P.S. In response to something I heard at a b.b.q. I attended this weekend: Eating meat does not make you a man, anymore than abusing your wife "when she gets out of line" does. There is nothing masculine about unethical behavior.
If you disagree with me, just keep trying to convince yourself of that. Kill those dangerous bunny rabbits, white tailed deer, ducks and other herbivores because you're such a dude. Wrestle down that deadly baby cow tough guy. Keep eating all those body parts that you, yourself, would never participate in taking from the individual they belong too.
If anything I would think it would be the exact reverse.
Aside from coconuts, animal products are the only source of saturated fats. Arteriosclerosis also builds up "down south" in men and is one cause of impotence later in life.
Vegans also get less prostate cancer, which means less prostate surgery, which means less nerve damage to the genitals and less prostate removal.
Many of the livestock animals killed for meat are female. That tissue has their own hormones plus hormones that are not supposed to be added by law.
Many insecticides are similar to estrogen in structure and much more powerful. Vegans eat more phytoestrogens which are weaker and block these estrogenic pollutants at the receptor sites.
Omnivores also get these pollutants "biomagnified" because they end up eating all of the pesticides the cows ate when the cows ate their feed. Eating those grains directly would result in a much smaller amount ingested.
And to quote a famous line by Bruce Lee
In other words, you don't look tough attacking something defenseless.
Animals don't have too much of a chance against a hunter's gun or the controls used against them in rodeos.
It may be scary for these men to do these things, but they have all of the advantages against the animals. They are basically being bullies.
All they are proving is that they can't think of something better to do with their talents then brutalize animals.
That just makes those acts stupid and mean.
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"Aside from coconuts, animal products are the only source of saturated fats. Arteriosclerosis also builds up "down south" in men and is one cause of impotence later in life.
Vegans also get less prostate cancer, which means less prostate surgery, which means less nerve damage to the genitals and less prostate removal."
These are great statements Steve. And you're right, it's not toughness or masculinity; it's petty bullying and de-evolved cruelty.