Blue Breeze

I’m writing this for all the vegetarians and animal lovers out there. Do you ever look at a person eating a hamburger and your heart aches for the cow that had to be brutally slaughtered to feed the overweight man sitting in the fast food joint? Does it ever occur to that guy that all those rings of fat around him are lives that could have been spared simply if he decided to eat a potato or a Boca burger instead? I’m not saying that this overweight man is evil. I’m not saying anything about him at all even if he’s wearing a leather cuff. His attitude represents the majority of the people on this planet. Most people think it is perfectly okay to eat defenseless animals because they taste good and they give nutrients to us.
But this is wrong. Especially in this country, we kill in order to waste. So much of the animals that are used to feed us go to waste in school cafeterias, restaurants, and our own homes. Did you know that the average household of four actually wastes just around five hundred dollars worth of food every year? We are simply wasting the lives of animals when we throw away the food we eat. That’s not even mentioning the many starving people around the world.
I’m not saying that leather wristbands casually worn on teenagers’ wrists are not fashionable, but a cow gave its life for the girl to have something pretty to match her shoes. Many Americans have the attitude of out of sight so out of mind. It’s extremely easy and even efficient in the United States to purchase large amounts of animals without feeling the least bit guilty because of colorful packaging and sales that have big exciting print on them.
The bottom line is, we should not be killing excessively and wasting what these animals are giving us. I’m not even saying you should give up eating meat and turning into a vegan who can’t even stand the sight of cheese. I’m just saying we as a society should kill in moderation. We should eat less meat or no meat at all when possible. There are five other parts of the pyramid that American’s ignore way too much. Our obesity problems also stem from eating too much meat. So instead of buying that leather bracelet, go for something a little less morally questionable.