lower triglyceride levels. Since beans are good sources of soluble fiber, vegetable protein, saponins, phytosterols and polyunsaturated fat, consuming a diet rich in legumes will lower risk of heart disease.
In the Nurses' Health Study, the highest consumption of whole grains was associated with about a 35-40% reduction in risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. In the Adventist Health Study a regular consumption of whole wheat bread was associated with a 40 to 50% reduced risk of fatal and non-fatal heart disease.

Nut Studies
Epidemiological studies have consistently reported that frequent nut consumption is associated with a 30-60% reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease (22). A number of clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of diets containing almonds, pecans, peanuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, or walnuts to significantly lower LDL cholesterol levels by 7 to 16 percent, without much change in HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels (22).

While nuts are high in fat, they are naturally low in saturated fat and most are quite rich in monounsaturated fat. Nuts also contain a number of vitamins, minerals and other substances important for cardiovascular health, such as potassium, magnesium, vitamin E, folic acid, copper, and dietary fiber. In addition, most nuts contain phytosterols, tocotrienols, and protective polyphenolics such as ellagic acid and flavonoids (23).

Stroke and Diabetes
Data from two prospective studie supports a protective relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of ischemic stroke (24). Cruciferous and green leafy vegetables and citrus fruits were the most protective. Data from the NHANES study revealed that consuming fruit and vegetables three or more times a day compared with less than once a day was associated with a 27% lower incidence of stroke, a 42% lower stroke mortality, a 27% lower cardiovascular disease mortality, and a 15% lower all-cause mortality (25). In the Adventist Health Study, non-vegetarians had a risk of fatal stroke that was 20-30% higher than the vegetarians. Data from population studies and human trials provide evidence that vegetarian dietary patterns lower blood pressure (26). Lower systolic blood pressures in elderly vegetarians has been reported to be best accounted for by their lower body weight (27). Vegetarians living in northern Mexico, were found to have lower body weights, higher potassium and lower sodium intakes, and lower mean blood pressures than non-vegetarians (28).

Higher consumption of nuts (29) and whole grains (30) has been associated with lower rates of diabetes. In a large prospective study, fruit and vegetable intake was found to be inversely associated with the incidence of diabetes, particularly among women (31). Men and women who reported seldom or never eating fruit or green leafy vegetables had higher mean HbA1C levels than those who had more frequent consumption (32). An increased consumption of fruit and vegetables appears to contribute to the prevention of diabetes.

Summary
The consumption of a generous supply of whole grains, legumes, nuts, fruits and vegetables provides protection against chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. A plant-based diet is rich in its content of health-promoting factors such as the many phytochemicals.

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Author: Winston Craig, MPH, PhD, RD.

Posted by: nightnurse | June 24, 2008 08:02 AM

Lettuce Grow Up to Be Healthy

As parents, we do everything that we can to raise happy, healthy children. We immunize them against diseases, we fret over their runny noses, and we consider it to be a national emergency when Junior has a fever. Unfortunately, many parents don’t know that they are risking their children’s health by feeding them drug-laden, meat-based diets instead of cholesterol-free vegetarian diets.

Feeding meat to your children will adversely affect their health in both the short and the long term. Meats are packed with hormones, dioxins, heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, and other contaminants. Some of the antibiotics that are found in chicken flesh are even arsenic-based. These chemicals are ingested by the animals who are exploited on factory farms and then accumulate in the flesh and fat of these animals. Herbicides and pesticides are also dumped on the crops that are fed to animals on factory farms—this means that these poisons are concentrated in the meat at a level that is 14 times higher than that found in vegetables.1 Furthermore, since these toxins are in the animals’ flesh, it’s impossible to wash them away.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the consumption of meat causes 70 percent of the food poisoning cases in the United States each year. This is not surprising when you consider the fact that meat can be contaminated with a host of dangerous bacteria—including E. coli, salmonella, and campylobacter.2 Sadly, adults aren’t the only ones who feel the effects of this contaminated food. Recent outbreaks of E. coli have shown that these pathogens can be deadly when consumed by children.

Benjamin Spock, M.D., author of the highly acclaimed parenting guide Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, wrote, “Children who grow up getting their nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and some forms of cancer.”3

Indeed, the saturated fat and the complete lack of fiber in a flesh-based diet can make your child overweight and lethargic in the short term and can contribute to chronic illnesses like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer in the long term.

In contrast, a healthy vegetarian diet gives children all the protein, calcium, and vitamins that they need to be strong and healthy. Vegetarian kids have the opportunity to be free from the fat, cholesterol, and chemical toxins that are found in fish, chicken, pork, and other meats

Posted by: nightnurse | June 24, 2008 08:11 AM

FAO: Livestock a major threat to environment

The United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization has issued a stunning report on global warming. Livestock production is responsible for more climate change gasses than all the motor vehicles in the world. In total, it is responsible for 18 percent of human induced greenhouse gas emissions. It is also a major source of land and water degradation.

Incredibly, 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions (as measured in carbon dioxide equivalent) are due to the growing numbers of livestock around the world. It's not just methane and manure -- land-use changes, especially deforestation to expand pastures and to create arable land for feed crops, is a big part. Emissions also arise from the energy used to produce fertilizers and pesticides for feed crops, run slaughterhouses, and pump water.

Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth’s entire land surface. In Latin America, 70 percent of former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing. Animal waste accounts for 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.

Livestock production is at the heart of almost every environmental catastrophe confronting the planet – rain forest destruction, spreading deserts, loss of fresh water, air and water pollution, acid rain and soil erosion.

http://veg.ca/content/view/133/111/

Posted by: nightnurse | June 24, 2008 08:25 AM

A meat-based diet requires 7 times more land than a plant-based diet.
The average agricultural land area in North America is 1.6 hectares per person (1.4 hectares after adjusting for the export of grain). Yet there are many countries in the world that use as little as 0.2 hectares (half acre) of farmland per person. These are the countries with plant-based diets.

An area equal to 0.2 hectares is the equivalent of having 5.5 square metres of land available to produce each day's worth of food. The average yield worldwide, for cereal crops in 1994 was 2,814 kilograms per hectare, an amount equivalent to getting 1.5 kilograms (14 cups of cooked grain) per day from 0.2 hectares. For root crops the average global yield in that year would have provided 6.8 kilograms of food per day from 0.2 hectares.2

Another example is the small footprint of land that fruit trees take up. A mature apple tree will produce about 20 bushels a year – enough for 400 pies. A fifth of a hectare (half acre) would yield enough fruit to provide about 115 apples per day.17 Tree crops also have the nice advantage of not being prone to soil erosion.

Any country with reasonable growing conditions should be able to feed their population a plant-based diet using 0.2 hectares of land or less per person. Areas with harsh winter climates also have summers with long days of sunlight, ideal for producing high yields. Grains, legumes and roots can be easily stored for use during off seasons. Areas with regular dry seasons are often balanced with wet seasons.

Posted by: nightnurse | June 24, 2008 08:30 AM

http://veg.ca/content/view/133/111/#inefficient

Posted by: nightnurse | June 24, 2008 08:32 AM

The ability of humans to rationalize immoral behavior is astounding, and aptly exemplified in the majority of posts here. It's so easy for people to smirk and ridicule, while turning their backs on the cruelty their lifestyle choices contribute to.

"Eating meat is legal. They sell it in a store. Problem?" "It's the way things are. Get over it." Sounds suspiciously like what Southern plantation owners said about slavery in the 19th century. I suppose these people would've marched lock-step with the Third Reich in 30s and 40s as well. Legality is not synonymous with morality, and "that's the way it's always been" is a trite, backwards way of thinking.

"If all humans turned to vegetarians tomorrow and all animals were allowed to roam free without being killed for food then the world would end at an alarming quickly pace." Anyone with a modicum of common sense realizes that the liberation of animals from lives of suffering and exploitation would be a gradual process, taking decades at least, so this hypothetical is useless as a starting point for a rational discussion.

"it's a person's choice to eat meat; we don't criticize you, don't criticize us." Statements along these lines are simplistic and display a considerable lack of critical thinking. Of course it's a personal choice, just like a person may choose to engage in criminal activity, or to be racist or sexist. But these personal choices have consequences that matter morally, and if your actions cause harm to others, then the victims have a right to defend themselves--and if they can't then people of conscience must act for them.

