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rocklord2004 wrote:I may have to try that recipe. What would be the best method of getting a squirrel if one isn't capable of hunting a can of tuna?

A .22 or a pellet rifle. Gotta get a head shot. The damn things are so small a body shot even from a small round will ruin a lot of meat.

Seriously though, rabbit is a much better small animal for consumption. Squirrel is only if you've got no other choice.

A large number of squirrels in a stew/cassarole or curry would be cool.

Im sorry, but what is the point of trying to stop eating meat, because of how it is processed? Someone not eating meat is not going to stop the process from happening. It really makes no sense to me. But to each his own.

You obviously missed the part where I said that I walk at least 5K most days.

I must have blinked. 5k? Is that an affectation of youth or did you use 'K' to make the number look bigger? 5Km is about 45 minutes walk a day, If that feels like exercise to you then you're in bigger trouble than you think.

I don't care either way if you eat eggs. It's your moral high ground, perhaps you like it uneven.


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InfernalMajesty wrote:Im sorry, but what is the point of trying to stop eating meat, because of how it is processed? Someone not eating meat is not going to stop the process from happening. It really makes no sense to me. But to each his own.

True, I'm inclined to think it does more good to encourage good practice by buying from suppliers that follow it.

@GS - Still not biting.

Orkeosaurus wrote:I am now a vegetarian! Until the end of the weekend!

Didn't even get past the second meal.

Meat is too sexy, and you know it Orkeo.

*Insert absurd humor addendum here*

I could probably go without meat. But what I don't I don't get is people who think hunting is inhumane. As long as you eat the animal afterwards, I don't see the problem.

I have no reason to not eat meat, but it isn't neccesary. Plants are alive as well, but they can't even move or anything, so I always thought that was kind of unfair.

We might not have to eat meat to survive, but if we didn't, there would be an awful lot of animals around wouldn't there?

Anyway, I much prefer grains, which are plants I know.

Albatross wrote:@GS - Still not biting.

Or exercising. It's your body, what do I care.

@GS - I'm going to take a different approach and pretend you're not just a pointless troll - I'll explain my current exercise levels, just so we're clear.
In the morning I do a 30 min walk to Uni. In the afternoon, I walk another 30 mins to work, which requires me to be on my feet for the entire time I'm there, which adds up to 3 hours everyday. I also do weights every other day.

I mean, I'm not running a marathon every day, but that's fairly active - it's certainly a lot more active than most people I know who work in offices. Fine, maybe I could increase the amount I do.

It's no excuse to be rude, though.

The other point you've missed besides the fact that upping your excercise will do far greater things than not eating meat, is that doing it for health reasons is laughable when you still smoke, drink, drugs, etc etc. That's like someone who rides a 900cc bike to work not wanting to do a bungee jump because he htinks it's too dangerous.

Tyyr wrote:

rocklord2004 wrote:I may have to try that recipe. What would be the best method of getting a squirrel if one isn't capable of hunting a can of tuna?

A .22 or a pellet rifle. Gotta get a head shot. The damn things are so small a body shot even from a small round will ruin a lot of meat.

Seriously though, rabbit is a much better small animal for consumption. Squirrel is only if you've got no other choice.

Unless you think the best part is the head...!

@whatwhat - Well, it's more wanting to lose a bit of weight than being healthy! I had a mate who went Veggie and lost LOADS of weight - that was the first thing that piqued my curiosity about it. I've lost around 4 pounds this week. Which isn't bad going.

Albatross wrote:@whatwhat - Well, it's more wanting to lose a bit of weight than being healthy! I had a mate who went Veggie and lost LOADS of weight - that was the first thing that piqued my curiosity about it. I've lost around 4 pounds this week. Which isn't bad going.

Well that makes sense, personally I need to gain some weight, which is why I eat meat. Meat is still healthy, and even though some may argue that they add preservatives and things to it and make it less healthy, I could say the same about plants.

The way I see it, the more preservatives you eat the longer you live. After all, you're being preserved.

