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you wouldnt eat your dog...

November 19, 2009
By SaithSiro PLATINUM, Jacksonville, Florida
SaithSiro PLATINUM, Jacksonville, Florida
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I only wanted to fly.


I decided to become a vegetarian when i was ten years old. I realized that an animal was a living being. my chicken nuggets didn't look anything like the chickens running free in my yard. The thought that did it in, I wouldn't eat my dog, why would i eat anything else that was capable of feeling joy, had a personality, or had favorites foods or toys? Every animal is individual, just like humans. The mass brutal slaughter that we permit as a society is unacceptable. millions of animals in factory farms never see the light of the sun, and are kept in small, filthy cages until they die. They are force- fed antibiotics, growth hormones, and steroids to keep them alive in conditions that would otherwise kill them. cows have their throats slit, and chickens are doused in scalding water to remove feathers, ALL WHILE STILL ALIVE. if we treated humans in this manner, it would be another holocaust. Animals feel pain too, and they scream just like we do. They are defenseless, and this is violence WE CAN STOP. join the movement toward peace and consider vegetarianism.



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on May. 9 at 9:51 am
Lydiame2 BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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... I am undecided. I will continue eating bacon

Japs said...
on May. 8 2019 at 12:28 pm
Japs, Poway, California
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@Saithsaro I wouldn't eat my dog but I would eat a dog that farmed specifically made for being slaughtered.The same thing with a pig If I owned one I wouldn't eat it but i would eat one that was breed specifically for being slaughtered.I also dont agree with these animals being kept in cages and in the dark for their whole lives.

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on May. 8 2019 at 10:36 am
fatkidssmell, Toronto, Colorado
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@dogs-taste-good

fatkidssmell said...
on May. 8 2019 at 10:36 am
fatkidssmell, Toronto, Colorado
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@asian-life-is-awesome

fatkidssmell said...
on May. 8 2019 at 10:21 am
fatkidssmell, Toronto, Colorado
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i am asian and would eat my dog and if i had a cat i would eat that too but before i eat the dog or cat i beat it so its juicy and has a different texture. dogs are yummy yummy in my tummy

on Aug. 11 2010 at 9:35 am
writerfluid SILVER, Tempe, Arizona
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Greater good? I am your wife. I am the greatest good you are ever gonna get!

Wow, that's terrible, I had no idea...

Very moving, very powerful.

Good for you, being a vegetarian. :)


on Mar. 1 2010 at 5:14 pm
Moloctopus BRONZE, Dyersburg, Tennessee
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At some point you've got to stop looking up at the sky, or one of these days you'll look back down and see that you've floated away too.

I love this.

And agree completely.

I'm a vegetarian, it's been 3 years.

Erperderp said...
on Feb. 8 2010 at 12:42 pm
Erperderp, Bangor, Maine
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EAT THE STUPID COOKIE!!!!

i agree i have been veg for almost 3 years now. and the things they do to animals are just wrong.

on Dec. 19 2009 at 8:11 pm
AbbytheEventer GOLD, Blue Ash, Ohio
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One mans wrong lead is another Man's counter canter

This is great! I am also a vegetarian since age 5 by choice. I am strongly against slaughter and think that it is horrible! I will try to post one of my "Vegetarian" papers online.

Thanks

on Dec. 3 2009 at 10:00 pm
fortheloveofwriting GOLD, A Place, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
"Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life."
~Pablo Picasso


Love is patient, love is kind; it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:4
A man's ways are his own, but the LORD weighs the heart.

I am also against this. I don't remember exactly when I stopped eating meat; I guess when I realized that... well, basically, these animals are like any others. Thanks for putting this!