Meat eaters are being "forced" to become vegetarians in the same way they are being "forced" to blog here. PETA and the majority of those involved in animal protection are not forcefully imposing their will on others. What they are doing is congruent with what people involved in rights movements have always done--acting through an ethical imperative to inform others of the immorality inherent in supporting animal exploitation industries, and how living a cruelty-free life is a benefit to the planet and to all the animals, human and non-, living on it.

Posted by: exMarine | June 24, 2008 09:04 AM

"Ex Marine" should be HIRED by PETA and given tons of money. That is one of the most eloquent statements I've ever seen.

I'm a vegetarian - and I'm no saint. I buy eggs, milk and cheese produced by farm animals, which puts me in a similar category as meat eaters.

I try to buy humane, but I'm sure I often buy factory farmed products as well. So I am not standing in judgement of meat eaters at all.

These factory farmed animals are denied the most simple, basic needs of any animal. Put simply, they are torutured for their whole lives.

All I ask of myself is that I try to eat vegan at least once or twice a week, and all we ask from meat eaters is to try vegetarian meals once or twice a week, and see how it goes! Then consider going vegetarian, or at least buying Certified Humane products.

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 24, 2008 10:25 AM

Real Girls Eat Tofu!

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Posted by: Sunny Park | June 24, 2008 12:29 PM

Well said, exMarine—a beautifully coherent piece of writing.

Nightnurse, wow—tons of good stuff.

BigDaddy,

About 10 billion domesticated animals are confinement-raised and killed for food every year in the US alone. If every single American went veg, there would be no need for these non-wild animals (remember the vast majority of meat eaten is not wild; wild animals will carry on as they always have). The numbers of these farmed animals would decrease through natural attrition until only small wild populations, or sanctuary-kept animals would be left. They would at this point have little or no effect on the plant-food stores of the US.

According to the USDA, growing the crops necessary to feed farmed animals requires nearly half of the United States' water supply and 80% of its agricultural land. Additionally, animals raised for food in the U.S. consume 90% of the soy crop, 80% of the corn crop, and a total of 70% of its grain.

Remember too that, depending on the animal, it takes so many pounds of grain to produce a single pound of meat. If humans ate the grain and beans at source, instead of inefficiently funneling it through livestock, we would be inundated with huge grain surpluses—enough to feed the world.

Since you've had dogs your whole life, I'm surprised you're not more in tune with the range and sensitivity of an animal's emotions. Pigs, cows and chickens share the same emotions your pit does.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 24, 2008 12:56 PM

If you have such concern for all that grain that's going to feed animals, instead of starving children in Africa, might I suggest you start your own farm and send ALL the grain to Africa and totally deny it to those darned cattle farmers. That'll show them.

Then, once you've gone bankrupt, you'll learn something about economics that you've totally missed in your comment #5.

Grain is grown by farmers to sell to a market that can afford to pay them. Once you've put in the cost of the land, the home, the equipment, the seed, fertilizer, fuel, electricity, water, irrigation, etc. etc. etc, the cost of running a farm soon adds up.

Why do you think that the sale of that grain to cattle ranchers is "theft" as you put it? The grain farmers are there to meet with demand, and that demand must have behind it the force of goods or labour with which to exchange. Otherwise, the farmer toils away to his own ruin, regardless of the charitible cause.

To suggest that all this grain could just be given to starving children in Africa is fallacious at best, and downright slanderous at worst. If everyone just ate grain, all that would happen is we'd have less farmers. At some point, the price of the produced product must find a bare minimum, because of all the input costs. UNLESS you should come to suggest that all the other people involved in the farm (indirectly) should also give away their time, labour, and wealth...

Posted by: Andrew | June 24, 2008 04:04 PM

Excessive use of energy
Animal foods demand the lion's share of energy used in agriculture. According to one study, meat production requires 10 to 20 times more energy per edible tonne than grain production.6 Growing feed crops requires extensive energy for ploughing, harvesting, pumping irrigation water, transportation, and producing fertilizer and pesticides. Once grown, the crops are processed using additional energy. For instance, corn is heated in order to reduce its moisture content from 29% to 15%.12

Furthermore, the housing of pigs and chickens in huge windowless sheds requires energy for artificial ventilation, conveyor belts and electric lighting. Slaughterhouses are also energy and water intensive.

There is also the energy spent transporting farm animals at various points in their life cycle. According to a March 2006 report by the Humane Society of the U. S. "Before they are slaughtered, livestock travel an average of 1,000 miles, but some journeys are much longer. Long-distance transport not only increases the opportunities for animals to come into contact with—and to spread—diseases, but also increases their susceptibility to infection."18

For harvesting fish, extensive energy and resources go into building, maintaining and fueling fleets of trawlers.

Finally, animal products tend to require more energy for processing, packaging, and refrigeration than plant-based foods. In contrast, many vegetables, fruit, grains and tubers require no refrigeration and little or no processing.

Livestock grazing
Roughly one fifth of the world's land area is used for grazing, twice the area used for growing crops.2 Much of this land was once wild grassland supporting a diverse range of plants, birds, rodents and wild grazing animals. Forests are also cleared for grazing. Central America has seen over one-third of its forests cut since the early 1960's, while pasture land has increased by 50%.7

Grassland is often unsuited for cultivation, but with care it can generally be used sustainably for livestock grazing. Cattle, sheep and goats are ruminant animals that fare best on a diet of grass.

In dryland regions, cattle can overgraze perennial grasses, allowing annual weeds and shrubs to proliferate. The new weeds lack extensive root systems to guard soil against erosion. As the former diversity of plant species is lost, wildlife also declines.7 According to a UN study titled "Global Assessment of Soil Degradation,” about 10.5% of the world's fertile land suffers from moderate to extreme degradation. Overgrazing by livestock and current farming practices are the principle causes.13

Livestock displace natural grazing animals such as deer, antelope, bighorn sheep and bison. They also displace small animals and birds dependent on tall grasses for cover and nesting. Encroaching networks of fences and roads are a further impediment to wildlife.

Posted by: Holly | June 24, 2008 05:22 PM

It's just a shirt.

Besides, if you can encourage people to go vegetarian why can't Jessica S. (or anyone else for that matter) encourage other people to eat meat?

1. Meat increases the risk of breast cancer - Nowadays anything you eat can increase your risk of breast cancer so take your pick.

2. Real girls don't support animal abuse. - Real civilized PEOPLE don't pick on other people just because they don't share the same lifestyle.

3. The meat industry is destroying the Earth. - So is every other industry on the face of the planet.

4. Meat will make you fat. - Like reason #1 almost anything you eat can make you fat.

5. Eating meat steals food from starving kids. - How 'bout the families that get their living off of the meat industry; what will happen to them when the companies they work for tank because we all stopped eating meat? Will you be able to provide them with an alternate source of income and prevent them from starving?

Posted by: Ed B. | June 24, 2008 05:30 PM

Andrew,

What makes you think the farmers wouldn't get paid?

Americans provided $122.8 billion of foreign aid in 2005—a small portion of that could buy a lot of grain.

I don't think PETA is suggesting the farmer not be compensated for his/her trouble.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 24, 2008 05:36 PM

Ed,

There is a ton of research that what you eat DOES have an effect on breast cancer. The foods that are most protective are fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

There are industries that are very eco-friendly, but the meat industry is not one of them. There are companies that specialize in recycling, composting, hydro, solar and wind power generation, used apparel, bulk foods, etc. To attempt to equate these types of endeavors with the devastation of the meat industry is way off base.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 24, 2008 06:16 PM

Hmm... I don't agree with this so much. I do agree that Jessica Simpson is dumb, but that is pretty much about it.

First of all... I eat meat.

I have watched the slaughter videos. How would you like those animals to be in the wild though? Quite frankly, if I were a chicken, I would rather have my head quickly buzzed off of my head than be beaten down and eaten alive by a lion, wolf, dog, or whatever animal is out there eating it.

Also, if we did not eat meat... we would have a HUGE over population of animals. Chickens reproduce like MAD. Cows and pigs do not reproduce as quickly... but you get the picture. Do you know how many people are on this earth that are over populating it? Could you imagine if we put all of the pigs, chickens, cows, and other animals on this earth as well? We couldn't go anywhere without stepping on an animal. Our killing of the animals cuts down on the population.

I have seen some pretty nasty slaughter videos, don't get me wrong... I don't think animals should be treated that way. Do keep in mind though, a lot of the slaughter videos that you are seeing are in other countries. Not all of them, but many of them.

So do understand that the killing of animals does have its pros too.

Posted by: Cassie | June 24, 2008 09:48 PM

Why is it an issue what kind of clothing one wears?