I cite the increased life expectancy of industrialized countries' correlation with the increase in the use of preservatives as proof.

you'll need lots of peanut butter... but that's really just a stand-in. If the ethics is an issue just look around at how many other things are made at the expense of animals. If health is the issue, I was a vegetarian for about a year and tried to be responsible... eating lots of peanut butter and cale and spinach and whatnot... but I still ended up feeling sick and weak all the time. Our bodies are designed for meat and vegetables. Our teeth are designed to eat anything we can eat. We may want to be all ethical about stuff but hey, we've all smashed a wasp or a spider at some point too. "higher" animals like dogs and cats and things capable of love, of course, are not on the same level as killing a fish who doesn't even know you killed it because it's so dumb. I think: eat the stupid ones. (sometimes i wish the hoomaan species would have done that to its own young too but that's another rant)

Guitardian wrote: "higher" animals like dogs and cats and things capable of love, of course, are not on the same level as killing a fish who doesn't even know you killed it because it's so dumb. I think: eat the stupid ones. (sometimes i wish the hoomaan species would have done that to its own young too but that's another rant)

Actually the balistidae family, the triggerfish and the tetraodontidae family, the pufferfish, are reckoned to be about equal with dogs in terms of intelligence. Given that fish have a vertebrae and nervous system that is very similar to our own, their reaction to pain is also similar.

He said love, not intelligence. Do you ever hear anyone talk about the infamous love of the pufferfish?

George Spiggott wrote:

Albatross wrote:@GS - Still not biting.

Or exercising. It's your body, what do I care.

George, i dont get it, a bloke says he is "possibly considering" becoming veggie and you accuse him of a moral crusade? He didnt actually say he was veggie, or even condemned people that arent. What is your beef here exactly?

And as for the above, you are just needlessly trolling and being offensive. Here is a thought, post a video of yourself and your awesome physical prowess or just join the ranks of the needlessly aggressive internet troll. Do you think maybe you are spending too much time around your space wolves?

mattyrm wrote:

George Spiggott wrote:

Albatross wrote:@GS - Still not biting.

Or exercising. It's your body, what do I care.

George, i dont get it, a bloke says he is "possibly considering" becoming veggie and you accuse him of a moral crusade? He didnt actually say he was veggie, or even condemned people that arent. What is your beef here exactly?

And as for the above, you are just needlessly trolling and being offensive. Here is a thought, post a video of yourself and your awesome physical prowess or just join the ranks of the needlessly aggressive internet troll. Do you think maybe you are spending too much time around your space wolves?

Or maybe Arnold S. secretly plays Warhammer and posts on Dakka!

Arnold is fething awesome, i think he would play Ultramarines...

get to the choppa! and use it to grind up some fish... then make me a tuna sammich yo... like I said, we all smashed bugs before because they annoyed us, I actually stamped on a mouse once because it was caught in my neighbors trap and I didn't like the thought of it just dying alone there from starvation with 2 broken legs that will never get better. Was I mean for killing it? I prefer to think not, it was just painfully prolonging the inevitable, so I sped it along. I cried afterwards. Animal kindness can only go so far when we live in a world like we do. So, so long as we live in the brutal world that we do, we may as well eat.

Albatross wrote:I mean, I'm not running a marathon every day, but that's fairly active - it's certainly a lot more active than most people I know who work in offices. Fine, maybe I could increase the amount I do.

You're approaching this all wrong. If you're having the symptoms you describe in your first post then you weren't doing enough, further detail about what you do won't change that. But you already know this, this isn't new ground.

Speaking of craving moral superiority...

Mattyrm wrote:And as for the above, you are just needlessly trolling and being offensive. Here is a thought, post a video of yourself and your awesome physical prowess or just join the ranks of the needlessly aggressive internet troll. Do you think maybe you are spending too much time around your space wolves?

"Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one." ~ Frederich Nietsche

Thanks for stopping by.

George Spiggott wrote:Speaking of craving moral superiority...
Thanks for stopping by.

Hmmm... craving moral superiority?

Ok, so i point out you are needlessly acting like a todger and you decide that this bloke you have never met before is craving moral superiority....

Cheers then.

Hope it works for you whatever.