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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:41 PM Original message |
Shattering The Meat Myth: Humans Are Natural Vegetarians |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. BS - why do we have canines then? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Ding! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. well here is what she says |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. The observations make the assumption that humans began by eating wooly mammoths. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. What about seaside animals? Crabs, shellfish, fish? |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
65. The first person to eat shellfish must have been starving |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. It does seem rather odd, but if you were used to eating land bugs |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Not to mention the length of our intestinal tract... |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Canine in name, but not in form. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
68. Kind of like a chihuahua |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. To fight off the dinosaurs? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Someone needs to introduce this author to the evolution of human dentition. n/t |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Don't forget our binocular vision. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. what about gorillas? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. A gorilla will eat anything, they just prefer veggies |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. As will chimpanzees |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I also heard that chimp groups will have a vegetarian culture or meat eating one |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. No, it proves we are primates. |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. some scientist named them canines, that doesn't mean they are just for eating meat! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Other apes use them for sexual competition. Ours are vestigial, |
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bkkyosemite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I love Bar b que ribs and strawberry shortcake...well strawberries are fruit right |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Meat is good. |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Makes me hungry for a 4x4 at In-n-Out Burger |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Funny |
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Serenades (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. hehehe |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Kathy Freston better hope I am a strict vegitarian. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. I really do wish I could become a vegetarian, because I know it's healthier.... |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Our hands are also perfect for forming a hamburger too. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. . |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
73. ... |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Genesis 1: 29 |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't eat meat anyway so a vegetarian diet suits me fine. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. yeah, I am a vegan |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Yeah- I am a lactose intolerant veg head. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Do you deny evolution then? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. no I dont and I am planning on flinging my feces at gawkers |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. ... |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Chimpanzees are very enthusiastic meat eaters |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. God made Bacon |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. God made bacon so there would be something that tasted good to |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
66. And Bacon made Shakespeare |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. False. Humans have the anatomy and physiology of omnivores. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. This has SOOOO much potential. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:54 PM Original message |
lol I was bored |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hands are perfect for holding a knife and fork while eating meat. nt |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've been.... |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nope. Omnivores. n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't think anyone has made the claim that we never ate meat until we herded it? |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Works for me |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. B.S. Meat-eating is what fueled our brain's growth... why we advanced and formed |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. so we went from Great Apes to George Bush? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. no, he's a throwback or sport: "We'd still be tribal herbifores like the apes with small, less-d |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. "fueled our brain's growth" huh? |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Interesting post. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. If God didn't want us to eat meat, he wouldn't have invented the charcoal grill |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. This thread is making me hungry. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. And he wouldn't have created the devil so there was somebody |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
67. George Foreman is God? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I guess that depends on Weber or not you have faith. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Our hands are |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. BTW, It's Meat-Flavored. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. Man has been eating cats since the time of Eve |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oh, this doesn't make sense. |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
52. If we're not supposed to eat animals |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why would early humans have herded and domesticated animals |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I've never heard a good explanation for that question. Anyone else? |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
57. I smell FAIL. Insects are "pickable" by hands. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. As well as fish. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. "...our hands are perfect for grabbing and picking fruits and vegetables." |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
80. Perfect. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
61. Sorry, but couldn't we get a better spokesperson? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Quite true. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
64. I don't buy it. Sorry. |
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wan (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
71. Aged meat anyone? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. So eating meat causes all our health problems, |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. knee jerk response |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Yes, yours was indeed. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. why are you all in a dither? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Actually eating foods containing cholesterol doesn't really have that much effect. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
75. No animal protein........No big brain. eom |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
79. Interesting, to be sure. I wonder if this "expert" ever saw |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
81. That explains why Shepard Smith's eyes are on the sides of his face |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
82. So when I take a bite out of some stupid, fat Conservative wing-nut |
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