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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:23 AM Original message |
Shattering The Meat Myth: Humans Are Natural Vegetarians |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what Dr. Leakey's opinion of binocular vision is, and why we have it n/t |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. we have binocular vision so that those carnivores WITH canines and sharp claws |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Um, okay. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
88. ya know, I know how we see, and we can guess how other animals see based on |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #88 |
112. comprehension fail |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #88 |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #88 |
258. Horses don't have binocular vision. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
75. No, prey animals generally have eyes on either side of the head |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #75 |
188. Mountain gorillas have a taste for flesh. |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #75 |
201. No they're not vegetairian |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
236. All great apes eat flesh |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
238. Incorrect |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
256. Gorillas also eat meat. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. To avoid pirates. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. AARRRRR!!! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
130. Now, excuse me, while I perform an unnatural act on this steak! |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Calculate distance to jump from limb to limb? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
92. That's what I read. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. wrong location....moved |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
181. Don't all primates have binocular vision? |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #181 |
240. Ummm....no... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. even if true....so what? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. How long are your intestines? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
99. how big is your ass? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #99 |
124. !!!!!!! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #99 |
143. lol! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #99 |
233. Well.... |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Leakey is wrong. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Necessary may be putting it too strongly. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
98. Indeed he is, inserting his domga into his science |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. Why do you think Leakey's "inserting his domga" into anything? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #98 |
234. My shakra hunted down his dogma, killed it and cooked it slow in a |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
154. Not To Mention, He Completely Avoids The Far More Readily Agreeable FACT That Humans Can't Get All |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. As ever, this is a lie. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. No, It Is Not A Lie. It Is Fact. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. "Humans Can't Get All the vitamins they need from vegetarianism as a whole" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. That one? Not worth it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. Deleted sub-thread |
XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #162 |
205. One question: |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #205 |
213. Are we talking modern times or the times of our ancestors? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #213 |
219. Either one |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #219 |
220. If I had |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #162 |
211. How can you even be posting? You should be dead by now! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #211 |
214. I feel myself fading as I type this. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #159 |
167. Which "vitamins necessary for health are not READILY available in common edible vegetation"? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:36 AM Response to Reply #157 |
173. Is it not true that vegans have to combine certain foods to get the right combination |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #173 |
231. No, not really. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #173 |
242. No, it's not true. If you eat a well-rounded veg*n diet, and eat enough |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #154 |
165. Wow, that explains why George Bernard Shaw died after 70 years of being a vegetarian |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #165 |
175. But Hitler was a vegetarian and he didn't |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #175 |
178. That's right - it gave him lead poisoning |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #175 |
244. Hitler wasn't a vegetarian. His chef reported that his favorite |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #244 |
267. I don't think that is correct |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
183. He's stupidly, crazily wrong... |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #183 |
195. I've read a theory that hunting actually made humans intelligent |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #195 |
196. Yeah, or that it helped determine the sort of intelligence we developed. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
207. So, you're a member of the genetic elite? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah but we're built for scavenging just fine and that means meat. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
248. Indeed. Let's call it what it is. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. You mean like the eskimos? nt |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. They settled the north thousands of years after the appearance of homo sapiens. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Pass the popcorn |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. With no wings, we should not fly either - nt |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. We don't. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. There is this neat invention... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Planes fly. Humans sit in them. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
113. No. Humans make planes that fly. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
160. Actually, rug is right. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #160 |
176. Was tofu a part of humanity's past species evolution? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Why do you hate cannibals? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
83. He doesn't *hate* cannibals. |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. we lack enzymes to break down cellulose |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. I say the length of our intestines is the biggest clue..since meat DOES putrify |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. "There's corn in my caca!!" -My son at age 4 |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Well, somebody ought to let the snakes know. |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Dry dog food is mostly cereal.... |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. I am not saying cereal is bad for dogs, I am saying humans are not designed to digest meat |
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sandspur (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
197. Dogs are also omnivores |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. it's been my unfortunate experience... |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I don't think the smell of a fart is an indication of putrid meat or lack thereof |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
133. And, don't forget beans. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
53. Your dog is not excreting the meal he ate one hour ago. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. tell me, did you catch the prey with your hands? did you render it with your claws and teeth? did |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. That has absolutely nothing to do with it. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
109. It's one thing thing to say meat is unnecessary |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
153. No cultures or people in the world have ever been 100% vegetarians |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #153 |
245. So, Jains are not people? nt |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #245 |
268. Maybe as a modern culture |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
134. The only time I have ever taken 24 or more hours to digest and eliminate a meal is when |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