For me, bring it on. I'll take a rare porterhouse t-bone combined with buttered lobster tail any day than any kind of vegan food that won't fill me up.

Posted by: Troy | June 25, 2008 05:42 AM

There is a photo of Jessica Simpson in this week's People magazine wearing that disgustingly selfish red t-shirt about girls eat meat. We've written a rebuttal letter to the editor stating that "real women eat healthfully and compassionately". I urge everyone to write to them as well at editor@people.com

Posted by: TomOfMaine | June 25, 2008 07:17 AM

@Mike Quinoa
"Andrew,

What makes you think the farmers wouldn't get paid?

Americans provided $122.8 billion of foreign aid in 2005—a small portion of that could buy a lot of grain.

I don't think PETA is suggesting the farmer not be compensated for his/her trouble."

Ok.. and where did the government get this 'money' to provide this foreign aid?

It's troubling that there's this disconnect between what the government does, and how the economy responds to their interference(Economy: The many choices made by individuals in response to their own particular pressures and needs to fulfil an ultimate personal goal or requirement... It is NOT the "amount of money" exchanging hands). If the government taxes you to buy grains for foreign aid to Africa, not only do you have to pay taxes to cover the cost of the grain, but the price of grain will go up because government will be competing with their ill gotten monies to buy the same products you have to purchse to survive.

It's a double whammy! Woo!

No. Your explaination of "The farmers will get paid because the government will take money from other people to pay for it" really doesn't work for me. I personally don't enjoy being a slave to a government bureaucrat who decides to inject certain sectors with money for his own personal world view, regardless of whether I agree with the ends or not. The ends do not justify the means...

Posted by: Andrew | June 25, 2008 11:52 AM

Cassie
I do not see any pros.
"Livestock" animals are domesticated. They are not meant to live in the wild because they have been engineered by people to be rather placid.They would not be around in great numbers if the meat industry ended. We are overpopulated and we kill natural predators. That is the reason why populations can become unbalanced.Animals would rather live in the wild and then be killed by a predator. I do not know of any chickens who prefer to live in a cramped feces crusted jail that reeks of ammonia, with the possibility of being sexually abused or tortured by people.The wild is not cruel but we are. We are the only species that takes and takes without fitting into the natural order and giving back.

Lions are specialized carnivores that need meat to live.We are omnivores that can easily survive without meat. Do not compare yourself to a lion unless you want to accept all of its behaviors for yourself.There is nothing cruel about a lion eating meat.The act has very few implications but in the case of humans it is a whole new story.

Posted by: Annalena | June 25, 2008 02:02 PM

Oh come on. There is something called the circle of life people. I agree the animals are treated poorly before and during, but until the government steps up and stops it it is going to happen. Animal cruelty for enjoyment, yes it is wrong and the jerks should be treated the same way, but don't blame people who eat meat for making other people starve.

Posted by: D | June 25, 2008 03:02 PM

Andrew said, "Ok.. and where did the government get this 'money' to provide this foreign aid?"

The government is not taxing you to buy grain for Africa.

"$95.5 billion (of the 122.8), or 79%, came from private foundations, corporations, voluntary organizations, universities, religious organizations and individuals, says the annual Index of Global Philanthropy."

So, no, the average taxpayer is not being made an unwitting contributor to global charity.

By the way, the cost of grain in the average box of cereal is about 2% of the total price, so I wouldn't fret too much about its cost.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 25, 2008 06:19 PM

lol wow, I think that if you are ever going to try to get your point across again, maybe you should calm down and use points that are actually relevant to argue said points. But for now, angry immature rants of arguments don't usually get people very far.

Posted by: Katie | June 25, 2008 08:35 PM

"There is something called the circle of life people." I agree. Here's the best description of the circle of life I've seen:

"Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife -
birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes,
beavers, groundhogs, mice, foxes and dingoes - by the
million in order to protect his domestic animals and
their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the
billion and eats them. This in turn kills man by the
million, because eating all those animals leads to
degenerative - and fatal- health conditions like heart
disease, kidney disease, and cancer. So then man
tortures and kills millions more animals to look for
cures for these diseases. Elsewhere, millions of other
human beings are being killed by hunger and
malnutrition because food they could eat is being used
to fatten domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are
dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who
kills so easily and so violently, and once a year,
sends out cards praying for 'Peace on Earth.'"

--David Coats, "Old MacDonald's Factory Farm"

Posted by: buckthorn | June 25, 2008 11:01 PM

"How would you like those animals to be in the wild though? Quite frankly, if I were a chicken, I would rather have my head quickly buzzed off of my head than be beaten down and eaten alive by a lion, wolf, dog, or whatever animal is out there eating it."

Would you rather live a short time on death row and receive a quick, painless death (not that animals in slaughterhouses do, mind you), or live free where you might be hit by a car or murdered? The "wild" is not the wild for animals, and though of course many would be killed by predators, I'm sure if they had a choice they would choose a chance at freedom then a horrid "existence" in a factory farm (which I'm surprised you don't agree with since apparently you've seen the videos).

"Do you know how many people are on this earth that are over populating it? Could you imagine if we put all of the pigs, chickens, cows, and other animals on this earth as well?"

Well, these animals are in fact on the earth--just for an unnaturally short time, and in the kind of miserable conditions that most rational people agree it would be better for them had they never been born. In any case, the gradual freedom of "domesticated" (i.e. "enslaved") animals might cause some initial problems, but there are numerous sanctuaries for farm animals which would help alleviate any serious concerns. This number would be reduced in a relatively quick time once we stopped raising so many for slaughter.

"Also, if we did not eat meat... we would have a HUGE over population of animals. Chickens reproduce like MAD. Cows and pigs do not reproduce as quickly... but you get the picture.... We couldn't go anywhere without stepping on an animal. Our killing of the animals cuts down on the population."

Cassie: The reason there are so many farm animals is because HUMANS BREED AND RAISE BILLIONS EVERY YEAR FOR SLAUGHTER.

Nice attempt at trying to justify your eating habits, which are contributing to the cruelty inflicted on billions of animals every year, but your statements unfortunately are not very well thought-out.

Posted by: silver | June 26, 2008 08:51 AM

Get over it its a shirt. Freedom of speech people. I LOVE MEAT..I EAT COWS,PIGS,CHICKEN and i want a mink coat. If you don't want to then thats perfectly find but just because she or anyone else wants to eat meat and promote it doesn't make them stuipd (Jessica is a little...not so smart..or pretends not be) but eating meat doesn't make her stupid. You promote not eating meat why cant she promote eating it?

Posted by: Dennelle | June 26, 2008 09:47 AM

Peta is such a farce. Why are you dragging her down because she likes a good steak? If you're so concerned about animals, why don't you go to the root of the problem - slaughterhouses. I've seen the horrible footage of animals stuffed into a cage for their whole lives, only to be tortured and killed in the end.
Do you really think you're getting anywhere by attacking celebrities? So what if they like to eat meat... I LOVE meat... does that make me a bad person... hell no. And don't give me any of that trash about all your studies. I am a dietitian and certainly there is no evidence to support that eating lean meat causes any damage. It's all about moderation... if you're going to gorge on steak, then that's a different story.

It's your perogative if you want to be a vegetarian/vegan... but don't bash others for eating meat.
If you're going to bash someone, bash (in fact don't bash.. actually DO SOMETHING) about those horrible US slaughterhouses.

Posted by: Sam | June 26, 2008 11:26 AM

Sam,

Since you're a dietitian, I'm just curious about your recommendations as to what types and how many ounces of lean meat you feel a person should consume. From everything I've read North Americans consume way too much animal protein.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 26, 2008 02:13 PM

To bad the insanely greedy meat industry puts out false ads and information to make the public believe we should keep eating rotten diseased tortured flesh. We are no longer caveman to where we have to call feeling, breathing beings with personalities food. Eating cows, pigs, chickens is really like eating your own cat or dog. Interact with these accepted food animals...and you'll see. There really is no difference. I really wish you guys would just take a little bit of your time to watch what really goes on in those slaughterhouses, to see what happens before the diseased body part is put in those pretty little wrapped up packages you see at the grocery store and put on your dinner plate. Peta has sites that show undercover video on this. And as for signed, "luvallmeat", God DID NOT put animals here on earth for us to torture them. What? Just because we can beat and severely abuse a defenseless animal makes it okay for us to eat their flesh? It's the horrific way the animals are purposely mistreated that I have a huge problem with, therefor I do not eat anything with a face. On second thought, just to eat any living breathing being, no matter how it was treated, is just disgusting! Body parts? No thank you! There are so many alternatives to meat, and that really do taste just like it, that there really is no reason to eat any bloody, once screaming with horrific pain animal meat.

