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californiablue · 70-79, M

I Don't Eat Animals - Melanie Safka - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I5rtQKP85I
Lyrics
I was just thinking about the way it's supposed to be
I'll eat the plants and the fruit from the trees
And I'll live on vegetables and I'll grow on seeds
But I don't eat animals and they don't eat me
Oh no, I don't eat animals 'cause I love them, you see
I don't eat animals, I want nothing dead in me
I don't eat white flour, white sugar makes you rot
Oh, white could be beautiful but mostly it's not
A little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese
But I don't eat animals and they don't eat me
Oh no, I don't eat animals 'cause I love them, you see
I don't eat animals, I want nothing dead in me
A little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese
I'll eat the plants and the fruit from the trees
And I'll live on vegetables and I'll grow on seeds
But I won't eat animals and they won't eat me
Oh no, I'll live on life, I want nothing dead in me
You know I'll become life and my life will become me
You know I'll live on life and my life will live on me

SW-User

I thought to myself
why should something die for me to eat when I can survive without it ?

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@kate21 the cow was alive Kate

kate21 · 26-30, F

Ohhhh!

Ya know, I don’t think I’ve ever been that close to a cow. I think I’d be scared. 🤔

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SW-User

They wouldn't hurt you
They would hug you and lick your ears

User41 · 36-40, M

They are emotionally retarded an can’t cope with the reality of “life”.

Or they have emotions.

SW-User

because of the incessant cruelty to defenseless innocent animals

californiablue · 70-79, M

i lived in Africa and the same goats and chickens that were on my porch in the morning could be on my table in the afternoon
also................the violence that goes into the death of an animal is transferred to one's being
have you ever been down i 5 towards southern California and seen the thousands of cattle just waiting to be slaughtered?

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@californiablue 😢

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because they have the option for a sufficiently nutritious diet which comes with a lower carbon footprint and without the need for intelligent sensitive creatures beeing bred to not have any freedom till death, and they take it, I guess?

Lostpoet · M

We have advanced so far as a society to no longer have to kill and torcher innocent creatures in order to get enough calories to survive.

SW-User

Because they don't agree with animal cruelty mainly

MushroomFaerie

Some people don't consider meat food and are repulsed by it and takes a negative toll on their bodies, other people choose it for moral reasons but are not real vegetarians and still like the smell and break sometimes.
I have many real vegetarians in my family, iam not one but I am disgusted by pig meat and do not see it as food, I can't stand the smell

NeuroticByNature · 41-45, F

Im not vegetarian but could easily take meat out of my diet.

DreamyCrush · F

Digestive issues

Prisoner69 · 26-30, M

I hate meat. My ancestors ate a lot of weird stuff.

There was this reptile( a hybrid between a lizard and an alligator). My grandfather used to kill it personally rub its blood on himself.

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noobishlord · 36-40, M

I just generally don't care for the taste of meat. There's no big moral reason or problem with me, I just don't like the taste.

You'll never catch me goin' full vegan though. I love things like milk and eggs way too much.

kate21 · 26-30, F

I’m guessing health reasons, religious reasons (Jains for instance) and humaneness.

I have the blood of tens of thousands of chickens on my hands, but I’m okay with that.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

I know someone who did it purely for health, he was a diabetic and has lost 20 # and eats like a pig (vegan food only) and can't gain weight.

SW-User

Meat isn’t a necessity and it’s healthier to stop eating animals nowadays. They feed them with antibiotiques and whatnot, it’s disgusting

AlmostAnAngel · 100+, F

It is healthier for out bodies..there are other ways to get protein than eating meat. Saying that I still enjoy meat. I have just cut back on it for health reasons.

californiablue · 70-79, M

https://www.google.com/search?q=melanie+i+dont+eat+animals&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab

Serenitree · F

Different people have different reasons; chief among them is protesting the way our food animals are so badly mistreated

DuchessOfMapleSyrup · M

1. they been scared by exaggerated health dangers about meat.2. they don't like animals being killed. those seem to be the main reasons.

californiablue · 70-79, M

basically song from the 60's by melanie
I don't eat animals and they don't eat me

FattyMcFatts · 46-50, M

I don’t know. They’re bored?

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