148. I found this rather interesting... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Exactly. That's why we have four stomachs. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Obesity has become a national concern. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
72. What is this, Non-Sequitur Theater? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. No, we are discussing prunes. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
208. "Eats both" != eats both equally |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #208 |
225. What's disingenuous is you saying I claimed chimps eat plants and meat equally |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #225 |
228. Does that mean meat-eating is responsible for your ad hominems? |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #225 |
243. I do have to thank you for one thing, Kenny. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. Check Genesis 1:29 |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
266. Because what ever is said in the bible must be true. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
269. In talking to Adam and Eve, God |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. Absurd. Know how to tell if we were meant to eat meat or not? Watch what we do. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. There's also money to be made in it. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. There's money to be made in produce too, you know. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Nonsense - we were eating meat long before George showed up on the dollar bill |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. The earliest killings were over hunting grounds. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. That is silly. You have no way of knowing that. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Why yes. Here's one. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Haha-- wait a minute. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #78 |
110. Rug saw 2001 |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #110 |
127. Sidenote- |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #110 |
198. *roffle* |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
116. And seeing how animals such as lions, wolves etc. exhibit the same behavior... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
135. How is this not an admission that early humans ate meat? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
247. Wrong. The earliest killings were mimetic rivalries. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
115. Meat: it's a conspiracy! |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #115 |
136. Amazing, right? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
177. So food is an iPod now? |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
179. What a ridiculous statement. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. I agree |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. Thank goodness for evolution. I can't imagine missing out on a good steak*** |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
30. Thank goodness for evolution. I can't imagine missing out on a good steak*** |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. Carnivores don't have short intestines so they can, "quickly |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
104. +1 Suprised it took 30 posts before someone caught that. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
117. Exactly |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
122. Didn't you read the post above? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
191. If Jimmy Buffett is lurking on DU and reading this thread, he's going to |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
199. The OP and other "Vegan extremists" on this thread will never respond to you |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #199 |
209. Why don't you call out the "vegan extremists," then? |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. without the advent of green house farming and more importantly transportation.... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. Doesn't meat provide a combination of amino acids that we require? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Mad cow disease involves putting meat byproducts into cattle feed. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Some of us are lucky enough to eat grass-fed beef. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I think the right policy regarding this is to ban any other kind. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I'm aware of MBM |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. It's best to try to feed your cats grain-free food. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #50 |
93. I know, I'm just poor. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. I think you are too. Thank you for rescuing them. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #97 |
120. Thanks |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
126. One of my cats loves asparagus, corn, melon, broccoli |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #126 |
132. Well, I wasn't accounting for eccentric tastes |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
185. No. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
36. hey I started this OP last week and got moved to the health forums |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. The mods on duty today don't have binocular vision. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. The problem is that there's all these so-called authorities running around |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
39. Omnivore -- use and rats, bears, etc. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Exactly. If a person has to use such rhetorical deception to make their point, |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. Dr. Leakey |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
51. Humans were scavengers and nomads. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Apparently, rotting meat sticks to our colon walls like spackle or paste. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
52. What part of OMNIVORE don't these people get? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Militant evangelizing veggie freaks just can't stand the idea of other ppl being different. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Militant evangelizing veggie freaks are worse than Republicans. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Ya know, you can be wrong..I am sure that is anathema to you |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #79 |
89. What about those cave paintings depicting hunting? |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I said...,we can easily exist without meat, but not the other way around |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #89 |
138. They were just following the animals to good grazing grounds - that's all the cave paintings show |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:38 AM Response to Reply #138 |
174. That's quite a tale |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #89 |
190. They weren't hunting. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
155. I Don't Know. It Makes Me Wonder If Vegetarianism Makes One Stupid Or Something... |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
56. You can't WELD with your bare hands either. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Maybe you can't. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Speak for yourself... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
58. We can't live on grass or even digest it - we may chew tobacco but not cud |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
63. Man made Fire and Fire made Man |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
119. I read a very interesting piece a few years ago by a biologist- |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #119 |
128. I've a friend working on that research now |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #128 |
203. Very interesting stuff. I think it makes sense that the same principle |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
64. 1 Timothy 4 vs 1-4 makes a valid statement on this.. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Are you a militant evangelizing carnivore freak? |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #71 |
85. militant carnivore freak; can you put that on a t-shirt for me n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #85 |
142. Blooinbloo copyrighted it in #57. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
129. omnivore. nt |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #64 |
86. Vegans who use the bible |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
65. Yeah, well, we adapt. I'll have mine medium rare. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
73. Coconut Macaroon Recipe |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Do not turn this into a flame war over the use of egg whites. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Strawman!!! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
