Potential NSFL if you have a vivid imagination.

So in my effort to start eating healthier in #moralemenagrie I've vastly reduced meat consumption along consuming increasingly less animal products - easing myself in rather than full dive. This route of all dietary routes as a result of a conversation with one of my brothers, user4o4, on the topic of the state of the food industry in general and the benefits of alternative diets. Part of my thoughts driving the switch derived from understanding the rhetoric behind propaganda with relation to ethic history of the Holocaust - industrialized slaughter and testing of/on sentient life, extrapolating organs from their lifeless bodies for everyday personal use, etc. It's hard to tell which I'm talking about here myself as I'm typing, it's that sad: leather jackets or human lampshades, bar soaps from fauna or people. Naturally, it's pretty sickening thinking about it. By extension, the genetic manipulation of fruits and vegetables via GMOs to bloaten them beyond natural proportions, though whether the case of sentience applies or even matters here is bit wishy-washy - albeit slight digression.

So, back to the start. Veganism. Specifically, ethical veganism. The belief of exploiting animals as a commodity in today's industrialized fashion is immoral and/or damaging. This is the basis for the route I took, and frankly the gruesome rhetoric justified itself for me. More so, the idea of environmental non-stability falls in line with my ambiguous philosophy of balance in the world borne of watching too much anime. Until I thought of this: the very development of humans was hinged on the consumption of meat to allow the growth of our brain today. If the of message of ethical veganism stands as is, it's nigh hypocritical considering how they've evolved to develop such a belief. Further, if I'm going to say "Sure, I don't agree with systematic slaughter" to raise my own farm, wouldn't that as well be against the doctrine of animal cruelty for the same purpose - eating, living? I'm not advocating being serial carnivores, merely pondering the limits of a relatively extreme stance. Does this all really necessitate the mass boycott of the meat industry; more to the point, what consists of a viable meat source without stepping on the bounds of immoral sentient slaughter?

sigh Guess I'll have to wait for this.

This bit's more a rant on GMOs as a counter to my fruit bloating point - if you'll endure me for a bonus paragraph.Man's domestication of animals and plants has vastly shaped (clearly) our own world, but also the physical shape of fauna and flora as well. It's no news dogs have been selectively bred from wolves, and we've been selectively breeding crops for better yields and size too. The reality there is we've been doing this for years, just on a micromanaged level at this point. Granted, taking some steps can seriously harm, regulation is advised rather than flat opposition. I think that's it for that bit. As anti-climatic as it was.