To believe that eating meat should be illegal?

[BySpoonyBlueScroller]

The environmental damage and animal cruelty outweighs the cultural or personal benefits. AIBU to think it’s time to outlaw meat production?

I'd rather go to an early grave via UPFs than be complicit in eating the corpses of slaves.

I'm vegan, and I'd be delighted if more people were, but making it illegal wouldn't work.
There would be massive resistance to it, as you can see from the replies here.

I wish vegans showed this much passion in advocating for the rights of humans who are involved in the production of their fancy plant based foods. Have you seen the damage that processing cashew does to hands? Blisters, burns, rashes.

“The cashew industry relies on a brutal manufacturing process to bring its products to market, including the forced labour and the exploitation of children."

"The vast majority of the global production of cashew nuts is processed in India and Vietnam. Despite reports of the horrendous working conditions that exist in many of these factories, there has been very little auditing or certification of the plants, and virtually no accountability throughout the industry.
The cashew plant comes from the same family as poison ivy and poison sumac. The shells contain anacardic acid, a naturally occurring chemical compound that is an extremely toxic chemical. When handled directly, it can cause severe irritation and burns to the skin. For this reason, cashews, unlike other nuts, cannot be sold in their shell. They are removed by hand, and the mostly female workers are rarely supplied with protective gloves, as it slows down work and can increase expenses. The smoke from processing is also toxic and can harm workers’ lungs."

Enjoy your cashew milk lattes 👌

I think some people believe that if they are not food then they will eat, sleep and reproduce and farmers and vets are not needed at all.
Apparently diseases and illnesses only exist in farm animals when they are to be eaten . And if left to live free they won't need help at all.
Which is handy as the cost to look after all the farm animals till they die naturally would be quite a lot and obviously then have to be paid for by the government. So taxes basically

I don't think even 1% of people in this country will be bothered to go do their own hunting and trapping. Maybe fishing will increase a bit, but I can't imagine most people could be bothered.

Ach, he's a free thinker. We need more of those.

You know they'll be eaten, right?

And if never bred, go extinct.

I think you're right.

It will suit those in power to have a weaker population to control.

You can bet your bottom dollar though that the elite will still be eating meat.

Where’s it all from? ✈️

But if humans are not designed to eat meat why would people need this?

Not asking you specifically

I get enough protein and iron from lentils, beans, eggs, dairy, seeds and nuts. As do millions of veggies from other cultures.

Veganism ruin so many people’s health, especially here in the north. It’s making people malnourished long term. You can see it in their faces and their protruding eyes. I will never go back to veganism or vegetarianism, it ruined me.

Would working dogs be allowed under this theoretical regime ?

Let’s follow that up with forced sterilisation and discontinue the human race. Humans are the cause of climate change (at the rate it is going) and we are the source of the animal cruelty.

(I am of course being facetious)

I think lab grown meat will be available though....it's already being used in pet food I think? I'm sure I saw something about it on the news.

I think we're moving away from working dogs anyway, aren't we?

Deforestation. As if that isn't going to happen after eating meat is banned and animals are no longer farmed BUT more arable land is needed for growing fruit and veg. @BySpoonyBlueScroller are you aware of what is happening in Mexico? #unholyguacamole #deforestation #climatechange

The UK isn't known for producing, you know, chickpeas and kidney beans etc as they need a longer growing season than we have. But let's ignore bee fertilisation and the air/sea miles used in transporting all the fruit and veg needed and make veganism great again.

Still think banning meat would be a good idea OP?

If that were true, how are vegans surviving? I have been vegan for over 25 years. My children are lifelong vegans, and thriving.

😂 thank you for the laugh. Making meat illegal to eat, pull the other one.

I'm one of these I'm ashamed to say. I'm working on it, but it's a work in progress.

We've cut down on the meat we eat and try to be more aware of where it's coming from etc, but we haven't yet fully given up.

It's surprising how ingrained eating meat is and how difficult it was to think of alternatives some days. I'm also not really a fan of the "meatless meat" options as they just don't appeal to me at all, when I have a meat free day (which is often) I don't feel the need to pretend I'm eating bacon... but also when I do really want a bacon sandwich (rarely, but it's one of the few meat options I must admit I do really enjoy) I want an actual bacon sandwich.

I don't think making eating meat illegal will happen and I'm not sure it should to be honest. But I would fully support moves towards heavily reducing meat consumption - making people more aware of the process, stricter rules and regulations around animal treatment, moving away from massive industrial farms and deforestation for grazing etc.

No, many people need meat for health, weight control.

A world without milk and all its derivatives (cheese, yoghurt) might be a bit difficult, surely??

You do realise veganism destroy the environment a lot more than eating meat right?

This is beyond childish and room temp IQ thinking. This place is such a playground at times.

A more mature approach would surely be to evaluate the argument itself? Not just reflexively oppose anything someone says because your tribal instincts are so overwhelming you can't help it. Hitler was a veggie who was keen on organic farming. Does this mean all veggies are nazis? Or we all need to eat the most wretchedly treated animals just to stick it to Hitler?

Sounds super healthy. Can't wait!