FOOD

I know some people reading this are going to think this is silly, and it may sound silly but give me a reason why it isn't true and I'll have another think ;)

I have recently-2 months ago- become 'mostly vegetarian' I say mostly because I go at least a week or two without eating any meat and then I might have a bit of fish or something, then not eat meat at all for a week or two again.
But a few weeks ago I was in a bit of an online discussion, well, sort of a discussion, one person was being a bit ridiculous, I was being attacked by a vegan, for saying that quality raw milk was much better for you than horrible pasturised milk, and this persons view was that cow's milk was only intended to feed a calf, so therefore humans shouldn't consume it at all.

Well, I just wanted to state my opinion about food.

I believe that ALL life is equal. ALLLLL life, animal, vegetable, it doesn't matter, all life is equal. To me, being intellectually (or appearing to be) superior does not mean you have more rights than less intelliegent lifeforms.
Animals aren't BETTER than plants. Just because they move around and some of them look cute and furry, doesn't make them better.
All life is trying to survive and reproduce. ALLLLLL life.
That carrot that you ate was trying to grow some flowers that would end up spreading it's seeds, before it got pulled up out of the ground, chopped up and eaten.
Evidence shows that plants actually react in a distressed way when they get damaged, some even send a warning signal to other nearby plants when they are being attacked.
How does a Bee Orchid know what a female bee looks like in order to attract a male bee? And it must've done some kind of conscious decision making to change itself to look like a bee. The Dead Horse Arum made the decision and had the knowledge to look and smell like rotting flesh to attract flies. If you watch plants growing with time lapse photography, they are just like animlas, except they are rooted to the spot.
And of course, plants are every bit as important as animals, if not more important.
Surely that makes plants just as equal to animals, right?

Cows milk may not have been specifically designed for humans to eat it, but neither was ANYTHING!!(except fruit! - well not JUST humans)
Carrots and brocolli weren't designed to be eaten, what makes it OK to eat vegetables, but not animals??
To me there is no difference. They are both equal lifeforms.
I even feel sorry for pot plants. They're stuck in a pot with not enough room to spread their roots properly!

I also believe in Nature. Nature has designed everything perfectly and this is what happens.....

LIFE CONSUMES LIFE TO LIVE.

Whether it's an animal eating vegetable, or animal eating animal, or even vegetable eating animal (venus fly trap, pitcher plant etc..) or EVEN vegetable eating vegetable (mistletoe being just one example) ALLL life has to consume something that is alive or has been alive at some point.

Apart from fruit, NOTHING has been specifically designed to be eaten. And all life is Equal.

I've chosen to stop eating meat most of the time because of the way animals are treated in intensive farming.

Don't get me wrong, I don't disagree with vegans at all, but what I do disagree with, is anyone saying that it's WRONG to eat meat. Because it ISN'T wrong. How can nature be wrong about such a massively important thing?? Some creatures are herbivores, some are carnivores, some are omnivores, it's all ok, whatever is right for you is right. Humans are omnivores, yes, we can live as vegans, if it's done properly and works for that individual, but but humans are still omnivores and that's just the way it is, it's perfectly fine for us to eat meat.  - but it's totally NOT fine to torture and neglect, or to treat animals with total and utter disrespect like they do :(