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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:38 AM Original message |
Second hand meat eating affects my life/health now according to UN |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Rice paddies emit methane too. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Rice can go straight into your mouth... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Got a link? Rice also absorbs CO2. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. i`d hazard a guess that most of the world`s population |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not a vegetarian but I don't eat meat many days during a month |
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Dalvis (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thank God |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Actually reading through the article might help. |
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Dalvis (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. oh, I read the article |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You're going to have to help me out. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Seems to me to be basic logic - something you do is shown to harm others |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There can be other approaches than direct regulation though. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Very true |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I keep one eye on business, one eye on government, and both hands on my wallet. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. IF they thought it would save the planet they WOULD advocate legislation |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Fine. Get off the computer right now, turn off your lights and sit in the dark. |
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Marie2 (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Forcing is wrong |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. make the choice yourself, do the right thing |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's simple advice, but |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. Get this 37 year old book - Diet for a Small Planet. |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I loved that book. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Actually, there is one group for whom eating non-humans is almost a requirement |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. there's no nutritional need to eat a lot of the things we do- the pleasure of it is the entire point |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. So you have no problem breeding animals for the purpose of human consumption? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. no problem at all. except maybe when they make the veal pens too big... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I don't, but I don't endorse factory farming, and would be thrilled to find a way to feed everyone. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. They didn't suggest making new laws. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Been around long enough to know that is how it all starts |
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Fattys Mom (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. We are doing it to ourselves |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Agree ... And welcome to DU! |
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Fattys Mom (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thank you! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Amen. And welcome to DU! |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. We go without meat for at least one day a week |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Salad two days a week for us. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. We have increase meatouts from 1 day to 3 these days. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's not eating meat that's the issue. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yeah! Imprison or execute any woman who gives birth to trips, quads, quints, or sextuplets! |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Do you go off the deep end often? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yes. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I wouldn't necessarily complain about those ideas at all. |
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Marie2 (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Consider the cat |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Omnivore means we can sustain ourselves on EITHER vegetation and flesh, not that we must eat both |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Good luck getting anywhere with such a draconian idea |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Population control and reduction is the only solution. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Water. Forest cover. Genocide of other species. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. EVERYBODY KNOWS that vegetarian bean/kale diets cause global warming from all |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Never Eat Second Hand Meat--It's SHIT! n/t |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. LOL |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Thank You! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Eating second-hand meat might not affect your life or health, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'll happily eat NON-FACTORY FARMED meat. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
45. It's true, but if you prefer a burger over your future and that of your child |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Are you suggesting... |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Are you suggesting... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. 'small sacrifice' - those things add up over time |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
48. The only proven way to effect human environmental impact is... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. We've eaten meat for our entire history, the only reason it's a problem now is population |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. I encourage everybody to do this. |
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AnnaLouise (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
53. the most reforesting and nonviolent diet |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
55. When meat is outlawed... |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
60. Bring on the legislation because americans aren't going to change on their own. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Legislation isn't the most effective way. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. That sounds more rational than how I feel. Good idea. nt |
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