So...I tried vegetarianism once. I liked it, felt pretty decent about it, and continued the lifestyle for about six months. While I don't remember why I stopped, I do know why I haven't attempted to try it again. Cognitive dissonance.
When I think of the horrible process of meat production, I can't help but cringe .Yet, last night I ate a jr. chicken sandwich and a ham/cheddar melt from Arby's. What's happening is that I am choosing to just ignore the fact that the ham and chicken I ate was TERRIBLE for me/created (in my opinion) unethically. I almost threw up, literally, when Food Inc. showed the man cutting the chicken's throat. I had to cover my eyes and hold back vomit. SO WHY DO I STILL EAT MEAT LET ALONE FAST FOOD???? I'm ignorant. Straight up ignorant and choose not to think about it.
I hate it and I feel torn. Not trying to start anything, but from a religious/Christian perspective, we as humans are meant to eat meat. I think I'd feel more justified if I were a hunter and killed my own food but I don't. I don't wanna eat the icky processed meat I learned about from Food Inc. I'm going to make a serious effort to go more organic and pick up the habit of being healthier while still eating meat. I hate thinking about the poor animals that I eat but it's necessary. It's not necessary, however, to engineer animals in ways that they aren't meant to be...so basically, I'm saying we should raise animals as they are and not what they could be.
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