Posted by: Vanessa | June 26, 2008 03:57 PM

@nightnurse

"""Summary
The consumption of a generous supply of whole grains, legumes, nuts, fruits and vegetables provides protection against chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. A plant-based diet is rich in its content of health-promoting factors such as the many phytochemicals."""

Read my post if you want or just skip it, I really don't care...I just wanted to say thanks for the information provided in your posts. Well appreciated and great to see someone actually researching and proving backup for the info they provide. I really did enjoy it. I understand plants are awesome for you, I haven't been trying to say that plants aren't great. The majority of America is overweight due to the excess of junk they consume. A well-balanced diet and a good dose of excersise is needed to maintain a healthy life(to me). My major point in this post to you is that people are different. Every aspect of their body is different.How they eat, how they digest food. Regardless of the fact we all have the same stuff inside, it all acts differently depending on our habitat and environmental surroundings. Not eating meat may work for you but it won't work for everyone. Once again, everyone's dietary functions are different. Some may not be able to survive on plants alone. That is the point I have been trying to convey. I'm not trying to say someone is right or someone is wrong, I'm just saying something aren't for everyone.

@ex-marine
Beautiful and thank you. Very well spoken and very well needed.

@Maya, CVT | June 24, 2008 10:25 AM
""All I ask of myself is that I try to eat vegan at least once or twice a week, and all we ask from meat eaters is to try vegetarian meals once or twice a week, and see how it goes!""

As a meat-eater, I can see myself doing that. And I am so grateful for your thoughts about it all too. Rather than try like most to 'force' it, find a nice median. I honestly think I might try that idea. Once or twice a week doesn't seem so bad. Plus, it might make up for a few lost veggies I have had in the week...^^

@Sam
I eat meat, too, and I agree it's all about how much of what you eat. But I agree with Mike...I would like to know the quantity and types of what meat we should eat, please.

--Hettie G.
fordhater001@msn.com

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 26, 2008 04:24 PM

@ Vanessa | June 26, 2008 03:57 PM

The Department of Health won't allow us to eat "rotten diseased" flesh. Granted they are tortured, and I think that THAT is cruel and not right and I think there is DEFINATELY another, humane way to do it. But I don't eat rotten and diseased flesh. I eat humanely killed animals from my local farms. Big meat companies be damned to get my money.
On humane treatment of animals, I stated before, people will always eat meat whether anyone likes it or not. I will and until my son tells me, he will as well. It's just the way I was raised. And it tastes delicious. Not saying that's all we eat, but it is our main course. The meat industry treats cows so horribly(and yes, I HAVE seen the PETA undercover footage and I HAVE seen all sorts of the slaughterhouse videos), and I know the are kept to the small little 'cells', as I call them. No real grass to munch on, no where to walk around other than a 6x4 block. All they walk on is their crap and THAT, if not cleaned off the animal properly before slaughter, is hazardous. I think that making this big a deal about Jessica Simpson's shirt is dumb and I think that people here who are so passionate on the subject, as well as you, should realize that meat will always be an industry and will always be in business. However, there are better things to convey those feelings of anger and sadness and compassion(although sometimes the inconsideration on here has completely shot down the compassion part). I stated earlier I don't really see why the animals have to be alive when they are processed. I think PETA and anyone who has an issue with the way the animals are treated should fight for something as simple as a simple needle in the cows with just a bit of air. Then go through the processing. I also think we should let the animals roam free on actual land and have the only building they have to be confined in is when they aren't living anymore. and luvallmeat is dumb in the thinking that we should kill them they way we've been doing.

And unfortunately, some countries do eat dogs and cats. America(some parts) don't because of PETA and many other miscellaneous animals right groups.
--Hettie G.
fordhater001@msn.com

Posted by: Hettie G. | June 26, 2008 04:47 PM

It is true people can eat what they want,
even if it means the suffering of animals for their greed and lust for eating flesh,
and they dont mind cancer, heart disease, diabetes for them selves or their children and they dont mind that the water ways are polluted with animal fesses to the point of polluted well water, destroying streams, Creeks, lakes, bays and the oceans, and dont care about global warming and dont care about their next generations of children to come.

I tell you this, you have been warned, not just by us, but by UN and the science world and Md's and PH D's and their studies, and in the years to come remember that PETA and other good groups and good people tried to tell you, and you did not listen....

Please go Vegan, save up to 100 farm animals per person per year, save your health, and our earth for future generations to come....
Please love your self and your familys enough save it all...

Posted by: Holly | June 26, 2008 05:03 PM

to all you big time meat-eater fools!!! dont' you realise you're not just eating the pure meat/flesh of all those animals?? you really think/believe it's as simple as that? you fools!!
in that case you'd better bone-up on what these poor animals are fed on and fed on big time... and I dont' mean just the corn and maize au naturelle>> it isn't as simple as that.. and I ain't even a cow/pig/sheep raising farmer.. haven't you heard of GMC or genetically modified crops/corn.. dont' you realize these animals' feed are full of these genetically modified crops/corn not to mentoin all the other additional genetics in their food ie to make them grow bigger, meatier.. or fleshier or faster.. so if you eat meat and drink regular cows milk.. you surely have to be intaking these additives and GMC whether you like it or not.. eating so much meat good for you?? hmm.. don't think so.. in any case.. what's the big hoo-hah about eating meat?.. it ain't that great.. I'll have some once in a while and then I can't face it anymore for another long long stretch period of time.. not becuase it's so yummy and scrummy because it ain't.. but eating so much meat ain't a good idea.. even my common sense and subconscious ! konws that!!

Posted by: lizc | June 26, 2008 06:13 PM

To Hettie G. The Department of Health wont let the public eat rotten diseased flesh!?!?!??? HA!! Are you kidding me??? It is so common that rotten diseased flesh gets put through with everything else, that this is called DOWNED COW. Ever heard of that? I am sure YOU have. This is when a cow is soooo sick that the only way to get these poor defenseless cows to move, even just a little bit,if at all, (and remember this is very common), is to get cruelly picked up, (still alive and breathing ), with a bulldozer to take them to get processed for your dinner plate. Oh yeah, and dont forget the extremely painful electric shocks they get and the hard kicks that are given to them to get them to get up. Of course they dont get up because guess what????... They can't!! They are poor diseased ridden cows that will get processed with all the others, even if they are sick, and will put the public at high risk for guess what.... MAD COW DISEASE. Hettie, I am sure you know about Peta's KFC campaign, it is not to get people to stop eating chickens, OH NO THE WORLD WOULD END IF PEOPLE DID THAT!!!, but to get KFC to at least,at the very,very least to treat the chickens, that give them so much bloody profit, to treat them in a more humane manner. I also was raised to eat once screaming in pain accepted food animals, you know, body parts, but as I got more open minded and YES more compassionate, I started to eat the delicious vegetarian chicken patties(from BOCA),the tasty vegetarian prime grilled patties,(also from the company BOCA) and tried everything else they have, and there was no turning back for me. And yes,these vegetarian foods are high in protein,vitamins and even fiber. God only knows, fiber is what we need in this "plugged" up meat eating world. Anyway, I wont be logging into this site anymore to see your feedback. I have letters to write,(against vivesection,live animal cosmetic testing,etc,etc), to continue speaking for those who cannot defend themselves from all the cruel people in this cruel world. C-YA

Posted by: Vanessa | June 26, 2008 11:05 PM

Sorry.. Didn't realize that it was only philanthropists, and not the government that was donating money/food...

"Washington, DC, 31 May 2007 - The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday welcomed US government contributions in May totaling $32.4 million"

http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2505

Posted by: Andrew | June 27, 2008 02:57 AM

We applaud you Vanessa !!!
Thank you so very much for all your hard work....

Keep it up Vanessa !!!

Go Vegan, save up to 100 farm animals per person per year, and save your health, and our earth...

Posted by: Holly | June 27, 2008 10:25 AM

Lets just settle this once and for all! The veggies can pick there best and the meat-eaters can pick their best. One big fight, whoever wins gets to make the world however they want!
If you think about it, thats really what it will come down to eventually. Law after law will be passed protecting animals and one day, 98% of Americans that eat meat will get pissed and this will be over! For fuck sake people, mind your own business!

Posted by: Kurt K | June 27, 2008 01:33 PM

Clement wrote,

"It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals.

