BJJVegan Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Im writing an argumentative paper for my writing class, and ive chosen the subject of "Lab Grown Meat." I was mainly wondering other peoples opinion on the subject. And i would also like to know of any articles or websites on this subject. Anybodys input would be of great help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I voted no - both are horrible options. As long as folks are eating animal flesh, I'd prefer to see the animals live in the wild or on an organic farm & I think the flesh-eater's should have to kill, clean & prepare the animals by themselves. Also a horrible option but besides folks just going vegan, it's the best I can think of. I also believe that it would cause many more folks to go veg & greatly reduce the amount of animals killed overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andgbr Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) i can't really tell which is worse, labgrown is problably going to be really unhealthy..worse than real meat.. while real meat is terrible for the health and the environment..at the same time, i don't know.. for some people who only believe in AR and are unable to become vegetarian ( or vegan ), but i don't think that's going to be a good thing, perhaps for the environment, therefore i can't really tell if it's going to be beneficial for meat-eaters, or not, but there might be a small chance. the only problem is that we're going to have less reasons to make people go vegetarian..( no more factory farming? ) unless we use the ''natural'', ''healthy'' argument. let's not discuss about real or fake meat, let's have a plant-based diet. Edited January 25, 2007 by andgbr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelle Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I voted for Yes because I think everyone should be able to decide whether he wants to do harm to his body or not - and lab grown meat would reduce animal suffering drastically. most people wouldn't quit eating meat anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I vote yes for animals sake but who knows how healthy it would be. Although I'd still rather people stick to veggies for sure. Sure mad cow wouldn't be an issue but who knows what it could cause later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 It would have a large amount of environmental benefits, but who in their right mind would eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I support it 100% Also see viewtopic.php?t=542 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 i just wonder how they would produce this lab grown meat. Honestly i think they'd still be killing animals for it. If this is not the case though and its really a synthetic meat then its fine by me. It probably would be not too bad as it wouldnt have cholesterol most likely, since animals produce cholesterol. I think without it being live animal flesh then the cholesterol wouldnt be present. Anyone know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 i just wonder how they would produce this lab grown meat. Honestly i think they'd still be killing animals for it. If this is not the case though and its really a synthetic meat then its fine by me. It probably would be not too bad as it wouldnt have cholesterol most likely, since animals produce cholesterol. I think without it being live animal flesh then the cholesterol wouldnt be present. Anyone know for sure? There wouldn't be a gland to produce it, how would it get there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 okay thats one for no cholesterol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I don't know enough about the process to have an opinion. Does anyone have a link to a site explaining how this stuff is grown in a lab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdarthveganx Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 its pretty gross. I wouldnt eat it thats for sure. But hey, its better than our current situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 yeah i definitely wont be consuming this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonzen Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I hadn't heard about this, so I Googled "lab grown meat" and shazaam! There was a host if info about this subject. Ah, science! I think this idea is much better than what is currently being practiced. Choosing between lab-grown meat and the raising of animals to slaughter, I would nod toward lab-grown meat. It will never enter my body though, not as long as I have a choice. Reading how it would be done, in large sheets, and how the protein would have to be stretched often to "exercise" the 'meat' to give it substance.... well, it all sounds very science-fictional to me, and I even got a little sick in the pit of my stomach thinking about it. Yet I thought how this "science" would help elliminate all the suffering of billions of innocent animals yearly, and it seemed the lesser of the two 'evils'. What's next? Lab grown tofu? What a ride! Where are we going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Lab grown meat seems ethically better to me, although it's quite clearly ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I agree that it is rediculous...same as lab grown veggies without soil and natural fertilizers...for me so long as there it nothing to feel any nerve function its aok...although weird and pathetic that people could go that far when they can just eat boca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andgbr Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I agree that it is rediculous...same as lab grown veggies without soil and natural fertilizers...for me so long as there it nothing to feel any nerve function its aok...although weird and pathetic that people could go that far when they can just eat boca they call themselves rationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Does anyone have a link to a site explaining how this stuff is grown in a lab? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6835390.PN.&OS=PN/6835390&RS=PN/6835390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 As much as I enjoy the health benefits of a vegan diet, I think that there are things that people are going to do to endanger their health because they are slaves to their tastebuds, so if this tastes the strain off of the enviornment and doesn't enslave animals, it could be a better choice. At least for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJJVegan Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 When i first heard about this subject i was really grossed out/disgusted. But as i started thinking about it i think there could be some major benefits, environmentally and for animal cruelty all together. Factory Farming could be eliminated, which would end the animal cruelty and take away all the pollution that is being put into the air. Also all the grains that are being used to feed the livestock could be put to a better use like feeding the world. Though, there will still be some animals needed to make the milk, cheese and eggs...until they figure out how to lab grow that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 When i first heard about this subject i was really grossed out/disgusted. But as i started thinking about it i think there could be some major benefits, environmentally and for animal cruelty all together. Factory Farming could be eliminated, which would end the animal cruelty and take away all the pollution that is being put into the air. Also all the grains that are being used to feed the livestock could be put to a better use like feeding the world. Though, there will still be some animals needed to make the milk, cheese and eggs...until they figure out how to lab grow that I'm positive that eggs and milk are, molecularly speaking, less complex than meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) When i first heard about this subject i was really grossed out/disgusted. But as i started thinking about it i think there could be some major benefits, environmentally and for animal cruelty all together. Factory Farming could be eliminated, which would end the animal cruelty and take away all the pollution that is being put into the air. Also all the grains that are being used to feed the livestock could be put to a better use like feeding the world. Though, there will still be some animals needed to make the milk, cheese and eggs...until they figure out how to lab grow that They would still need "raw" ingredients to make the crud & where do ya think that would come from? It's like this bio-diesel/fuel idea: it may be great when you are using waste products but not so great when yr clearcutting forests &/or using the world's increasingly limited cropland for growing fuel sources... Edited February 5, 2007 by loveliberate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 When i first heard about this subject i was really grossed out/disgusted. But as i started thinking about it i think there could be some major benefits, environmentally and for animal cruelty all together. Factory Farming could be eliminated, which would end the animal cruelty and take away all the pollution that is being put into the air. Also all the grains that are being used to feed the livestock could be put to a better use like feeding the world. Though, there will still be some animals needed to make the milk, cheese and eggs...until they figure out how to lab grow that They would still need "raw" ingredients to make the crud & where do ya think that would come from? Synthetically.... It would still come from plants, but it would be much more effecient as you're not building anything other than muscle/flesh, no organs, blood bones, or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I think the "problem" with this whole thing happening is that the over-powerful meat/dairy/egg people want the actual things coming from the animals to keep them in business, and that they would try to somehow interfere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJJVegan Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Yea i wouldnt doubt at all that the Dairy, Meat and Egg big wigs will try and stop this because i would see this cutting into their profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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