Wednesday, 18 March 2009
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Would You Eat Shmeat to Prevent Animal Cruelty?
Scientists have found the answer for people who love to eat meat but hate animal cruelty: engineered, test-tube meat.
Researchers believe that creating meat from extracted cells from living animals will cost less than regular meat and lessen human impact on the environment by reducing our dependency on livestock.
Steven Colbert has the story:
Would you eat shmeat (test-tube meat) to prevent animal cruelty?
Ms. Avocado
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I would still have no desire to consume meat.
That video was hilarious, though.
Not if they sell the product as "shmeat"--half shit? half meat?
I'll kill a cow, thanks!
And that's only assuming it tastes remotely as yummy as REAL dead animal. Which... it probably won't.
I love Steven Colbert.
NO WAY. It's not natural. Even meat from animals grown on those corporate farms isn't natural. You can taste the difference between animals that were raised properly and animals that were raised in a factory farm.
.....doubtful.
maybe?
perhaps.
Sounds really creepy to me.
that video is hilarious (and I guess I'm not getting a job since I'm a Virgo, lol), but I'd have to pass on "smeat" or any variation!
I'm sorry but no. I like animals and I'm anti-fur, but eating meat is necessary (in my opinion, and for my body) to living a healthy life. It is the way nature works. Predators kill prey. If this didn't happen the ecosystem would spiral out of control.
Also do you realize the side effects of things like this are NUMEROUS? Anything man-made has a higher chance of danger than nature, in general. People adopt a "innocent until proven guilty" view on chemicals and engineered foods and products, but that is not the way to go. The more you cut down on artificial stuff the better. I'm sure "shmeat" would be ok to eat, in moderation (actually probably a little less than moderation since it could be harmful) but you just never know what might happen to you with all these artificial things.
And I haven't even come to the point of synergy yet. There are millions of combinations of different chemicals and they can have nasty results. Once again, you never know.
@irishgrrl690@xanga - Lol that made me laugh out loud.
Gotta love that show.
probably not if I can help it
uhh.. no thank you o.o
haha maybe
Sadly, I don't think there were ever be an end to animal cruelty. I'm still uncetain to "Shmeat." How can it be proven that-that would it is they're growing doesn't feel? I'm not mocking animal activist because I am sympathetic to animals, but I just feel it sounds kind of gross.
I would try it.
Sadly, I don't think there were ever be an end to animal cruelty. I'm still uncetain to "Shmeat." How can it be proven that-that would it is they're growing doesn't feel? I'm not mocking animal activist because I am sympathetic to animals, but I just feel it sounds kind of gross.
I would try it.
shmeat is so not neat.
too many years reading sci fi or watching movies . can anyone say soylent green? ;)The inescapable future of humanity . yucky sounding .
After being forced to eat "mystery meat" for three months, there's no way I'd eat shmeat.
I like my steaks still mooing.
The black man they interview said : I've never been without a meat produc'
LOL what the heck does that mean? but this was funny I love Colbert!
*shudder* No thanks.
I seriously laughed outloud watching that. LOL
No way... I'm a vegetarian and will stick to that...
Hi all,
Last year I was emailed this link :
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/September-October-08/Genetically-Modified-Meat-Could-Be-Sold-Unlabeled.html
What's to say that meat eaters are not already eating gmo meat?
Sticking to my veggie burgers here! Quorn is da bomb! google it, try it, you'll love it.
Hope
Here is a video that might persuade you: http://meat.org