Go Vegan!

Posted by: Holly | June 27, 2008 02:34 PM

Well said, Hettie! It takes a real woman to state the opposing view on this forum. I have to say, some activists on both sides say things on blogs that they would never say to someone's face!

PETA does really try to reward actions taken to give farm animals more humane treatment. Just FYI, I learned a while ago that the term "Free Range" is a farce, the animals only have to be allowed 5 minutes a day outside to get that label!

The label "Humane Certified" is currently the best, although it needs a lot of work.

It's also worth noting that any type of certification can be thousands of dollars a year, and some local farmers cannot afford it. For example, some of the local farmers in my area grow organic veggies but they can't afford the certification - but we know them personally so we know they're legit.

Buying local keeps the economy strong, and I encourage people to visit farms where they buy their dairy (and meat) from to make sure the animals are treated humanely.

Please visit my blog or message me if you want to know about my diet - I have it down to a science now! ;)

karyfinch@yahoo.com

Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 27, 2008 03:32 PM

Hey honestly person can get high and mighty about the rights and wrongs of eating meat.

Speaking from scientific views if meat (forbidden fruit?)was not consumed by our early ancestors, they would not have had the brain power to develop tools. If this stimulus had not been part of our development we probably would not have made it out of the ice ages.

Realistically any treatment of an animal contrary to its nature can be viewed as inhumane. So unless a person who views animal abuse acceptable unless it benefits them, Dairy farming is wrong. So we must consider alternatives to dairy. Soymilk ok now unless it is organic agriculture in nature, Harvesting and maintaining the soy production causes toxins to be released in the food chain and kills millions of insects in just the US.

Now is it wrong to kill in order for you to eat well most vegetarians don't think so. Go eat some vegetables from the store. THat have been sprayed and poisoned to provide food for yourself. Does a bug not count they can feel pain the live they breath; or do the self-righteous only consider what is cute as important. The mosiquito that bit you the other day. It was alive only doing what it was made to do unaffected for millions of years before man. YOU CRUELLY SMASHED IT. If you believe in ethics for animals tell me of these ethics. If a person applies for a job and maintains it the garner minimum wage. Do our service animals get paid it is only fair if you use the phrase humane. To treat as a human. Police dogs do not recieve paychecks they may get room and board but this merely counts as indentured servitude (slavery if your not familar with the term). So in the land of the free we still keep slaves, but we can't call them that. That word is bad. We call them working animals.

So lets look into this. So if you eat vegetables you condone murder. If you drink milk you believe in life long imprisonment. if you believe in the usefulness of drug dogs you believe in slavery.

We are in the end part of nature and doing nothing no different than nature already does. Ants farm aphids and fungus. Sharks will use cleaner fish to cleanse themselves (which means they themselves use a working animals sharks get a service and feed the cleaner, dogs provide a service and get fed).

I eat meat. I give thanks to God for providing the animal for sustainment. I thank the animal as well. I do not believe in reckless killing of animals, but if they must die do not do it for sport or for the sake of the kill.

Posted by: Shrek | June 28, 2008 09:41 AM

This is retarded.
2. the meat industry cuts the sensitive beaks off newborn chicks and cuts off the tails of baby piglets.
The beaks are NOT sensitive. It's like cutting your fingernails. It doesn't hurt. They just do it so the chickens don't peck at eachother. (Which, by the way, actually causes MORE pain than chopping off their non-sensitive beaks)

3. The meat industry is destroying the Earth. The only thing that's hot about the meat industry is that it's toasting the planet. According to the United Nations, raising animals for food causes more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, SUVs, planes, and ships in the world combined.
only about 35% of the land is agriculture-friendly. People need to eat. So, since they can't grow crops they have to raise animals. So, sorry but we can't let people starve no matter how much you hate humans.

4. Meat will make you fat. That's true. But there's also a balanced diet and exercise. People can stay thin by eating more white meats and staying away from fatty parts. They can also exercise (duh!) to keep their weight down so that's really not an issue.

5. Eating meat steals food from starving kids. Jessica's trip to help kids in Africa got a lot of media buzz, but by gnawing on meat, she's essentially stealing food from the mouths of starving children since it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of meat. If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world.

see number 3

Posted by: Alyssa | June 29, 2008 02:41 AM

A toast to everyone who is moved by compassion for animals and the Earth to lead a vegan lifestyle! CHEERS ALL!

Posted by: lynda downie | June 30, 2008 12:25 AM

We look for change, and try very hard to cause no harm to any living creature.
How can anyone find fault with working to find a kinder life for all...
It is true that insects and others get caught up in the process of plant production.
It is true that vegans cause less harm than vegetarians, and vegetarians do less harm than meat eaters.

Some Organic growers work to do less harm even to insects, however we know that its not perfect.
We are working for a kinder world for all, how can anyone find fault with our effort to do less harm and hopefully some day no harm to any living creature.

Go Vegan, save our animals, your health and our earth...

Posted by: Holly | June 30, 2008 09:27 AM

Alyssa wrote, "the meat industry cuts the sensitive beaks off newborn chicks and cuts off the tails of baby piglets.
The beaks are NOT sensitive. It's like cutting your fingernails. It doesn't hurt. They just do it so the chickens don't peck at eachother. (Which, by the way, actually causes MORE pain than chopping off their non-sensitive beaks)."

How do you know their beaks are not sensitive?

The sole reason debeaking is necessitated in the first place is that factory-farmed birds are crammed together in huge numbers (the pecking order can't be established). Eliminate the over-crowding and you've eliminated the need to debeak.
The same thing applies with tail-docking and teeth-cutting.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | June 30, 2008 01:48 PM

Sheesh, it's a funny little t-shirt. You people are way to serious, and defintely take yourselves way too seriously. In addition, you are completely intolerant of any view other than your own. Hypocritical, don't you think??

Posted by: Louie | June 30, 2008 03:45 PM

I'm an avid vegetarian, but not for the reason of cruelty to animals.

How can people be worried about the welfare of animals when babies are dying because of pro-choice?

End the ruthless killing of infants and I'll consider joining the cause against cruelty to animals.

Posted by: Brett from VA | June 30, 2008 03:51 PM

Go Pro Choice!
It is a womans body she should and does have all rights concerning it.

Posted by: Holly | June 30, 2008 05:52 PM

PETA--

One day, everyone will be looking back and thinking how horrible/wasteful/unhealthy it was for all of us to eat so much meat!

Don't mind the haters. I am not a vegetarian, but I cut back my meat consumption by 75%, in part because of what I learned from you and how this can help the environment.

We could all make a difference even by just cutting back our meat consumption. This does not need to be a black and white issue, carnivore vs. herbivore issue. I don't understand why everyone here is so hostile about it. Vegetarianism is healthy and the science supports it. Americans consume WAY too much protein!

You cannot call yourself an environmentalist if you continue to mindlessly eat foods that harm the environment. Period.

Posted by: J. | June 30, 2008 10:19 PM

My my. It's so good to see so many people who get excited about what lil' Jessica wears. You really all need to get a life and stop critiquing other people's choice of t-shirts. (loosly translated.... get a life already!)

Posted by: MeatEater | July 1, 2008 12:12 AM

I am a big woman and I am a vegiterian.

I don't see why people can not be satisfied with the food that animals already bring to us. Why must we eat them as well? Cows can give us milk to drink, Laying hens can give us eggs, which are infertile and the other animals can give one company. They have feeling, just the same as us. Why must people, like Jessica Simpson, slaughter them just do they can selfishly have a dinner that costs a living creature it's life? Not to mention she is killing herself with all of the hormones, steroids and etc. that they are pumping into these creatures. And she would never, ever, be able to kill those animals herself. It takes a "special" kind of pycho, I mean, person, to do that..

But, and I have to say this, to protect the freedom to say what ever you wish...It IS her right to have her own opinion, how ever limited that may be. Just as vegitarians can fuss about "meat eaters", they can fuss about us.

I honestly think it's all about personal choice. I have met many people who, maybe it's there dependency on it or something to that effect, get physically sick when they don't eat meat... Which, if that's the case, I would begin wondering what it is about it that makes me need it so much..

And, to contiue with my first part, I am a big woman and I will always be big, no matter what I eat and saying that meat will always make you FAT! is untrue..(Note that Jessica Simpson is a smaller female). And It is incredibly rude to attack peoples weight like that just because you know it will get to women.. Why must females always do that??

And if you are going to attempt an intelligent post for the rights of animals, please remember to forget your anger and try to express yourself using COMPASSION, that you say is so "sexy". "Stealing food from starving kids" is a very immature way to word a very big problem.

