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In reply to the discussion: Do People Hate Vegans? [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)any more than I admire anyone who acts on a philosophical/religious belief that has no basis in reason. Do I admire Jews and Muslims because they don't eat pork? No, I observe that while such religious laws might have made sense in a time when we didn't know how to cook things fully, they certainly don't make sense in the modern era. Many of my Jewish friends (sorry, I guess I have not been around enough to have any Muslim acquaintances) articulate the same view.
I really don't give a crap if my meat was factory-farmed, free range or pampered to death, I will eat it with gusto. As for environmental concerns, I find them overblown. The "amount of water" needed to raise a pound of beef usually comes from the sky, and if not used in that way, would simply become ground water. I prefer a pound of ground beef.