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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

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18. Isn't human physiology geared towards consuming plants? I thought our teeth were

Mon Jun 24, 2019, 07:00 PM

Jun 2019

Designed to grind, not tear flesh. And I thought our long intestines were there for processing plants.

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really you could say the same of growing plants Kali Jun 2019 #1

You're assuming uncivilized conditions. Tobin S. Jun 2019 #13

actually, no I am not Kali Jun 2019 #14

Native Americans HONORED their kills..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #3

That's probably true radical noodle Jun 2019 #4

I'm not vegetarian or vegan moose65 Jun 2019 #5

True. So what? matt819 Jun 2019 #7

that is debateble but I see this is in a "protected" forum Kali Jun 2019 #10

Any sociologists or anthropologists here? matt819 Jun 2019 #12

I worked in a slaughterhouse for years captain queeg Jun 2019 #8

Yet in a way, raising and slaughtering your own is so much more humane. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #15

+1 2naSalit Jun 2019 #16

I was raised in a hunting family Codeine Jun 2019 #19