Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
I can't think of a time in the history of man when food was in excess. We're dealing with the same old problems we've dealt with for 60,000 years.
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter of food, and therefore vegetarian food has got to he taken by man in order to sustain human life.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.