Vegetarinism

What is interesting to me, is that most vegetarian's have never kept a garden, or seen Animals raised and produced for human consumption. As I am from Oklahoma, and grew up on a farm, I have done both of these things. Who are you to say that a farmer cannot treat an animal intended to be eaten with respect, and care? Many vegetarian's are basing these opinions off of horror video's they've seen from the random abuse of animals. Large cultivated fields attract lizards, rodents, rabbits, turtles, squirrels,(and so on) and then larger predators attracted to those vermin and small animals. What do vegetarian's suppose happens to the animals in those crops as they're harvested with large machines? All these animals are killed. Not to mention (if your not going organic) the harmful chemicals released directly effecting the environment around which they are used. Then after the crops have all been plucked, they're readied for travel to the grocery store. All the animals I mentioned earlier(that weren't killed from the harvesting machines) are now left with no shelter or food, and are now vulnerable to they're predators. Thus, the continuation of the natural food chain. Human's, are included in this food chain, which leads me to my next point: Human's are not intended to be vegetarians. Vegetarian's get protein from nuts and soy, which has proven to be bad when taken in mass quantities for long periods of time. 10 reasons soy should not be a humans main source of protein: 1.High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children. 2.Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth. 3.Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women. 4.Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease. 5.Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12. 6.Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D. 7.Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein. 8.Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines. 9.Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods. 10.Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys. Source: http://www.westonaprice.org... Fat's and proteins found from animals, have already been broken down and refined, and are more suitable for human bodies thereafter to breakdown and use for more refined and rounded nourishment. The argument that "eating meat is horrible" doesn't make me want to all of a sudden have everyone in the world stop eating it. How naive to think that when people are starving in parts of the world (that you don't see) should give up a huge part of they're food source. So you don't have to think of animals being killed. What about HUMANS dying of hunger? I have many more arguments, but I don't want to make this super long, and there's two more rounds. Thank you Smarticles for starting this debate.