Author Topic: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?  (Read 13579 times)

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Re: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?
« Reply #50 on: October 07, 2015, 08:51:53 AM »
I love it people feel the need to convince I need eat this or stop eating that because they seem to know whats best for me. 

Anyone else pick up the recurring theme.   
Cowspiracy is a new pseudo documentary film by Animals United Movement Films [A.U.M.]

Cowspiracy, like the movie 2016 Obama's America on the far right (or Michael Moore films on the left), uses "facts" and talking heads to further the filmmaker’s particular agenda. Under the guise of concern for climate change, Cowspiracy's agenda is pretty clear: it's to promote abolitionist veganism which is pretty much fundamentalist veganism meaning it allows for no compromises.

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Re: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?
« Reply #51 on: October 26, 2015, 10:27:06 PM »
I actually just watched this recently. When my sister went vegan when she was younger I thought she was CRAZY. Then I started having lots of health problems and was always tired and down, so I gave it a shot and eliminated all red meat, and I felt so energized. Then I took it further to eliminate poultry, which lead to no dairy, no eggs, to complete vegan.

It's so crazy, I never planned on it. I was just driven by how clear minded, and energized I felt, all the time.

Later learning the other benefits of being a vegan, just added to the benefits.

Plus, I was so surprised at how good vegan food can be. BEST desserts you e ever had ;)
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Re: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?
« Reply #52 on: October 30, 2015, 10:55:31 AM »
Rewatched it last night after a post about it over at Scott Adams Blog.

Had completely forgotten the ocean fish stock portion.   OMG ---  The oceans are fucked.   They actually throw away 4 pounds of side catch for every pound of keepers.   

Super tragedy of the commons. 

So depressing watching this.   

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Re: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?
« Reply #53 on: October 30, 2015, 11:04:04 AM »
Rewatched it last night after a post about it over at Scott Adams Blog.

Had completely forgotten the ocean fish stock portion.   OMG ---  The oceans are fucked.   They actually throw away 4 pounds of side catch for every pound of keepers.   

Super tragedy of the commons. 

So depressing watching this.

Based on your previous laughable quote from the mockumentary that humans and cows made up 95% of the planet's biomass, I'll simply assume the 4 pounds of waste for every pound of catch is another outright fabrication not base on any reality.

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Re: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?
« Reply #54 on: October 30, 2015, 11:47:52 AM »
Well, for a more compelling 'ocean is fucked' documentary, watch the actually scientific Mission Blue.

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Re: Who has watched the documentary Cowspiracy?
« Reply #55 on: October 30, 2015, 12:14:23 PM »
If, however, it is still predominately based on annual row crops grown at industrial scale, it's only marginally better for the environment than factory farmed meat and much LESS beneficial than pastured meat and other crops grown in perennial poly cultures. The ENVIRONMENTAL claim is what I've been disputing.

Eating megafarm vegan is only marginally better for the environment than eating factory meat? I'm thinking that's not supported by the facts, if only for the water and land needed for cows vs. plants.

You also seem to be comparing apples and oranges (or cows and legumes!). Eating megafarm row crops vs. permaculture crops+meat isn't a fair comparison. It should be permaculture crops vs. permaculture crops+meat; in other words, just because animals are needed doesn't mean that they have to be eaten on a regular basis ("It's Thursday! Time to butcher this week's cow.") Not that there's anything wrong with eating meat. ;)

Of course, if we actually follow that path, there would be much less meat eaten, as others have noted, which would be massive improvement over what we have now.