Possibly the "SADDEST" documentary ever made...., page 17

reply to post by wellsybelieves

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I was in a very good mood today. Everytime i watch even 30 seconds of this movie, it puts me into a depression. 36:30 until seafood. What is wrong with these people? Did they get molested as children?

reply to post by TheLostChildrenOfBabylon

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don't watch i brother!! seriously! Respect for the guy that posted this and brought it to our attention but anyone who watches the whole thing?? something wrong in their mind!! Don't mean to force this post into a must watch for my comment because you really should not!!

peace

reply to post by wellsybelieves

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yknow i sent this to 5 of my friends. None of them were able to get past 18 minutes. They said, for the first time in their lives, they would rather live in ignorance on the subject. A part of me died inside while watching the movie, but i just had to finish it.

reply to post by TheLostChildrenOfBabylon

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you are a stronger man than me i lasted 3 mins

reply to post by Shar_Chi

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if you were a vego why would you enjoy this movie? wouldnt it be the complete opposite

reply to post by TheLostChildrenOfBabylon

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I didn't say 'enjoy' i said 'feel good'. I feel good that these atrocities are not in my name
(edit) well I suppose feel relieved would probably be a more accurate representation.

[edit on 16-10-2008 by Shar_Chi]

reply to post by LostChildrenOfBabylon

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And what nare we sposed to eat?

Re-cycle our own Bowel Movements & re-eat it?

Everyone on earth go Vegan? (Up yours to that 1. I am a carnivour/omnivour & thats totally natural).

When a pack of heyinas make a kill, they rip the prey apart and devour it alive. Should all heyinas on earth be exterminated? or made to go Vegan too?

Sure Clothing & other products we could go without that don't mean the difference between life& death for ourselves, but Animals as a food source is a natural thing.

Trying to make the human race eat what you eat is no better than communism.

But to all the Vegi-munchers out there... If you don't like it, don't partake in it. Don't watch it, go off somewhee remote & live your lives in peace.

Leave the rest of us alone.

Most Vegi-Munchers will die long before I do, cause Vegiterian diests are too poor for people to sta strong & healthy. meat is needed.

Don't try to shorten my lifespan, just so you don't have to think how some poor little lamb died to keep me nourished.

reply to post by Ironclad

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either you need glasses or your ignorance is overwhelming. At what point did i say i was a vego.

Yes, I believe we as humans should eat meat. Yes I think it is necessary to get "all" our nutrients from all sources. No, i don't think we should kill excessively when it comes down to profit and $ over survival. All the methods used in this movie are just disgusting, and unnecessary. All for Money.

Originally posted by Ironclad
reply to post by LostChildrenOfBabylon

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And what nare we sposed to eat?

Re-cycle our own Bowel Movements & re-eat it?

Everyone on earth go Vegan? (Up yours to that 1. I am a carnivour/omnivour & thats totally natural).

When a pack of heyinas make a kill, they rip the prey apart and devour it alive. Should all heyinas on earth be exterminated? or made to go Vegan too?

Sure Clothing & other products we could go without that don't mean the difference between life& death for ourselves, but Animals as a food source is a natural thing.

Trying to make the human race eat what you eat is no better than communism.

But to all the Vegi-munchers out there... If you don't like it, don't partake in it. Don't watch it, go off somewhee remote & live your lives in peace.

Leave the rest of us alone.

Most Vegi-Munchers will die long before I do, cause Vegiterian diests are too poor for people to sta strong & healthy. meat is needed.

Don't try to shorten my lifespan, just so you don't have to think how some poor little lamb died to keep me nourished.

No one said be a vegan! There is a difference between hunting for survival and killing mass livestock. Do you know how much food we throw out daily? So that means we killed a lot of livestock for a waste. We forced our own hand to hunt because we wiped off the predators in a few areas.

Hey man according to evolutionists we descended from a common ancestor of an ape. Therefore, we could survive from veggies. Our body would be hurt while trying to get used to the idea but in the end you will overcome the urges.

I'm not saying going vegan is the only choice. I am a meat lover myself but I don't over indulge in meat. I don't eat fast-foot, or order meat I can't finish.

Animals feel pain! If you don't think they do, well, your ignorant to the facts. I had 2 lovebirds and when one became incubated from an egg I knew she was hurt because she had tears in her eyes. Although they are great at hiding it because the dying bird is left behind in nature.

If we leave you guys alone then the animals would be extinct at this point. These guys need all the help they can get. It is enough we are taking their homes from them but hurting/killing them? Come on and have a heart.

reply to post by Ironclad

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theres reasoning behind it. Like previously mentioned. If more than 50% of the world is suffering, living at under 1 dollar a day, then there is not balance. Why should you be able to enjoy life while the majority suffers to death. We has humans are getting more cruel and destructive, all for money

reply to post by TheLostChildrenOfBabylon

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I agree on that point totally.

But what can be done.. it's all about money, like you said.

Yes we do have a lot of waste in the west & that is very saddning indeed.

The animal products that we in the west waste every week could feed the rest of the planet for a month.

Unfortunately, it all comes down to money, like you said. It would be fantastic if we could cut the waste by shipping what we do not use to the places that really need it.

However, there is the cost of doing that in economical sence. then there's the fact that most of it would spoil before it got to where it was going & would be un-consumable by then anyway.

When we waste these products, it isn't our of greed, it is out of anticipation.

Mc Donalds for instance might anticipate 1,000,000 customers in one week & will order enough beef to take that into consideration. However, they might only have 100,000 customers that week & the un-used portion would be thrown away.

If that un-used portion could be donated, I am sure that Mc Donalds would do it. But there are health laws that prevent them from doing so because the item is perishable.

Come up with a way to enable Mc Donalds to more accuratels anticipate their weekly customer count, & much waste would be avoided.

Note: I used Mc Donalds as an example, there are many other big names & even little & no-names out there who contribute to this. Find a way round it & I'm sure everyone & his dog would jump on the bandwagon.

Also, remember it costs money to ship stuff out to needy countries, if Mc Donalds were to actually be allowed to cast off their waste in this manner, who would pay for the shipping? Mc Donalds would go brike in short course, if they had to pay for that each week by themsrlves.

Should taxes be raised to let this happen?

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Copyright

I've replaced the video link in the original post and quoted responses due to an apparent copyright violation. Specifically, since the documentary is offered for sale on the Earthlings website, the Google version is probably not legal.

However, sometimes producers of documentaries like these grant permission for free distribution. Michael Moore has done this, for example. I didn't see anything like that on the Official Earthlings Website.

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reply to post by ghaleon12

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I've said the same thing many times.
When an animal is suffering they are put to sleep and mercy is shown to this animal.
I know a couple of people that suffered agonizing deaths for 12 days in a us hospital until they died.
No mercy or compassion was shown to them.
I watched them suffer for 12 days and I'll never get their faces out of my mind.

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