Meat Feeds More than Our Bodies. Meat Feeds Our Egos.
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

FROM

Free From Harm
July 2012

[Ed. note: Listen to Philip Wollen's Blazing Animal Rights Speech at the debate, Should Animals Be Left Off the Menu?]

One of the highlights from the almost 2-hour long Australian debate (May 2012) about meat eating called Should Animals Be Left Off the Menu? came from an unidentified young man in the audience who made a profound statement about the pyschological motivations behind why we eat animals. Following is a transcript of his statement:

We are not carnivores. We eat meat by choice. Why would you choose to kill another animal and eat its flesh, when you could choose not to? I think meat feeds much more than our body; I think eating meat feeds our ego. Because by choosing to eat meat, we are demonstrating that we are powerful enough to dominate and kill other animals for reasons other than survival. We demonstrate it through technology on a farm where animals are kept in cages no matter how big or small. We demonstrate it through technology in an abattoir where animals are killed systematically by machines. Lastly and most importantly, we demonstrate it with our wallets where we pay top dollar for prime steak as a display of wealth. We are not carnivores. We eat meat by choice. And we choose to eat it to feed our ego.


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