I'd still get meat from hunter friends. But I would actually be concerned for the country at large. If this was an overnight law change, just stop and think how many businesses and homes would be affected. Grocery stores, the vaaaast majority of restaurants, convenience stores, the average person would be largely effected. Ranchers who make their livelihoods off of ethically raised meat. Gone over night. Butcher box and like businesses would have vast swathes of their income if not all gone over night.
Fishing industry? Gone. Towns that get their main income from sea trade? Done. If fishing is the ultimate goal, that means Fisher supplies goes out of business. Commercial or not. Sea wharf town like in the North east? Entire careers would be ended. People leaving town. Why stay in a town if your one income source bringing you there is now gone?
Hunters who donate hundreds of pounds of meat to charities, homeless shelters and so on. Done. Athletes at every level would be negatively effected. There are just so many areas that would be effected for the worse that it would be a scary thought if it were passed. Tho realistically there would be tons of people still getting meat on the low
I think it'd be stupid... If you choose not to eat meat because you think it's healthier that's up to you. The problem is, most people don't know how to manage a plant based diet and would fail to maintain the number of proteins they need to live healthy lives. While it's not impossible to live without meat based proteins, meat provides an amazing source of nutrients and varied proteins that are difficult to maintain in a plant-based diet if you don't know what you're doing. So... if you're looking at it from a health standpoint, it probably won't work out that well for you.
Other than that I can't really agree with any supposed moral arguments for sparing the lives of animals instead of eating them. It's how the rest of nature operates and nature doesn't throw a hissy fit, it just grows and adapts to deal with it. If that's how the rest of nature does it, I think it's stupid to take some imagined moral high ground by not also eating meat.
There would be a happy end for every animal that is solely was raised for human consumption and humans would of course profit from it too since there is no need anymore to feed them massively with growth hormones, antibiotics and other unhealthy substances.
Humans would probably live a better life also as the indirect consequence would be a lower consumption of those nocive and harmful substances for our body.
Another direct benefit would be the instant loss of those fattening foods like those in fast food chains.
You can substitute the missing proteins with other things that don't require slaughtering of animals..
It would only be beneficial to humans but who wants to live healthy, right?
Animal abuse, fair enough. Environmental reasons? Really the most important thing is eating locally sourced food, so it'd make no sense to do it for that unless they also banned all from eating non local food. Many vegetarians diets are really awful for the environment.
So, I would go with it for animal welfare if I had to, but I wouldn't for environmental reasons unless they're banning all food that's had to travel. Not going to not eat meat while Sharon round the corner gets to eat her quinoa shipped miles and miles.
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u If someone else says, "Meat has been banned," I will respond, "Someone must be made to pay the price!"
Id hunt those responsible down and eat their families while they watch
I would blame the fringe environmentalist groups.
Any country that bans meat is pretty idiotic.
I might not actually mind so much in spite of being a meat lover if there were enough adjustments made to society. I tend to consume lots of meat/fish: chicken breast, steaks, salmon, tuna, eggs, and in particular organ meats like heart and liver.
But it was never so much about taste for me. I just find it complicated to find very rich protein sources with a fairly complete protein profile going plant-based. There are things like nutritional yeast but they're lacking in some of the most important BCAAs for my goals.
I have come to research what might make a fairly reasonable vegan diet though without any micro-deficiencies and a good balance of macros. I use that to try to provide nutrition advice for vegans. However, they include exotic sources like phyoplankton and/or cyanobacteria. I'm not sure how sustainable it would be to rely on such a wide range of sources if everyone wanted to do it.
That would be a dream come true. Obviously nobody would follow the law unless they already didn't eat meat, so all it would do would create high demand on the black market for meat. Thus, tons of individual suppliers would pop up to capitalize on it. It would be a situation similar to pirating--so many people would be breaking the law, that the justice system simply wouldn't have the resources to enforce it.
Ultimately, the only difference would be that I'd have a new, tax-free (and thus MUCH cheaper), source of meat. Hehehe.
Meat eating is the most ridiculous thing that's happening in the world. Making a meal out of someone else's body. It's as much disgusting as it's horrifying. Also selling meat as body parts and pricing them in bags and pockets in supermarkets it makes me hate being a part of this world. When I'm at a grocery store and I see the meat section I immediately get stressed and nervous and I walk past it in a hurry and when I see people buying them I find myself staring at them like they're low and inhuman.
Is this banning meat for everyone? Because correct me if I’m wrong, but some people physically cannot cut meat out of their diets for medical purposes right?
