Pay attention, everyone.
Sep. 28th, 2012 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alex_antoninPay attention, vegans, this is important. Oh, and anti-vegans that like to call themselves carnivores, you need to read this too.
Herbivores - Animals that have evolved in such a way that their teeth and digestive system show that they eat a diet solely of plants.
Carnivores - Animals that have evolved in such a way that their teeth and digestive system show that they eat a diet mostly (90% or better) of animal matter.
Omnivores - Animals that have evolved in such a way that their teeth and digestive system show that they eat a diet of both plants and meat.
These physiological differences are important. Pandas are physiologically carnivores, but through some fluke of evolution get away with eating nothing but bamboo. This does not mean all humans can, or should, be vegans.
True things to note:
1. Humans are omnivores. It IS possible for some humans to live and thrive on a vegan diet. Hindus have proven this. This does not mean everyone can or should be a vegan, and your being on a vegan diet does NOT give you the right to be a self-righteous, moralizing asshole.
2. Anti-vegans: humans are omnivores. I don't care how much meat you eat in your personal diet, that no more makes you a carnivore than a vegan diet makes vegans herbivores. It is human physiology that determines our "-vore" status.
3. Vegans: dogs are physiologically carnivores. They may, through some fluke of evolution, be capable of surviving on a vegan diet, but this does not change the fact that dogs are CARNIVORES. In the wild, their diet is at least 90% meat. "Survive" and "thrive" are two different things. I know you're used to getting that argument from anti-vegans in context of your own health, and insofar as human health, the argument is bullshit. Bullshit with a capital BULLSHIT. But that's because humans are omnivores. Dogs are carnivores. So they can survive a vegan diet, so what? There are people who survive starvation, too; that doesn't mean it's a good thing. I DON'T CARE IF DOGS CAN "SURVIVE" VEGAN DIETS; IT IS UNNATURAL FOR THEM, AND IT IS YOU IMPOSING YOUR BULLSHIT ON INNOCENTS. IT IS UNETHICAL. IT IS ANIMAL ABUSE.
4. Please read this entry two or three times before you respond, because I am so tired of responding to stupid questions by morons who can't be bothered to read the entire entry.
Herbivores - Animals that have evolved in such a way that their teeth and digestive system show that they eat a diet solely of plants.
Carnivores - Animals that have evolved in such a way that their teeth and digestive system show that they eat a diet mostly (90% or better) of animal matter.
Omnivores - Animals that have evolved in such a way that their teeth and digestive system show that they eat a diet of both plants and meat.
These physiological differences are important. Pandas are physiologically carnivores, but through some fluke of evolution get away with eating nothing but bamboo. This does not mean all humans can, or should, be vegans.
True things to note:
1. Humans are omnivores. It IS possible for some humans to live and thrive on a vegan diet. Hindus have proven this. This does not mean everyone can or should be a vegan, and your being on a vegan diet does NOT give you the right to be a self-righteous, moralizing asshole.
2. Anti-vegans: humans are omnivores. I don't care how much meat you eat in your personal diet, that no more makes you a carnivore than a vegan diet makes vegans herbivores. It is human physiology that determines our "-vore" status.
3. Vegans: dogs are physiologically carnivores. They may, through some fluke of evolution, be capable of surviving on a vegan diet, but this does not change the fact that dogs are CARNIVORES. In the wild, their diet is at least 90% meat. "Survive" and "thrive" are two different things. I know you're used to getting that argument from anti-vegans in context of your own health, and insofar as human health, the argument is bullshit. Bullshit with a capital BULLSHIT. But that's because humans are omnivores. Dogs are carnivores. So they can survive a vegan diet, so what? There are people who survive starvation, too; that doesn't mean it's a good thing. I DON'T CARE IF DOGS CAN "SURVIVE" VEGAN DIETS; IT IS UNNATURAL FOR THEM, AND IT IS YOU IMPOSING YOUR BULLSHIT ON INNOCENTS. IT IS UNETHICAL. IT IS ANIMAL ABUSE.
4. Please read this entry two or three times before you respond, because I am so tired of responding to stupid questions by morons who can't be bothered to read the entire entry.