Lots of reasons
Okay, screw the vegetarian path for this week.
I've been trying to eat vegetarian for the last month or so. Such an action is particulary difficult, as I don't have a strong moral opposition to eating meat. Doyle asked what's the point of going vegetarian then, when meat is so tasty?
Well, let's see, the health reasons: eating lots of vegetables is easier if you're not eating meat as the main course. You're less likely to contract some transmissible spongiform encephalopathic disease if you're not eating an animal of unknown or unverifiable origin. There are the environmental reasons: raising various meats, especially in the factory methodologies of modern meat production, is quite detrimental to the local, and eventually global, environment. And the trump card: the moral reason. It's hard to know that the animals we're eating have consciousnesses and thoughts, and reconcile that with the various emotions associated with our pets.
Not saying that very well. Especially in light of today's illness.
So, yeah, lack of strong moral objects.
I had chicken soup today.
