Posts by thepotatoman

Actually people who practice Hinduism don't eat beef for the reason that they do drink milk and eat cheese.  They find it immoral to kill and eat a animal that is unselfishly giving you that dairy.  That is why cows have the status of mothers (which I took literally for the longest time thinking they thought that dead human mothers are reincarnated into cows).

Beyond that which animals have souls honorary enough to respect is really up to each Hindu denomination, some eat no meat some eat goat and others. However I think the mother cow is pretty clear throughout all denominations.  That is my understanding of it anyway.

And regarding the topic i guess the reasoning goes from most to Factory Farming > Personal Health > Slavery for the vegan stuff.  I personally don't believe in the slavery bit because in a family farm environment animals are more likely better off in captivity then they ever would be in the wild.  I don't worry about personal health as long as I moderate it. It feels no less natural then most of the other crap we eat and I accept there is a chance that a small amount of a disgusting "whoops"  in any factory produced food.  I guess I haven't gotten sick from it yet so it must not be that bad and in this case what you don't see cant hurt you.

But when it comes to industrial farming as far as animal rights go I've got nothing.  I guess I figured to focus on the killing problem before the standard of living problem.  I just didn't expect that the standard of living would get more and quicker support then the killing things.  Maybe I think having a major cut back in those types of items is enough to spark a small change while still having cheese and eggs as an ingredient in baking.  I guess I'm still thinking about it.