An uncharacteristically long post by The Skeptical Hypochondriac, but I really appreciate it. As a vegan skeptic, I feel a bit fringe for even the fringe. I’m not, however, a militant vegan or unreasonable one. My greatest wish is that people would sincerely evaluate their diet and see if they couldn’t reduce the amount of meat they eat, if they could determine to only eat meat that comes from wholesome sources, and if they couldn’t switch soy, almond, or rice milk for their milk intake.
Also, using battery-cage hens for eggs should be fucking outlawed straight out. It’s utter bullshit. And the industry argues that ‘free-range’ hens don’t even bother going outside the shed, so why bother? Well I’ve seen healthy barred rock laying hens living in a hen house with a yard and they love nothing better than to wonder out for free time (when they can be watched so they don’t get sniped by coyotes and raccoons), so if your hens don’t want out, there’s something fucked up with them and people should just FUCKING NOT STAND FOR IT.
We don’t need meat, we don’t need it by far. I know that’s hard for some people to wrap their heads around, but going vegan saves far more environment than changing to a fuel-efficient car. If you couldn’t personally do the things to animals that are done to them in order for you to eat them, then I just don’t think you should eat them. But again, I don’t expect the whole world to go vegan. I’d just like an improvement.