Even as a vegitarian I must admit, sadly, that there are worse problems effecting our world that this, including the problems in America (With nearly 33 million American's in poverty and 36 % of our homeless being families, 7 % being teenagers by themselves and 46% of the 36% being working families.) World hunger, Global Warming (Attempting to protect our enviorment in gereral) and AIDS.. I think that these three issues are more imortant and need our attention more than what Jessica Simpson wore today...

Posted by: Erin | July 1, 2008 12:30 AM

You people are absolutely crazy. I abhore you all.

Posted by: U R CRAZY | July 1, 2008 04:07 AM

1) I do not have breasts so I do not care.

2) Eating is not abuse. The pigs and cows and sheep have a place in prey chain as many other animals do. If foxes have a right to eat frogs, mice and rabbits, then I have a right to eat pigs and cows and sheep. I am a predator and that's sexy for real girls :)

3) Earth has been both much warmer and much colder in earlier millennia and it still was not destroyed.

4) I am 172 cm tall and weigh 65 kgs. I would love to be a little bit heavier.

5) There are too many humans around anyway. I for one will not complain when my day comes.

OK, my steak is getting ready, by-bye :)

Posted by: Kriku | July 1, 2008 05:26 AM

This shirt is so white trash. She probably enjoys her dad Joes meat just as much since hes so obssessed with her boobs. Some people tell me I look & even act like her, Im a lil ditsy but I took it as a compliment. Now I dont ever want 2 be compared 2 her! No wonder Nick left her, what a waste of a cute body. How is she so in love with the dog she carrys around when she eats meat? Does she not get the connection?

Posted by: Melanie | July 1, 2008 10:55 AM

Holly, what a contradiction you just stated.

"Go Pro Choice!
It is a womans body she should and does have all rights concerning it."

Doesn't Jessica have the right to eat meat then? I mean after all it is her choice right? I don't understand how you can be so against eating meat, but at the same time support killing unborn children!

Posted by: Kurt K | July 1, 2008 02:25 PM

She can eat what ever she wants.
Here is the problem, she can choose to eat or not eat meat.
The animal she eats does not have a right to choose to be eatten or not, if it is a farm animal it will be eatten.

I believe in birth control. If people used wise choices about birth control there would be no need for abortion, except in cases where there is a threat to the mothers life, or rape, and in those cases it should be and is up to the woman.
There for Pro choice...

Posted by: Holly | July 1, 2008 04:47 PM

I think the breast cancer rate is raised for meat eating girls because they actually have breasts as opposed to the typically flat as a board vegan girls.

Posted by: LOLZ | July 1, 2008 05:32 PM

humm. this is all so pointless. PETA is going to try and stop people from killing animals for food and other things, but its never going to happen. i think we can totaly find other things to make clothes and shoes and whatever with, but we are made to eat meat, check out your teeth sometime, the big pointy ones are for ripping meat. i dont like the conditions of slaughterhouses, and i think that should really be changed, but im a meat eater, god made me this way, and ill always be this way unless i start having allergies. i do rock with the free range chicken eggs though, anything to do my part!! ;)

oh and the shirt, good god, get over it. would there have been as much hoopla over it if it said -real girls eat boogers- or -real girls eat lettus- ? i mean where are all the lettus activist?

Posted by: Brandi | July 1, 2008 05:48 PM

if everyone were to quit eating meat, what would we do with all the chickens, cows, and pigs? You have to keep the population under control somehow.

Posted by: Mike | July 1, 2008 05:50 PM

I got to say, I love meat, and sorry to say I don't see it any ones problem that she wears that T-shirt.

second, the "top 5 list" up there makes me wonder if the person that wrote this finished 2nd grade..

third, I do not condone animal cruelty or any cruelty for that matter, but relax on the holy attitude it's not even funny perhaps you could use some meat? :)

Posted by: Starri | July 1, 2008 09:22 PM

Actually, I have to admit I like a good grilled pork chop. It really doesn't matter to me if the pig suffered or not. If he/she didn't suffer, he/she would still be dead. Why does PETA make a big deal about the suffering? I never got that. I would just think your argument would be to ban all meat production period. What good does it do to save a pig from suffering WHILE its being killed. It is still being killed. I don't get it.

Posted by: John | July 1, 2008 10:40 PM

So Jessica doesn't have a right to free speech? If she can't wear the shirt, then the PETA crackpots need to stop touting the Kentucky-Fried Cruelty crap. Some of us think vegetables and tofu are disgusting, so let's leave it at that. It is called THE FOOD CHAIN!!!

Posted by: Troy | July 1, 2008 11:25 PM

My two cents on some of these comments... 1) I've never heard of a vegetarian who lived to be 100 years old. Developing heart disease is by a severe lack of exercise or even heredity, not the food chain. If you have one or both of these factors working against you then it doesn't matter what the hell you put in your mouth. 2) In regards to some of the jabs about the environment... unless you are riding your bike to a local organic and sustainable farm for your meat and veggies then you are no different than anyone else. 3) In regards to Jessica Simpson, I find it extremely funny that people are taking jabs at Jessica's boobs, when the PETA contingent's unofficial spokesperson is Pam Anderson, 4) now everyone take a deep breath and relax and just live simple and eat local

Posted by: CB | July 1, 2008 11:52 PM

Melanie...uh...I eat meat but...I'm not gonna eat my cat.

It's AMAZING how many meat eaters have pets! It's become an epidemic!

Troy, you have a very VERY good point. Maybe I should blog about the next "I'm not a nugget" shirt I see and point out that animated chickens aren't good for your diet.

And Erin...I wish the world had more of you. Bless you.

Posted by: Tabitha | July 2, 2008 03:28 PM

BTW, to all the comments about all the stuff pumped into animals..I live near plenty of farms. I cannot grow anything in my yard for all the pesticides sprayed on crops - it kills EVERYTHING. If we can't eat animals because of foreign chemicals introduced into them, we also cannot eat the crops grown for that reason. We're ALL gonna starve. Next argument.

Posted by: Tabitha | July 2, 2008 03:33 PM

I love the complaints about meat-eaters "trolling" the PETA site. You can be an animal-rights activist without being a vegetarian. Arguing that commenters' reasoning FOR eating meat is somehow less stupid that the article's author's reasoning for NOT eating meat is absurd. The writer set a low standard for logical arguments in the first place, you can't blame others for using the same patchy reasoning as a response.

Likewise, if meat-eaters are trolling, what is PETA doing ripping Jessica apart for wearing a shirt in her daily life? She didn't wear it to a PETA meeting and insult their beliefs, why should they insult hers? If these are the tactics they use to get their thoughts across, no wonder people don't want to listen. Spend more time INFORMING, and less time INSULTING.

Posted by: Ninbu | July 2, 2008 05:24 PM

Tabitha,

A person won't ingest drugs like Bovine Growth Hormone at all if they steer clear of dairy and hamburgers made out of worn-out dairy cows.

If you eat a cow you're eating higher up the food chain than eating at source (plants).

Pesticide/herbicide/insecticide residues are more concentrated in the flesh of the animals you eat than they are in plants. So, a vegetarian or vegan diet does in fact ingest less unexpected chemistry.

Perhaps the reason you can't grow anything is that the nearby farms use genetically-engineered Monsanto seed. The Monsanto pesticide then kills EVERYTHING in its wake, except for their own patented seed. We all got suckered in on that one.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | July 2, 2008 07:05 PM

ummm, yeah she is obviously not talking about animal meat, shes talking about man meat.

Posted by: G | July 2, 2008 09:34 PM

Well, if nothing else, she has proven that eating meat DOES make you stupid......

Posted by: antigone1000 | July 3, 2008 12:27 AM

Wow, put up a mugshot of Jessica and you get 500 plus comments, put up a tactful discussion of other animal care subjects and you get 2 or 3 comments.

If anyone is wondering why PETA is "picking" on Simpson, take a peek at the number of comments here. Are all the other PETA posts about animal homelessness, extinction and abuse too boring for us?

What a shame, our society has gone to hell.

Posted by: Maya, CVT | July 3, 2008 12:41 PM

One simple thought...I prefer PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PEOPLE! I eat meat, love it, vegetables don't do it for me. As for the "watch a slaughterhouse video" comments and so forth, I have actually seen it in person and the only thing I could think of upon completion of watching it was "Damn, that is a lot of dinners."

Posted by: justafkinname | July 3, 2008 05:50 PM

justafkinname you are not very evolved are you...

