What difference does it make weather meat eating is natural or not?
One of the most common arguments made by the pro-meat eating segment of our society is that meat eating is natural and therefore ok. Personally i agree that meat eating is a natural behavior (or more accurately meat eating as part of an omnivorous diet) and quite honestly find the argument made by many vegetarians or vegans that our species is an obligate vegetarian frustrating to say the least.
While i find the belief that we are by nature vegetarian annoying it seems even less reasonable to claim that just because meat has been an important part of our diet in the past it is ok to continue behaving the same way. There are so many behaviors that in the past where considered ok or that are currently perfectly natural in the wild that are considered wrong and punished by law. to list a few Infanticide, rape,slavery, women not allowed to vote are all either common in nature or our past yet you rarely hear the argument that these behaviors are natural and therefore ok. My question is why the difference???
Mark