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Hypocrisy of meat eaters (from a hunters viewpoint).?
First and foremost, I would like to say that this is not a criticism of vegetarian/vegan lifestyle choices. I am only coming here to gain fresh perspective on my opinion of something.
Secondly, I would like to establish the fact that I am both a meat eater, and a hunter. I know that I will garner a lot of negativity from some of you on those grounds alone.
I represent the 99% of hunters that are never acknowledged. I do not hunt for trophy, pure sport, and I am not a poacher. I follow all legal and moral codes, and wanton waste laws.
I am often labeled as compassionless by vegetarians/vegans.
But what I absolutely cannot stand is when someone who has never hunted a day in their life, will label me as compassionless, and then order a steak from a restaurant.
I don't take pleasure in killing things. I take pleasure in the fact that from the field to the kitchen, I put the work in myself. It is the same feeling I get when I cook vegetables from my own garden. It is about as free range, hormone free and organic as it gets.
There is a high level of hypocrisy with most meat eaters. They feel zero remorse for something they buy at a grocery store, yet see what I do as wrong.
Imagine if every meat eater in the world was given this option. To kill, clean and butcher an animal at least once in their life, to appreciate where their meat comes... or to never eat meat again. I bet most would opt to become vegetarians.
I would just like open minded thoughts on my opinions.
I would like to add, to clear the air. I do not hunt for every piece of meat I eat. I still do go to the grocery store. If in your mind that makes me a hypocrite than so be it. I still appreciate what it takes to put meat on the table, and put in the time whenever I can.
If I had the time, space, and luxury to do so... I would hunt, raise or grow everything I could and never buy meat from a grocery again. But I live and work in the city, in an apartment.
6 個解答
- LaAnLv 77 年前
I have a problem with trophy hunters, not people who hunt as a legitimate source of food. I grew up poor, and my father often hunted to feed the family. I grew up eating moose, rabbit, deer and fish. Healthiest meats you can get. I've always had a healthy respect for life and death, and I learned early that if an animal should die to feed me, respect in every way possible. I took that with me into adulthood where I learned to be a chef. I moved to another country and don't hunt. I don't have the time, but I fish once in a while. I do pay extra for meat that has had a better life. Again, respect it in life, and respect it when dead by treating the meat well, using good ingredients, and having pride when serving.
Many people don't understand this, or have never been taught this.
- 匿名7 年前
Okay, well I may be the first Vegan to step out of the crazy zone here to acknowledge something. I don't think hunting is completely wrong. Now before I get flamed for being a hypocrite I want to make a few statements.
Hunting for a food source when necessary becomes a need at times. Yes hunting for sport is disgusting and wrong but most hunters disagree with the reasoning behind trophy hunts anyway and poaching is just obscenely wrong.
Secondly some forms of hunting actually require skill. Personally fire arms are easy, point and shoot. Bow hunters are respectable because they must take the time to learn to hunt. You know they are dedicated to perfecting their shot and take extra time to insure they are doing it correctly. Plus the animal stands a chance at this point, because you must be within a closer range to hit them and mistakes you make give them an opportunity to escape. (It's more fair)
Finally I would like to say these animals were not raised purely as "food" they have lived a life outside of being confined to a pen. They face the risk of other preditory animals every day, and like I stated before, although I feel Rifle hunters have an unfair advantage, I can respect their right to hunt for food.
As long as you don't Hunt for sport, disrespect the animal, and take unfair advantages(guns,feeders, ect.) I find hunting to be completely respectable.
- 匿名7 年前
Yes, that seems pretty hypocritical of someone to eat meat, but condemn others for hunting for food. Well, not so much hypocritical as pot calling kettle black. Hunting is, IMO, unethical, but far more respectable than supporting big ol' gov't subsidized slaughterhouses.
Now, the question of "Would you become vegetarian if you had to hunt all your own meat" has been asked many a times here. I'm sure the breakdown would be something like this:
-I already do
-I could, (I've done it before), I just choose to buy it out of convenience
-I don't think I could.
- TinkLv 77 年前
I have a problem with folks who hunt for sport, use the wrong size ammunition for a target, bait, etc....
You put what you shoot in your freezer? I have no problem with that....
I know more than a few people who would go hungry in the winter otherwise. Some of the soup kitchens in the northern part of my state rely on hunters, especially after tourist season is over.
I do eat meat on occasion , but I agree with you - if people had to skin their dinner, we would have far more people who ate far less meat....
- 匿名7 年前
yeah, I noticed that too. Then I went vegan and then still got sh*t. From the SAME people. Whether it be hunting or working with farm animals.
- Dion JLv 77 年前
I too have been attacked many times by anti-hunters who seem not to realize that their grocery store or fast food meat also came from an animal and yes I agree that is hypocritical. It is also a demonstration of their own extreme ignorance. I have actually had people tell me that hunting is wrong because "we can get our meat at a grocery store".
Fortunately the majority of people (70+%) who eat meat are not anti-hunting, so most of us don't have to deal with this type of stupidity too often.
Keep in mind that the veg*ns who call you "compassionless" also kill animals, both directly and indirectly, in many ways other than eating them. However they tend to deny that fact when it is brought to their attention.