Sad you cant find compassion for a living creature that you see with your own eyes gave up its life so you could eat its flesh and the only thing you could think of was your mouth, and stomach...

The animal wanted its life as much as you want yours.

The animal gave up its most precious life for your greed.

Not very evolved thinking, and you have a very hard and cold heart, dont you justafkinname....

I hope you can find a more compassionate way of thinking and living for your own sake justafkinname...

It is a sad day when you cant feel compassion when you see pain and suffering with your own eyes.

Maybe you have watch to much TV/movie and play games full of violence and maybe you are programed to see violence and pain as not being real.

Open your heart, look beyond your self, find compassion.
Don't let your heart become hard to the reality of life and the suffering that happens in our world...

Go Vegan, This is 2008 not the dark ages, we as humans can do better than this....

Posted by: Holly | July 4, 2008 08:44 AM

Maya,

The Simpson saga is all over the internet, and that's why I think there are so many hit-and-run posters on here. Remember when the same thing happened with Michael Vick?

As you pointed out, they have no interest in animals; they're just wanking.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | July 4, 2008 10:59 AM

Very true, Mike. Too bad people are so quick to come to the aid of a wealthy celebrity - where is everyone when animals are being tortured?

Posted by: Maya, C.V.T. | July 5, 2008 01:35 AM

What a stupid lass she is. I prefer Leona Lewis personaly.
Love, The Cornsnake LassxX

Posted by: The Cornsnake Lass | July 5, 2008 09:43 AM

I <3 animals, and preventing cruelty to them is something i have campaigned for in the past. However, going veggie is not the answer. Despite everything peta claims, meat (eaten in correct quantities) doesn't make you fat. However, consuming large amounts of vegetable fat will. I agree that cruelty to animals must stop, but the bias this site puts on the argument is so heavy it is simply inaccessible to the general public.

Posted by: Matt_H | July 5, 2008 12:05 PM

Well, I, for one, think this little quarrell has run its course...
@Mike
I haven't even bothered looking at the Simpson things anywhere else, to be honest. I only came here because of my disbelief from the news...I could care less if Jessica Simpson wore it or if Mother Theresa wore it, myself...
@Maya
The cruelty of animals, unfortunately, will go unnoticed in the public eye and as unfortunate as it is, PETA will probably continue to get bad publicity due soley to people who post such outrageous statements as this. Personally, I think PETA's views have been misshapen, misguided, misconstrued and shadowed from what it really used to be.

As for me, I'm done and this post kinda ruined PETA and their site for me. If anyone wants to talk or continue something from here, email me.

fordhater001@msn.com

Good day to everyone else!
--Hettie G.

Posted by: Hettie G. | July 6, 2008 07:31 PM

The only reason I would get the shirt is because my boyfriend's nickname is "Meat" and THAT would be funny.

Posted by: ACG | July 8, 2008 03:22 PM

woah.
reading all this crap just makes me want to eat meat even more esp. some of these comments . i will nevere evr give up my meat. and i am not overweight. meat is healthy and provides protein. and it tastes good.ps. i rather worry about issues like disease and starvation (point no.5 is mostly bull)things like curing cancer and the advance of technology than animals dieing so we can eat. well um duh they die, hhow else do you eat them. and if the world is going to go vegetraian; better not be in my lifetime. and i know a lot of "nice loving caring vegetarians, nothing like us horrible blood thirsty cruel stupid ignorant horrible ugly and fat meat eaters" are gona get angry. but its just my opinion. no harm done & i doo feel quite sick when i see some of those videos, but thats life.

Posted by: super | July 9, 2008 06:49 AM

Well, it did get people talking. I think if this blog got one person to think about a change, it was well worth it...and as for the others, even if they say they wont listen or change, seeds were planted... and who knows what will grow...

Go Vegan and have a Wonderful Day Everyone!

Posted by: Holly | July 9, 2008 01:27 PM

i wish i could meet at least two people on here so i can here what you have to say in person. it all sound to ridiculous

Posted by: MEAT LOVER | July 15, 2008 08:35 PM

I really don't care if you people are vegetarians or if you don't eat meat, but please don't disrespect people just because they do eat meat. There are tons of people who eat meat. That doesn't mean ALL people who eat meat beat animals and abuse them. I also think it's quite rude that people make lude comments about people who eat meat. If you are a vegetarian, good for you. If you eat meat, good for you too! Just because I eat meat doesn't mean I'm a bad person. And please, if you comment back about this. Please do it with dignity and courtesy. I would rather not talk to people who don't conduct themselves properly. Thank you.

Posted by: Emilee | July 17, 2008 07:08 PM

So, you're equating being fat with eating meat? Do you think the best way to get people to eat vegetarian/vegan is to shame them into thinking being overweight is a terrible thing? Just another reason why you people embarass a sane vegetarian like me.

Posted by: Jennifer | July 18, 2008 06:42 PM

LOL, LOL, I'm sorry but the sloppy, barely readable way you spelled "stupid" the shirt is so funny! There is no such thing as what a "real girl" does. All you have to have is the corect "reproducing machine" down there.

By the way, meat won't make you fat. Eating to much of anything and not exercising will.

Posted by: Karen | July 18, 2008 07:13 PM

i'm pretty sure eating meat doesnt make you fat. it's the way people like to prepare it (greasy, saucey, fried, etc). but good call on trying to prove a point by making a general statement that skips over completely relevant variables.

Posted by: food for thought | July 20, 2008 04:45 AM

1. Meat increases the risk of breast cancer.
Sunlight increases the risk of skin cancer,
2. Real girls don't support animal abuse.
Meh.
3. The meat industry is destroying the Earth.
Haha, thanks for the laugh.
4. Meat will make you fat.
No, overeating(anything) and no exercise will.
5. Eating meat steals food from starving kids.
As much as eating vegetables do.

Conclusion: You guys are pathetic.

Posted by: David | July 21, 2008 06:02 PM

Is PETA going to start dumping fake blood on lions and tigers now too because they eat meat? Can't she just wear a tee-shirt without someone making it into some kind of weapon of mass distruction? It's a damn tee-shirt! Get over it! This little blog you made just made you look like a complete idiot and turned you into some prejudice idiot. She can eat meat if she damn well wants to and you can't do anything about it. Is this little blog just about getting attention? Because you sure have a lot of it now. And it's also not fair that vegetarians can make fun of meat eaters, but as soon as a meat eater makes fun of a vegetarian it's a federal crime. Don't be so touchy about a shirt.

Posted by: Emilee | July 25, 2008 04:34 PM

You guys are CRAZY!!!!! I can't believe you are making such a big deal out of a t-shirt! Come on!! Don't you have something else better to do with your time! And if anyone knows where you can get one of those shirts let me know! I'm wanting one myself!

Posted by: Ashley | July 26, 2008 11:40 AM

Ashley you are looking at the little picture which is just the shirt and what it says, but even more, who is wearing it..
This opened the door for a Perfect opportunity to get people to talk about animal suffering and vegetarian/vegan life style.

540 people have come to this sight to talk about the shirt and what they think about animal welfare....and you my friend are one of those...
yah, the shirt is dumb, but you were smart enough to come check it out....

Hey,
Go Vegan, dont let your body become a graveyard for farm animals, thats what happens when you eat meat!
Spooky!!!!

Posted by: Holly | July 28, 2008 03:25 PM

Alright don't eat meat. But don't treat women like meat either. Why do women have to be given reasons to not eat meat like "it will make you fat" and it's not "hot." Why the hell does that matter? It's about the rights of living creatures, not being patronizing and assuming everything we women do is driven by our "need" to be attractive. Same goes for the PETA naked hot female celebrity campaigns, and "chicks" in cages and yellow bikinis.

Posted by: Erin | August 6, 2008 10:53 PM

What I find strange is the anger at anyone NOT liking Jessica's shirt, isn't it obviously cruel and stupid? people somehow see her as a good old girl now and Pam as the bad guy, not us people on here but other. does this make others feel justified also in thier nasty meat lovng?

Posted by: Tina | August 23, 2008 03:36 PM

this is the stupidest thing ever. and people won't stop eating meat because jessica simpson eats meat. jeez. also i completely agree with emilee, "it's also not fair that vegetarians can make fun of meat eaters, but as soon as a meat eater makes fun of a vegetarian it's a federal crime."

