Smell of Chicken Wings
Autor: rita • June 8, 2014 • Essay • 432 Words (2 Pages) • 1,473 Views
Ask a Lion.
Imagine, the smell of chicken wings, pulled pork, steak, sausages, shrimp, or smoked salmon. For some, this may sound tempting. Yet, for others, just the sound of these dishes would result in an instinctive cringe. Consuming meat has been a controversial subject for many, and some go as far as calling meat eaters, notorious beasts. Certainly, humans are notorious beasts, and should remain so.
In an evolutionary world, the very existence of a species depends on the numerous tests nature has to offer. Fundamentally, humans are merely Monopoly pieces of the game some may call, "survival of the fittest," and likewise to Monopoly, humans have managed to dominate the world as a separate entity. This, ultimately, results in our reign at the top of the food chain. In this regard, who are we, as a species, to decide to break the natural cycle? Nature, itself, has its own biological order and humans should not try to ruin it. The reality is, "in order for one living organism to live, another has to die. It's the natural circle of life and death," (http://paleodietlifestyle.com/vegetarianism-bad-environment/). However, this reality extends to vegetarians and vegans as well. Consuming plants, by its very nature, is the killing of living organisms.
Consider a scenario where the world experiences a paradigm shift and converts to vegetarianism; the land once devoted to tend for animals will now tend for humans. This indicates that the opportunity cost of the assumed humans' conversion is the grass grown for cows. What does this mean for those species that depended on that land for survival? Death. And once again, humans will win the game.
Humans and animals, alike, belong to kingdom Animalia. This denotes humans as animals, and just as a lion would prey on a human, a human should be able to prey on a chicken. If killing an animal is wrong, this view should remain unbiased
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