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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:15 PM Original message |
Are humans really designed to be meat eaters? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh no! Here we go! |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Sorry, Shell but I must have ignored this question previously. But lately |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. What has got you thinking about it? Are you a vegetarian? |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. The article about the pig trying to escape slaughter truck rekindled |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It's not wussy! It is whatever works for you! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
78. Hey, there. I'm a dude, and I haven't had a problem with soy. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Replacing meat with soy. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. But why would I? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #90 |
136. I was referring to products like |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #136 |
160. Actually, I think you are mistaken. |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #78 |
101. I guess I was trying to be more funny than serious. Tell you what, |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #101 |
113. Funny? |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Well, I'm a Zoology major, |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That's what I've always seen. We have both sets of teeth |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Also check out |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
81. The digestive tract isn't long enough to be completely |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
121. "All the teachers and professors I've known tend to agree with me." |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. ... I seriously doubt it |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #128 |
138. Become physical anthropology majors then! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #138 |
151. Is that your field? Physical Anthropology? |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
147. All reading I have done indicates that humans evolved to be |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
86. Why does it matter? |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. No one is telling anyone what they should or shouldn't eat |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I was making a point... |
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MalibuChloe (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. may I join you? |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. no freakin' doubt... |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
129. No popcorn for ME... |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
152. Hi, Shell ... can you help me out? |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
159. How's everyone doing? |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. yep. and leaf eaters. and also: |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, just popcorn eaters... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. ohnonotagain |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. HEY! I have a joke for you... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. oh NO! Is that more than a million? |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Okay, I'll drop it. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. no big deal |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think so |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not designed, |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Designed? Hmmmmmm..... |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. !! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Of course! |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
123. Ramen! n/t |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
163. and, as you can plainly see in every rendering of the FSM |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. But isn't the long intestine we have NOT designed to have meat cook |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Our guts are intermediate - not long, |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I am learning so much here, today. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. No, IIRC, it's the longer tracts that are a characteristic of meat eaters. |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I thought it was the reverse? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Maybe I'm remembering wrong. |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Correct |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Lucky me. |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Cats have short digestive tracts. |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Yep |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I looked that up! |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. You are correct |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. My ex-girlfriend was if you know what I mean. ;) |
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Karmageddon (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. meat eaters and plant eaters, but apparently not pretzel eaters** |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. yes, are you bbqing tonight? |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Forward looking eyes and canine teeth...we are hunters of meat |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
139. try reduced canines and stereoscopic color vision! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. reduced canines are a function of changing jaw shape due primarily |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. no, we were just designed to eat |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Well, I don't think we're "designed" at all. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. What evidence? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. selective |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
69. You know...studies.....yeah, studies... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. um, the cholesteral issue is more recent |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. I fail to see the point. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. The amounts of fats common in the animals we eat now |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Okay...um |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. But the question is, why do they taste good to you? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I understand your point |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. "Enjoyment" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Okay |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Not survival vs. enjoyment |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. So then folks in 3rd world countries |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. You confusing the world we evolved in to the world we live in today |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. You really hit it. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
142. I say no hit, foul ball! |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
141. Hooray for Lefty mom! |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. They're evolved to be omnivores |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. my canine teeth are quite long and sharp, like a baboon's, yet |
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Cathyclysmic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. Form follows function.... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I agree in general with your generalizations |
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Cathyclysmic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. In general, it's easier to avoid meat |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Never mind what was fed to your plant foods? |
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Cathyclysmic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
119. Anything you eat can hurt you. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #119 |
133. Oh hi again |
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Cathyclysmic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #133 |
164. I hate to google -slap but, |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes. Otherwise, we couldn't digest it. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Well said. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
157. Oh, I can Talk the Talk. THAT I'm great at. Walking? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes. It's why our teeth look like they do. |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes. That is why I have the manual dexterity to operate my gas grill. |
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jandrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Good answer! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes. We're also designed to eat plant products. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Mmm, I hope so! Oreo's dipped in milk, OMG!! |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. Burn baby burn |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. No, we evolved as meat eaters. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
60. Physiology 101. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. I beg to differ with several of your assertions |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Just look at the Inuits who still eat mostly meat. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm guessing it all started when an unlucky cockroach was |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Probably it was a mammal kill. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
124. You raise a good point. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Insects and grubs, and eggs are staple to many primates' diets. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. Interesting comparison here |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. And what about the cecum? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. What of it? |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Yes, exclusive carnivores have tend to have non-existent ones |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. Agreed. Like dogs, we are opportunistic carnivores, at best. |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. The average human body functions best when all its nutritional needs are |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. I will restrain from saying "untrue" here |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. For healthy people, perhaps |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. You do make a good point. |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Hey now |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Pardon me, but |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. It's not that far |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Yet you missed my point. |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Okay fine |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I wouldn't do that. |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. Sorry |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Psst...don't tell anyone, okay, but |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Missing a few thing here. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
93. Mmmkay... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #93 |
135. back atcha |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #135 |
143. Another thing about hammerheads, and other sharks... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #135 |
161. Try again? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'll ask my boyfriend and get back to you... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. This human is. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. We can not digest many grasses without a LOT of cooking |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
87. With all the colon cancer in my family I stopped eating meat for survival |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
94. vegetarian here |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Does that mean no dairy? |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. avoid it |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
99. It's Just Amazing To Realize That Humans Have Survived This Long... |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
106. We were not designed... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Good points. First, |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #108 |
127. You seem to be mixing up value judgements with science |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #127 |
156. this thread is very interesting |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #127 |
162. You should check the specific post I was responding to. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
112. Yes, we're meat eaters. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. We have the dentition for eating meat? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #115 |
137. We cut up and cook the vegetables too. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. but we don't have to |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Raw meat is entirely digestible |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Raw meat has to be pounded, processed and treated to death |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #145 |
149. Your arguments apply to fruits and vegetables as well. |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. Ha! |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. but would you say that our physiology and biochemistry... |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
114. It would probably be best to say that humans are more evolved... |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
117. Dunno. Does it matter? |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
122. They're designed to be meat beaters |
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Err (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
125. No...we're designed to eat both meat and vegetables. |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #125 |
130. You're not alone... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
131. "Designed" by whom? Humans are evolutionary creatures... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
132. I am a meat eater, yes. |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
134. meat, meat, meat,meat |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
148. Is there supposed to be a debate here? |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #148 |
154. A thinking person! |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
153. Human's AREN'T DESIGNED! we evolved.... |
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Truebrit71sbruv (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
155. Without doubt... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
158. We need B12 |
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