Official: Vegetarianism a Perversion of Nature.

[jackofallgeeks]

I found This to
be pretty amusing. There's a report out on a scientific study which claims
that vegetarianism is a "perversion of nature," and that it will kill you in
the end. there's also a bit in there which apparently claims that soured
milk is better for you than fresh milk, but I was a bit unclear on that
point.

True to form, The Register takes a nicely-British, tongue-in-cheek approach
to reporting the story.

Comments

Proud to be a Mistake of Nature

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Oh my golly wow.

It's true: anyone who's ever tried to cook a vegetarian can confirm they do indeed have a low boiling point, but melting the stuttering buggers down really is the only way to shut up the shouty, arm-waving meat-dodgers.

I love it and find it utterly ridiculous, all at the same time! Brilliant humor. Also complete bollocks - at least as I see it. Personally, I'm always a little wary of articles that cite nothing more concrete than unnamed "recent studies". It is, after all, oh so very easy to bend the results of a given study to suit just about anyone's perspective.

There's just as much of an argument to the contrary: that humans aren't, in fact, meant to eat meat - that it's a perversion of nature for us to eat it. I'm not sure if any group has it right: staunch meat-eaters, people who eschew red meat but chow on the white, pescatarians, veggies, vegans, raw vegans, breathatarians (yes, they're real). They all have arguments as to why their way is best, and I'm sure that everyone makes their own good and bad points. All I know is what I myself have experienced since giving up meat, and it's nothing but good things, so I'll continue on my merry carrot-crunching way, proud to be an "arm-waving meat-dodger". And I'll happily let everyone else eat whatever they want to.

Except people. I'm not, as you know, down with people-eatage. Eat pork, folks - it's the next best thing, or so they say.

Re: Proud to be a Mistake of Nature

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-smirk- Actually, I'm pretty sure El Reg was making fun of an actual study that they thought was just as ridiculous as you did. They're quite clever. They did a piece (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/japan_farm_mechanoid_robot_exoskeleton_vegetable_terror/) about some Japanese Exoskeleton for farmers or something, and devolved into apocalyptic conjectures about "the day when the ancient nutrient-tank farmer homunculi inside the massive farm mechanoids eventually wig out, driven insane by centuries of wrestling with hundred-ton genetically enhanced fruit'n'veg, and march on the towns." You can really only ever take half of what you read on The Register seriously, and if it sounds absurd, it probably is.

I love them.

Re: Proud to be a Mistake of Nature

[surichan.livejournal.com]

So are they like the British Onion, then?

Re: Proud to be a Mistake of Nature

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

No, they're more like... Maybe "the Daily Show" but in print. The news they give is actual, it's just their commentary that, sometimes, is a bit absurd. I trust they really did find a study that said all the arm-wavey things they quoted, but like I said, I'm sure *they* don't put any stock into such a crack-pot idea.

Re: Proud to be a Mistake of Nature

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

As to diets, my general rule is, "all things in moderation, including moderation." It's working it's way up to being a philosophy on life. A little bit of excess never hurt anyone.

Re: Proud to be a Mistake of Nature

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Moderation is an excellent life philosophy, I think - including the excess bit. XD

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