Ban meat, dairy, and eggs worldwide.

Outline I. Animal cruelty A. Establishing sentience. B. Suffering exists from egg, meat, and milk production. C. Buying these products causes suffering. D. Not necessary for survival to eat these foods. E. Animal cruelty to eat these foods. II. Health A. Possible to be a healthy vegan. B. Detrimental affects of consuming animal products. III. Environment A. Trophic levels B. Amazon and ocean destruction. IV. Rebuttal of Con V. Summary VI. Links I. Animal cruelty A. Establishing sentience Without sentience animals are no different than trees. Alive, but unable to feel pain nor suffer. Therefore establishing sentience is of utmost importance. "Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates."" [5]. "Fish Are Sentient and Emotional Beings and Clearly Feel Pain" [6] "So some fish like massages. Most probably feel pain. Many have good eyesight, a great sense of smell, well-developed hearing abilities, and the ability to both create and detect electric currents in the water." [7] I have now clearly established that animals are sentient and have the capacity to feel pain and suffer. I'm confident I covered all the animals that are normally eaten in 1st world countries. Mammals, birds, and fish. B. Suffering exists from egg, meat, and milk production. Look no further than factory farming. Factory farming constitutes over 99% of farm animals. "A factory farm is a large, industrial operation that raises large numbers of animals for food. Over 99% of farm animals in the U.S. are raised in factory farms, which focus on profit and efficiency at the expense of animal welfare."[8] The cruelty of factory farming is common knowledge. The burden of proof lies on Con to disprove factory farming cruelty. As for small scale local farmers. The trend of several small farms becoming one large farm exists. Watch King Corn as proof. [9]. That being said measures for animal welfare and humane treatment have failed. "For example, an animal farmer named Joel Salatin, famous for slaughtering chickens in the movie Food, Inc., recently said in the media that he is in the "healing industry" and called his farm a "sanctuary". Contributing to this confusion, some animal protection organizations now use romanticized imagery of animals on bucolic "humane" farms which can easily give the public the impression that voting for a given legislative initiative or purchasing the "right" kind of animal products will lead to a life for exploited animals not much different than that at a sanctuary. Many of us working in animal advocacy feel that this trend is disastrous, and represents an ongoing victory for the meat industry in its effort to co-opt animal advocacy by steadily shifting the public dialogue away from whether or not it is right to use and kill animals to what is the right way to use and kill animals. "[10] The only logical recourse to end animal suffering is to ban all animal food sources. Ban meat, dairy, and eggs. C. Buying these products causes suffering. This is simple supply and demand. If nobody bought any of these products, production would grind to a halt almost immediately. The reverse is true. If demand suddenly doubled, supply would follow suit. D. Not necessary for survival to eat these foods. B12, protein, calcium, and omega-3s can all be ingested from plant sources. B-12 comes from bacteria. Protein is found in small amounts or greater in just about every food. Legumes have lots of protein. Calcium is found in leafy greens. Omega-3s are divided into three categories. ALA, DHA, and EPA. ALA is found in flax seeds. DHA in seaweed. EPA in microalgae. "Microorganisms are the only natural sources of B(12)-derivatives" [11]. Kidney beans have 8g of protein and only 53 calories per cup. Also of note kidney beans contain some calcium.[12] Kale has 9% of your calcium needs and is only 33 calories per serving. [13]. "Flaxseed is an alternative to marine products. It is one of the richest sources of the plant-based `9;-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)." [14]. "Vegetarian sources of DHA come from seaweed." [15]. "considering microalgae oil as a vegetarian source of EPA and DHA." [16]. It should be clear that a person can meet his or her nutritional needs on a vegan diet. Thus it is not necessary to eat animal products to live. E. Animal cruelty to buy these foods. Since self-survival can no longer be used as an excuse, I now contend that purchasing animal products causes animal cruelty. II. Health A. Possible to be a healthy vegan. As seen above its possible to survive as a vegan. Not only that but you can thrive. There are many healthy vegan celebrities this is common knowledge. B. Detrimental affects of consuming animal products. I could make this section very long. Suffice to say its common knowledge that cholesterol, fat, and saturated fat exist in animal products and are unhealthy. Since this is common knowledge the burden of proof rests on Con to prove animal products are healthy. III. Environment A. Trophic levels "Three hundred trout are needed to support one man for a year. The trout, in turn, must consume 90,000 frogs, that must consume 27 million grasshoppers that live off of 1,000 tons of grass. -- G. Tyler Miller, Jr., American Chemist (1971)" [17]. This quote illustrates the waste and indulgence of eating higher on the food chain. Instead we should strive to eat lower on the food chain. B. Amazon and ocean destruction Large areas of land are required for free roaming grass fed beef. "The cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for one in every eight hectares destroyed globally. Efforts to halt global deforestation emissions must tackle this sector. " [18]. Fishing practices such as dynamite fishing are destructive to ocean habitat. "Many fishing practices are extremely destructive to delicate habitats - particularly vital fish breeding grounds like coral reefs and seagrass meadows." [19]. IV. Rebuttal of Con "Meat, milk, and eggs are natural phenomenon that occur in nature. Banning nature is absurd. You can't ban nature." Con Pro: You know what I meant. I would rephrase this to ban meat, milk, and eggs sale, import, export, and manufacture. "And I suggest you make a strong case because evolutionary biology begs to differ ... big time." Con Pro: Bare assertion and I have evidence to the contrary. A ted video [20.] Christina Warinner explains that humans have no known adaptations to meat and only a few to dairy. This nytimes article explains tubers were eaten in paleolithic times. "But Mark G. Thomas, an evolutionary geneticist at University College London, and his colleagues argue that there was another important food sizzling on the ancient hearth: tubers and other starchy plants." [21]. V. Summary I have provided a multitude of reasons to eat vegan and to ban consumption of animal products. Remember the USA pledge "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." [22]. Let liberty and justice extend to animals. Ban eggs, meat, and dairy. Vote Pro. 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