Vegetarianism

I'm glad we share some agreement. If you'll recall, I never said, humanely, only naturally. For billion's of years, the circle of life has spun, where there are predators and prey. They prey dies to feed the predator. An equally interesting concept is that herbivores are predators, killing plants for their survival. So then it is settled that for anything to live, something must die (save for plants). This means that any kind of killing for sustenance and nourishment is naturally 'okay'. For the common predator/prey scene, there is no way to do it nicely. Lions tear their prey apart, snakes inject them with painful and powerful poisons, sharks eat them alive. So how do we do it so that it is not cruel? such as this video: http://www.youtube.com... At least in nature, they usually die soon... There is a better way, problem is it is probably cost inefficient. They manner the put down dogs would be ideal. First they sleep, as the heart slowly begins to stop. Euthanasia that acts like a peaceful, natural death. Of course, this would tremendously hurt the food processing economy. The manner shown in the video above is fast and cheap, while euthanasia is slow and expensive. So The question really is, how much do you care on how the meat got on that Big Mac? Is it worth the money to make sure that your chicken nuggets were happy before getting dipped in honey BBQ sauce? I would say yes, big business will say no. Our society is riddled with over fattening meaty treats, having less of it would only be an improvement. This means that I am for taking away peoples stupid choices for their own betterment. Animals are life's as we are, and its an unfortunate evolutionary trait were one of us must die of another to live. But as we are all to fond of believing, we have the capabilities to improve upon it. That's my stance. Many will say its not practical, but I firmly believe its right. On your second point, its important to remember what came first, nature or the zoo? Animals can survive in zoos, but their body make up was not made to accommodate a cage. Not single animals body was designed to be fed a perfect Alpo protein and nutrient rich zoo diet. No, predators had to be made to be smart and out maneuver their meals, as meat doesn't grow on trees, or from the ground for that matter. Herbivores only need to run and know when to, that's it. So yes, eating meat makes you smarter by making you more predator like, the genius's of nature. Big cats were smarter than apes and ate us, then as we ate more meat we got smarter too. We had to make up for our lack of natural predatory weaponry and made tools. First using rocks to crack open bones and suck the marrow from carcasses that had already been killed. Then killing our own, and getting more protein. Then fighting off the cats and dogs. The spear is more advanced than any claw or fang. It can kill the prey without the predator having to over exert itself, saving that protein for more brain power. We made ourselves predators, even though we started off as herbivores, thus omnivores. Diet is the largest part of an animals make up, as it determines the entire way an animal works. Predators didn't get fangs because they thought it'd be scary. Prey didn't get fast because they thought running was fun. Its all about food. Whatever ideas you claim to be holding back, I suggest spitting them out now. This is your last round.