Renzatic on 24/6/2006 at 06:52
Quote Posted by Fringe
You'll eat human child?
I'll eat anything if it's grilled.
Mr.Duck on 24/6/2006 at 10:22
So, you'll swallow, eh?
:D
Para?noid on 24/6/2006 at 11:01
"Just as long as there's reason to complain" pretty much sums up every vegetarian ever. And StrontiumDog and ZylonBane, who are both immaculate faggots
Matthew on 24/6/2006 at 11:45
Quote Posted by Azal
Who's for a trip down to the Long Pig for some takeaway?
I'd rather head to the Eskimo place on Ladbroke and 350th.
PigLick on 24/6/2006 at 13:02
immaculate faggots.
Untarnished by the cares of the work-a-day world.
WAREAGLE on 24/6/2006 at 17:48
i think it would lead to an overpopulation of moo-moos
demagogue on 24/6/2006 at 18:39
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
What do you think?
I think my point was more like (I didn't word it well): the vegitarian that I know well actually gets ill at the smell (and presumably taste) of meat. It's my intuition that if in fact all the meat in the world were synthetic, she still would get ill at the smell and taste of it and wouldn't eat it; so it wouldn't make any difference to her eating behavior. This is actually what I had in mind when I wondered if they'd support it, i.e., eat it like everybody else does without the least hesitation. For her, no, she wouldn't. But I don't know if she is representative or not. Hence the question. Like, I don't know if most vegitarians get disgusted at the thought of meat or if it's more like a cold ethical calculation going on in their head and there's nothing that experiential (whatever the word is for it) about it, or maybe it's a mixed bag little of both.
As for supporting the practice for *other* people to eat it (not what I was thinking, but how I think you interpreted what I was saying), then it seems pretty obvious like you say. Of course they would.
That said, though, I think if it were human meat, most people would balk and consider it unethical, considering it is a kind of cannibalism whether or not it's ever conscious. (I mean people shit over stem cells ...). So it's not that obvious that vegitarians would see absolutely no ethical issues, if they think about animal life in similar ways as most people think about human life. The main difference here is that this has the potential to off-set the killing of actual animals, perhaps in a big way, so of course the ethical balance would be so transformed that maybe they could stomach whatever qualms they have for the greater good ... yeah, it seems obvious like you say. But I still don't think, at least the vegitarian I know, is going to ever want to eat this herself. That's what I was thinking about.
SD on 24/6/2006 at 20:06
Quote Posted by demagogue
I think my point was more like (I didn't word it well): the vegitarian that I know well actually gets ill at the smell (and presumably taste) of meat. It's my intuition that if in fact all the meat in the world were synthetic, she still would get ill at the smell and taste of it and wouldn't eat it; so it wouldn't make any difference to her eating behavior.
Okay, I see your point now. I suspect the reason your friend gets ill at the smell or taste of meat has more to do where it came from than anything else - it's the actual consumption of dead flesh that is the problem. I mean, most of us have no problem eating burgers and sausages that taste practically indistinguishable from the real thing.
Although I guess that when this stuff become available, probably few vegetarians are going to start eating it; it's more likely to appeal to meat-eating animal lovers. I actually think there's huge potential for using lab-grown meat in such things as cat and dog food, cos many vegetarians (me included) won't own carnivorous pets.
Gillie on 24/6/2006 at 20:33
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Although I guess that when this stuff become available, probably few vegetarians are going to start eating it; it's more likely to appeal to meat-eating animal lovers. I actually think there's huge potential for using lab-grown meat in such things as cat and dog food, cos many vegetarians (me included) won't own carnivorous pets.
It is something I do no wish to try in a hurry!.It sounds too chemical based to me for a start.I am a Vegetarian,but do feed my animals meat including my husband.:rolleyes:.I eat quorn/Soya tofu for my meat substitutes. Animal and pet feeding is difficult.I do own cats,which can not survive without meat,though dogs can to a certain degree.
