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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Hyperborea Wrote:Ummm, you're claiming that switching from reindeer to beef is the cause of obesity and disease in the Sami people? So, for people whose ancestors have been eating beef for a long time... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-02-02, 8:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work vix86 Wrote:Show me more red and blue states passing similar laws in their states, and I'll start to believe that people actually do care about cows and pigs just as much as they do about dogs and cat... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-02-02, 8:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work vix86 Wrote:I chuckled when I read this today. There were people pointing out earlier "Humans aren't meant to eat meat, we're vegetarians!" Indigenous Siberians are a pretty minute % of the population... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-02-02, 8:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Stansfield123 Wrote:Aijin Wrote:Passing laws is definitely a huge part of the movement Yeah, I don't think a small number of animal rights hippies using the government to force their views on everyone... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-26, 1:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Francesca2207 Wrote:I was watching the movie Amazing Grace, which is about William Wilberforce's activism to abolish slavery in England, and it made me think about the animal rights movement. Ahhh, Wi... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-22, 3:00 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Yeah, many people who call themselves vegetarian aren't that strict about it, and end up going back to their old ways since it's so much more convenient to be an omnivore in America. Most people prefe... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-21, 10:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work chamcham Wrote:So if what they crave is oils, salt, and spices, why not just skip the meat and veggies, and just eat oil, salt, and spices? I don't think many people like veggies without oil, salt, a... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-20, 12:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Speaking of which, I spent a few hours today researching the corruption of the National Dairy Council, and the Associated Milk Producers, Inc, and how for decades they've used lobbying and hordes of m... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-19, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work vix86 Wrote:You know, instead of telling people to go and "research a little" or "go read some studies on cancer." You could have posted these studies that you think are cornerstones in the debate tha... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-19, 8:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work chamcham Wrote:I think one reason a lot of strong men eat meat is because it is more calorie-dense than vegetables. The way bodybuilders and athletes "get big" is by consuming a ton of calories (much ... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-19, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Sorry for the long absence! I didn't get back from seeing my family in Japan until this week. Food-wise I felt like I was on a different planet after getting so used to shopping at Whole Foods and hav... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2013-01-18, 9:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Hyperborea Wrote:Why is it that vegans have to name their soy products after meat products? Why do they try so hard to imitate meat based products? Why soyrizo, tofurkey, etc? Meat imitations serves m... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-09, 6:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work JimmySeal Wrote:So... are we pretending vix's post right above yours, and mine above that, never happened? I don't ignore anyone's posts, but like everyone else here I only have so much time to reply... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-08, 4:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work JimmySeal Wrote:What people don't tell you (or realize) when they quote these statistics (even in the rare instances when they are remotely accurate), is that a large fraction of this "incredible wast... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-08, 2:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work captal Wrote:As for Whale Wars- I've always found it kind of stupid since they are part of the romanticization of Whales. Why aren't they fighting the meat industry back home? Because whales are prett... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-08, 12:39 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work captal Wrote:Agreed. I also think that the only people who can protest whaling* are vegetarians and vegans, otherwise you're a hypocrite. Southpark certainly had it right. It is hypocritical, but sadl... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-07, 3:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Yep, we're all speciesists, racists, sexists, and every other -ist to a certain extent, and I'm no exception. It's like the Avenue Q song, "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist." This morning I was cleani... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-06, 6:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Us in the Bay Area are really spoiled for awesome veg food. I'm going back to Japan in a couple weeks to see my family for the holidays, and think I might have mini withdrawals. "Vegan" is still a ver... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-06, 2:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Ah, sorry I misunderstood. Everyone's diet is a little different, but the bulk of my calories come from dishes made from grains and legumes, with vegetables and nuts integrated into the dishes usually... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-06, 3:31 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Of course no one eats 4 lbs of vegetables in a single meal, just like no one would open a bottle of oil and drink 400 calories from it. That picture just shows how certain foods create less satiety pe... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-06, 2:34 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work 400 calories of vegetables is a lot of food, would be about 2-4 lbs of vegetables. 400 calories of grains or legumes definitely makes me feel full, but it depends on one's eating habits. Someone who e... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-06, 12:57 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work It is unfair to make a general statement that meat and dairy in isolation are the sole cause of erectile dysfunction and poor sperm quality, but I think it's fair to say that overconsumption of them i... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-05, 4:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Moral absolutism goes out the window when the scenario is personal, doesn't it? Given the option of having a loved one die, or many more strangers die, probably 99.9% of people would pick for the stra... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-04, 11:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work It really boils down to the age old question of medical ethics: do the ends justify the means? Speciesism plays a large role in the question, as most people look upon forceful human experimentation, s... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-04, 8:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Francesca2207 Wrote:K, cool, once I run out of things like shampoo and toothpaste I'll switch to whatever brands Whole Foods sells. This might be too personal and random of a question, but what about ... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-04, 3:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Animal testing is a very complex issue, and one that the public is probably the most misinformed about since it gets way less attention than other aspects of veganism. To be perfectly honest, I don't ... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-04, 3:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Francesca2207 Wrote:I have a culture question. Is protesting just not a thing in Japan? I never hear about activism there. This might be ignorant of me but I get the impression that Japanese generally... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-03, 11:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Francesca2207 Wrote:Aijin do you have tips on living a vegan lifestyle other than food? Right now I am just a dietary vegan. I still wear clothes that have leather and buy products that are tested on ... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-03, 8:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work One last post before I head to sleep, since I keep forgetting to post this: Two weeks ago, for the first time ever in Japan there were protests by Japanese against the whale and dolphin slaughter. ... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-03, 4:25 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Fadeaway, To think that mammals like cows do not experience pain is about as insane as saying they do not have eyesight despite having functioning eyes, displaying all signs of using eyesight for nav... |
Aijin | Off topic | 316 | 42,832 | 2012-12-03, 4:14 am | ||
