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Even if you stop eating meat, you are still supporting the killing of cows and other animals by wearing leather products and just living in a world where even asphalt contains animal by-products. However, I agree with other posters, that it is not right to treat animals in the manner shown in the video. The people that are doing that have been in that business too long and are numb to the suffering of the animals they monopolize. Maybe we could start eating these people instead, but would probably not be a good idea because of possible mad human disease.
 
After the Mad Cow scare in 2004, I stopped eating beef for about 2 years.

I've been trying to avoid beef when I can lately, and will either go back to not eating it again, or be a lot pickier about what beef I eat.
 
I eat meat. I love it.

But stuff like this does upset me, and it annoys me even more when people say "they are going to die anyway". Agreed, they would die anyway, but why should be disrespect something that is feeding us and keeping us alive?

What does anyone gain from that guy prodding the cow in that pen, or tipping a cow with a fork-lift. Least of all the poor animal that is in pain and should be put out of its misery, and dealth with humanely.

I do not want to be a vegetarian, but we need to learn to respect what we eat, regardless of whether its a carrot or a cow.
 
It doesn't matter why you are raising animals, there's no excuse for cruelty.

I've often wondered, in this day and age, how many fewer meat lovers there would be if we had to slaughter, clean and butcher our own dinner.

Personally, I'd probably get used to it pretty quick, and salivate at the smell of cow.

Yum.

(Originally, I started recalling huge meats I've cooked over the years. Hmmm. Yum.>
 
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