76. Weak scavengers, fruits and veggies primarily, meat if/when available. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. I've been saying that about dogs for years... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
193. Dogs are high in protein. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #76 |
204. I wouldn't say that at all. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #204 |
222. Not this aquatic ape stuff again... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #222 |
230. Hmm- thanks for the links. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #230 |
232. Yay science, right? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
80. Shattering the myth of Gravity |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
84. "you can't tear flesh by hand" |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
87. The species MAN is an OMNIVORE. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
90. I am basically a vegetarian, because that is what I like... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
94. Damn. If only we hadn't discovered how to make fire. |
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cagesoulman (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
95. Humans are naturally beer drinkers. Everything else is optional. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #95 |
252. "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." |
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geek_sabre (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
96. BS. nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
100. But a drumstick fits neatly into your hand |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
101. It's interesting- this thread hasn't devolved into the typical pro-/anti-vegetarian clusterf*** |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
118. I dunno, it looks like it *started* with sanctimonious pseudoscience |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
102. we don't naturally smoke anything either |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
103. "Man the Hunted" by Sussman was the final slam dunk for me. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
210. No, no, that's not possible! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
106. Hmm, and what are the some of the main remains found in caves? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #106 |
125. +1 |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #106 |
141. Fruitcake. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #106 |
255. My guess is: saber-toothed pineapples. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
107. Look at the jungle tribes and you will see they eat mostly |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
108. We lost track of evolution I see... |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
111. moot point |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
114. A cow's |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
121. Omnivores: human beings will eat anything and everything. So do our closest relatives... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
123. Leakey made a common mistake.... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #123 |
145. And people say circumcision threads are too many. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #145 |
168. Money changers in the temple. nt |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
131. thank god he's wrong!!! |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
137. But I like meat. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
139. Humans have been tool users for millions of years |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
140. Richard Leakey is wrong. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
144. blah blah blah |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
146. Yea we can't tear meat by hand. Maybe that's why we make tools. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. And lets not forget... |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
149. I'm sure apes don't eat meat either |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
150. Not buying it. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
151. I've never, ever understood this argument. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
152. What A Crock Of Shit ROFLMAO!!!!! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
156. Then how come do we got us these here sharp teeth what for tearin' |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. Some real sharp teeth: |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #158 |
180. Yep. Plenty sharp-lookin'. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
164. If we were pure herbivores... |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
166. Just more science idiocy ballyhooed by the Media, and listened to by the... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #166 |
224. "vegans are a self-inflicted abhoration" Hey, at least we can spell! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #224 |
227. In this case, I recommend he eat more fish. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #227 |
229. I recommend the fish-slapping dance! (nt) |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
169. exactly. we are natural vegetarians. which is why, over the years... |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
170. Nope. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
171. That fails to take into account our most important feature...high intelligence |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
172. Although we did develop a brain to create tools to tear flesh |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
182. How many lives to support one life? |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
184. This is nothing new. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #184 |
212. "Who's this Leakey guy? I know more than he does!" |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #184 |
249. It's funny.... |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
186. More proof from smart folks for the People Eating Tasty Animals contingent to ignore. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
187. Humans are omnivores |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
192. And that's why our ancestors killed animals... |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
194. Ah, the old 'perfect design banana' argument |
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torbird (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
200. Wow. Phrenology PROVES We're Vegetarians, Too! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
202. How long ago do you think humans became omnivores? |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
215. Well, that decides it... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
216. Ya, right. Whatever. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
217. I proved this hypothesis wrong today at lunch. |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
218. Fine. Don't eat meat. More for the rest of us. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
221. Sorry to shatter your myth ... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #221 |
226. Good. Irrelevant to the OP, but good. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
223. Another interesting trait |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
235. Ah the macho, "we have to run em down and kill em fallacy". |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
237. and why how/did we develop the brain power that leads to tool use? n/t |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
239. You might check this out: |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
241. I'm vegan |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #241 |
253. Pardon my ignorance, but what is a locavore? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #253 |
260. Let me google that for you |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #260 |
261. So I guess asking a question is now verboten on DU. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #261 |
262. Just a joke |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #262 |
263. Sorry..... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
246. Honestly... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
250. Well I guess we could all still be stupid bipeds with small brains |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
251. Humans arent "built" for anything. They adapt. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
254. I wonder what this enormous brain and these dextrous fingers are for. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
257. If I have my popcorn without butter, it's vegan, right? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
259. I'm sorry, but that is absurd bullshit. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
264. Interesting |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
265. Then why does a ribeye taste so good, hmmm? |
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Sander (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
270. Nope! -- Shattering the Vegan Myth |
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