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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting so sacred? [View all]byronius
(7,392 posts)I grew up with hunting, never cared for it, don't really have too much of a problem with it unless you're talking canned hunts or trophy animals or 120 grand worth of satellite gear and rifles with scopes and an ATV carrying a 320 pound guy drunk and high on meth who's glaring at backpackers with a sinister leer.
Because I have seen that. And I thought about hunting that #$%#er.
And I would have eaten him.
Part of the strange thing about becoming vegan aside from the amazing goddamned health boost (!!!!!) is that your consciousness begins to stretch out of the box. Almost as if human consciousness won't allow someone to consider animal suffering if it's part of the diet, but once you quit, it creeps in.
I'll never go back. But I try to be the vegan I would have wanted to meet before I became vegan.