I might sound gay but I wish the relationship with animals would evolve quicker.
It genuinely pains me the lack of relationship some humans have with animals to the extent that they take pleasure in being cruel to them like they're a source of entertainment for them.
Animals are intelligent, compassionate, have feelings and feel pain - don't let any cold hearted border-line sociopath try and tell you differently.
I've actually been a vegetarian since I was about 5 and whilst I'm not militant and think meat is murder, humane slaughter is the only thing I ask when it's an animal that's been bred and spent it's year or so in the field especially to be eaten (and yes I know not every animal has a year in the field - factory farming etc).
Whilst it's a job that needs to be done, I think it takes a certain type of person with a certain frame of mind to work in an abattoir have an animal look at you and proceed to shoot it in the head and bleed it out.
Regards the comment above with the big game hunting in Africa and how there's permits issued etc - I get that, but it's not the point for me. It's a certain type of person who finds enjoyment in that and will travel across the world, paying tens of thousands to have their blood-lust fantasy quenched. Says everything about them as people.
You don't sound gay at all, I think the opposite is true. Guys who try to act all tough and constantly talk about eating steak while bashing vegans and vegetarians are the cowardly ones. Probably overcompensating for their....um...shortcomings, if you know what I mean.
I've said it before but I'll say it again. Real men defend and protect the innocent, vulnerable and defenseless. Not exploit them.
Don't get me wrong some vegetarians and vegans the militant ones do tend to go over the score - there's no need for them to break into supermarkets/restaurants etc and chain themselves to objects and scream meat is murder at folk. That turns folk right off them and against their cause.
But I've never understood the snobbery in some folk who have issues with what people want to eat and what their food choices is. Who cares if you don't eat meat, what's the problem? provided you aren't in their face then they're the ones out of order.
I understand where you're coming from, but I see it a little differently. I've been vegan for five years, and like most people, I too used to think that vegans were extreme and off-putting. But once I learned about how absolutely horrible and diabolical the animal industries are, I can't fault them for their passion and commitment to trying to open people's eyes and change the world. I do agree that some approaches are counterproductive… but then again, different types of people respond to different things. Believe it or not, there
are some people who have gone vegan because of the more "militant" types who didn't sugarcoat things.
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