Posted by: R | August 26, 2008 11:50 AM

I was such a Jessica fan before these pics came out! If real girls eat meat I don't want to be a girl anymore :-)

Posted by: Ariel | August 28, 2008 08:54 PM

Holly-

"Go Pro Choice!
It is a womans body she should and does have all rights concerning it."

One big thing wrong with your statement- once pregnant, it's not only the woman's body, but she is also carrying another living body inside of her own.
Abortion= Murder. Each and every time.

Posted by: It's a Baby, not a Choice | August 29, 2008 05:24 AM

Again...
I believe in birth control. If people used wise choices about birth control there would be no need for abortion, except in cases where there is a threat to the mothers life, or rape, and in those cases it should be and is up to the woman.
There for Pro choice...

Posted by: Holly | September 1, 2008 02:35 PM

I love that Jessica chose to wear her beliefs on her shirt. I have the REAL GIRLS EAT MEAT flair on my facebook. If you choose not to eat meat b/c you don't like it, fine. But all of this ridiculousness about "hurting the animals" & "torture & suffering" - it's just outrageous. God put the animals here to feed His people. Our bodies are made to eat meat (canine teeth, hello?). I love meat. Also, it's a source of protein. I eat A LOT of meat & I'm in good shape. It's all about excercise & portion control. I know a lot of fat vegetarians. PETA should try to send out an educational blurb on being a vegetarian - not some demeaning blog.

Posted by: Dawn | September 12, 2008 03:46 PM

"I'm gonna go on record saying that if anyone had to wear a ridiculous shirt like this, I'm glad it was Jessica—as people are more likely to follow the opposite of her lead."

Haha, you got that right. I bet a lot of people just become vegetarians, for fear of becoming a "real girl" just like Jessica. XD

P.S. - to "Dawn": Please take your animal hating self and GTFO. Come back once you've done some research on the treatment of the animals who's flesh you love to eat. Oh, eating meat is fine - if you can kill and prepare it yourself... just as God intended it. Could you look an animal in the face and then murder it? Carve it up and cook it for dinner, with it's blood dripping from your hands? Buying meat from the store, you distance yourself from the fact that you're eating another living being just like yourself, another living being that has endured unspeakable suffering at the hands of the food industry. Do yourself a favour and research before you post comments, because you just sound stupid and uninformed.

Posted by: kittycatgirl | September 13, 2008 05:36 PM

How many animals had to die so that she look that stupid?

Posted by: Aileen | September 17, 2008 02:40 PM

As someone who studied anthropology in college (including human evolution) and went on to get a graduate degree in cultural ecology, I DO think humans are biologically designed to be omnivores. I do NOT think meat is murder, but i also do NOT think people should be eating meat in this day and age - or at least not as much as we do. I choose not to eat it at all, for environmental reasons, but I am supportive of people who eat it in small amounts.

I'm not talking about so-called "global warming" here (though that's something to consider), I'm talking about the ridiculous amount of land and energy that is consumed (wasted) to produce ONE burger. Look it up, the costs are tremendous and the benefits are pathetically small. As a country, Americans eat way more meat than what is needed to stay healthy and we are sacrificing long-term broadly based goals (helping feed the whole planet, preventing environmental degradation that will eventually kill us all) for selfish, short-term, narrowly applicable benefits like making a little money off cattle or getting a cheap big mac. It's not worth it. So I would say real girls do their homework, check the facts (PETA really likes to twist them sometimes - I'm not a fan). Real girls care enough about other humans to make choices that are more utilitarian.

Posted by: ecology_jane | September 23, 2008 01:35 PM

Ok people.. vegitarians are good meat eater are good. there is no right or wrong between the two. there are just rules you have to follow. Vegitarians have to watch what vitamins go in to make sure they get everything they need. Meat eaters can not eat just any meat. in the bible it says to eat animals that eat plants. and it says that animals do have souls so killing for enjoyment and not eating them is wrong but killing to feed is right. So eating me it not a bad thing if your doing it to feed your family but going to a mcdonalds just cause you feel hungry is wrong. eat what god gave you not what man makes. If you buy the animal sraight from the farmer and the plants straight from the ground then you will have no health issues. so follow the rules and you will live life to the fullest.

Posted by: Matthew Smith | October 15, 2008 03:20 PM

yo ho

Posted by: waseem | November 15, 2008 12:58 AM

This makes me sick. Not only is she ignorant on the facts of the meat industry but she's oblivious to what's happening around her. I think she should have to visit a kill room in a slaughter house or listen as a innocent baby pig is getting its tail cut off. I am a vegetarian and I did it to save animals and this makes me sick!!

Posted by: Jeff Jackson | November 16, 2008 10:07 AM

there are essential amino acids you can't get while being a vegetarian let alone a vegan. She may not be the brightest bulb but there are dumber out there, and they may have written something on this blog.

Posted by: Sarah | November 22, 2008 08:56 PM

okay guys, the whole point of the shirt is the double entendre, and being proud(just like vegetarians are proud) of her life choice

truly enlightened people understand that, and accept people for their differences, instead of getting cranky and mudslinging

Posted by: Drue | November 29, 2008 03:16 AM

I'm glad all you are mad about meat. But guess what? The stuff in the meat is going to kill me just as fast as the pesticides in your salads. Think about that.

Posted by: Chris | December 3, 2008 06:39 PM

"5. Eating meat steals food from starving kids. Jessica's trip to help kids in Africa got a lot of media buzz, but by gnawing on meat, she's essentially stealing food from the mouths of starving children since it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of meat. If more people went vegetarian, we'd free up enough grain to feed every person in the world."

There's plenty of food in the world to feed everyone as is. Mindlessly bashing a celebrity isn't the most logical of ways to get you're point across. People eat what they want to eat, I eat meat but that doesn't mean I'll be whipping bbq sauce at a vegetarian anytime soon.

Posted by: Sea | December 17, 2008 03:18 AM

Yeah, because being sexy and "hot" for the sake of MEN is what being a real WOMAN is all about.

Those greenhouse gases research: BULLSHIT. Those are published by the hired lobbyists of big auto companies to take the load off their back. The same guys who say that cigarettes don't cause cancer and shit.

Besides, you should do your goddamn research right! In one minute i found THIS on nature dot com relating to the same study on breast cancer you published: "Although evidence that links meat consumption with cancers of the stomach, colorectum and pancreas is increasing (...) studies of meat consumption and breast cancer have produced more conflicting results. A meta-analysis of 31 case–control and cohort studies published before 2003 found a 17% increase in risk associated with the highest category of meat intakes (Boyd et al, 2003). However, a pooled analysis of the raw data from eight prospective cohort studies from North America, Canada and Western Europe was unable to demonstrate such an association (Missmer et al, 2002).

Certain evidence suggests an interaction between cooking methods and diet in breast cancer causation. Studies, however, are few and inconsistent.

(...)However, the Nurses' Health nested case–control study found no increase in risk with cooking method or meat intake even for consumption of charred meat more than once a week in rapid acetylator

(...)Other inconsistencies may arise owing to biases, errors and the homogeneity of diet within individual population groups"

I have a research for you: 47% of all the half-black men who use their left foot more than the right one are 31% more likely to get hit by an airplane in mid-air while parachuting. Published on the Royal Journal of Real Science.

I think MY imagination is better.

Posted by: short_pants | December 25, 2008 03:17 PM

Haha, joke's on her. Now she's fat.

Posted by: Beej | February 1, 2009 03:53 PM

yawn....

Posted by: Dave | February 19, 2009 06:10 AM

so she s proud of beeing a murderer?
in what wordl of stupidness do we live...

Posted by: nastja | March 4, 2009 08:56 AM

You guys do know that this is not a litteral phrase and it is a sexual reference.

Posted by: Tobowey | March 27, 2009 01:41 AM

YEAH, ok. This article makes being vegetarian sound so superficial.

ALL THE SKINNY PRETTY GIRLS ARE DOING IT!

Jessica Simpson has a womans body, shame on her, right?

Give me a break.

By the way I know tons of fat vegans and vegetarians. Carbs make you fat too!

Posted by: Amanda | April 9, 2009 09:15 AM

This article makes you all sound superficial.

I rather be full figured instead of a peaked one.

Posted by: Gaven C. | April 9, 2009 10:10 AM

I agree Jessica isn't the most intelligent person but she isn't fat. This article seems to say that she is wrong about filling out the daisy dukes. Being veg can be more healthy help people dump some pounds but I know "fat" vegetarians. Some people are just full figured because it is in their genes. You do not have to be a carrot stick to be sexy, you just have to eat one^^

Posted by: Lizz | October 2, 2009 12:51 AM