Thursday 15 November 2007

'Carcass In Pitta Bread, Please..'

‘CARCASS IN PITTA BREAD, PLEASE…’

Writing an article about vegetarianism….what is the first thing that comes to mind? (Apart from the fact that I could have simply copied and pasted the lyrics to the Mozfather’s ‘Meat Is Murder.’ Well you can still go and listen to it, I should hope that most of you own this record, not just because of the subject addresses, also for the obvious reasons.

If you are one of those people the support the ‘food chain’ attitude, you think humans are naturally meat-eaters , the thought crosses my mind how you think this is possible – if humans naturally were meat-eaters, why do they have to cook it first before they can actually stomach it? (Ever tried eating raw meat?) Do you think you are allowed to let animals die ‘cos you fancy a bit’a steak’ or was it that you ‘had a craving for a dodgy kebab,’ or simply the thought of chewing on a dead animal’s organ that once filtered their urine is utterly enticing?! I wonder, how come you hardly ever meet thick vegetarians….

I also find it quite interesting how people that eat meat suddenly don’t fancy eating it as much anymore after seeing what it was and how it became that lovely grill on their plate. A scene springs to mind of a lady ordering a squid dish in a restaurant but not wanting to touch it once the food arrives because of being able to make out the suckers on it. Anyone, tell her Santa doesn’t exist, err, I mean meat/fish isn’t made in a factory and neither does it grow on trees…

Also, seeing it from a general point of view nowadays with all the diseases about (mad cow being the obvious example), even if you were still very much a meat-eater surely you’d question the point of it because of the risk of catching god-knows-what. Those diseases haven’t been around long enough to even know what long-term effect they might have on people, even if they don’t make them ill for the first, say, twenty years.

For those who like the taste of meat, you get so many alternatives these days. Some of my non-veggie friends that tried them now even buy alternative products for various reasons such as they taste nicer, they’re low-fat, healthier, quicker to cook…with those products on the market and, more importantly, eating killed animals generally being morally wrong, I don’t see why there are still people out there who don’t get that you can’t just have an animal killed because you fancy eating it! Maybe they’re just too lazy because their uvva ‘alves cook their deathly dinners or simply because they haven’t given the subject any thought before….

So now off you go and listen to ‘Meat Is Murder.’ It was written for a reason.

Julia Sieradzki

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