I don’t know, to me it seems kind of wrong. If the law passed I would follow it because I’d like to become vegan or vegetarian anyways, but I understand that not everyone does. And I know it’s better for animals and the environment if we cut out meat, but asking everyone to give it up is very very unrealistic.
I think there’s nothing wrong with promoting vegan and vegetarian alternatives, but making everyone go cold turkey is not realistic or a good idea.
Other: What's wrong with eating meat once or twice a week, rather than for every meal? Those problems are real - beef (and milk, cheese, etc.) production does result in a lot of methane, etc.
I wouldn't like a total ban, but I wouldn't mind price increases (preferably somehow taken out of the supply chain's cut, so the farmers don't suffer) and even subsidising the alternatives. However, what's currently happening is that various states are saying you can't call vegan (or veggie) burgers "vegan (or veggie) burgers" any more, because a burger "has to be" meat. That's wrong. It's a thing you put in a bun to eat. Nobody is being confused by those labels.
I live in Texas and I’m American. Meat is something people all over the world eat. The majority of people eat meat. You cannot ban food because you think it’s bad. Soda should be banned to! Then candy bars and cake and ice cream!
What else are you going to do leftists?
I love how these are the things we think about when there are people in the world who would give anything for ANY type of decent food.
Lead a revolution. I’m not a rabbit, I eat meat. I don’t care for processed soy beans to get my protein and other minerals which are abundant in meat products.
You don’t want to eat meat, that’s up to you. I don’t interfere with your life choices. Don’t mess with mine. If you really want a country with no meats, go find one that’s looking for a new leader. Establish your rule there.
I wonder what would we do to substitute protein for the body? The body needs a high amount of protein to function. Carbs have their place but protein is also very important. Of course keep in mind that if they did ban protein that would mean an overall increase in the amount of carbohydrates based food that are produced ( Corn , potatoes , grains etc) This would also require an increased amount of water , space , fertilizer usage etc. It is very possible that the environmental damage that was decreased via less meat production could go back up via increased vegetable and grain production.
No matter what we do there will always be some form of environmental impact.
Being vegetarian, it wouldn't bother me at all if meat were banned. And it would be good for the environment, as meat is a product that requires a lot of energy to produce, and results in a lot of biological waste and pollution in both the ground and atmosphere. It also uses a high amount of water to produce the product. All of which is bad, because it produces a lot of pollution.
I like meat but I'm not a great meat consumer. I wouldn't go crazy if they put substitutes for every food they ban, and those substitutes are as easy to find in supermarket, cheap enaugh and so. I mean, I could get used to it if they don't make my life complex.
Plus, you mentioned it too: meat created in labs. If that's commercialized then that could be a good option, I suppose.
I really wouldn’t give care I don’t eat meat anyways, call me a loser but I watched his documentary called what the health and did own research and one of my favorite artists who’s like 78 (Paul McCartney) is one too. Heart disease is one of the leading reasons for death in the US and it would benefit a lot of people I’d feel like (I sound like a total fucking hippie lmao) but everyone would be better off without consuming so much meat in my opinion
Since when has banning anything solved anything?
Remember when alcohol was banned? That turned out great. 😒
How about heroin, crack, meth, steroids and cocaine? Can’t buy them at the corner store, but anybody can still get their hands on them.
Point is, banning things doesn’t stop people from obtaining and using those things, all it does is feed the black market as well as all of the violence an danger that come with it.
I’d probably raise small animals like rabbits, chickens, ducks, or something like that and continue eating meat. Then sell off extra for cocaine like prices. I’d eventually start my own meat cartel and hang vegans in the streets as a warning to the others.
I've been veggie for the last 36years so whilst i would be pleased to see that athical stance i would be more pleased to see governments realize factory farming is the largest contributor to climate change. im not suggesting everyone should be forced to stop eating dead animals but if y'all did it a little less it would make a difference
I would either move, or break the law (if moving isn't an option) because that's a stupid and dangerous law. It sets the precedent for other stupid laws. What about pets and carnivorous wildlife? does the law apply to them? Why should my eating habits and preferences be regulated/criminalized? Doesn't it mean that we omnivores may table a law that bans vegetables, as a response to the meat ban? Or a food law that targets Jews (Kosher), Muslims (Halal), and vegans too?
Considering that meat composes approximately 30% of my diet, and vegetables only 5-10%, I’d be in trouble.
Besides, I don’t see why plants are any less worthy of consideration than animals. Also, I don’t understand why we couldn’t eat animals, as many animals eat animals, and we are animals too, we’re just more efficient at consuming them than, say, wolves.
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