New member/New and struggling veggie

[Guest guest]

Also sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience with chickens.

Ours are quite sweet and very curious and intelligent to boot. You

say that you just don't have the same pity for their suffering as you

do a cow, though you are concerned about your health. Well, you

*should* be if you are still eating chicken. I quit eating chicken

long before I quit eating other meat. Why? Because I worked at

Tyson in their slaughterhouse and saw exactly what happens to that

meat before it gets shipped to the stores. Did you know anything

about all the deformed chickens, like the ones with extra heads?

They get processed, too. Ditto the ones with tumors. The " bad "

parts get cut off, and the rest goes out to be sold to unsuspecting

consumers like yourself. And don't even get me started on what

happens to the stuff they make nuggets out of. I told one story on

my blog about seeing a guy in the plant scratching his greasy, sweaty

butt, then putting his hands right back into the meat that was going

into the nuggets. I also saw a guy lose the skin off his hand in the

machine that takes the skin off chickens. Guess what happened to

that skin of his? Yep, right into the nuggets. They tried to find

it, but never did. Did they withhold that meat from shipment?

Nope. And, of course, there is all the feces that is pounded into

them via the high-pressure washout that contaminates them with all

those nasty diseases, too. There were many, MANY other things I saw

during the years of hell in that place, but you get the idea.

Needless to say, I quit eating chicken shortly after going to work

there. And that was long before I cared the way I do now about the

suffering of the chickens. And, of course, there was a LOT of that,

too. As I told the other new members here, it's all on my site. If

you are looking for that " virtual smack " you asked for to help you

quit eating, or even *wanting* to eat meat, especially chicken, you

have come to the right guy. Everything I said on that blog is the

absolute unvarnished truth. Nasty, cruel, brutal, and graphic. Just

like the business is. Maybe reading a bit of it will get rid of

those cravings. It seems to have worked for quite a few people.

And, thanks everyone that had nice comments after reading it. I try

really hard to get the truth out to people. There aren't many in the

industry willing to stand up and tell these things, especially

hanging their own real name on it. And I believe that you should

know what you are buying and what you are supporting when you shop.

That's the only way to make informed choices, better choices too.

 

Virgil

" The Cyberactivist "

http://cyberactivist.blogspot.com/

 

 

, " Leia " <girlbaby16>

wrote:

> Hi there, I'm Leia

> I joined a while back and am just now getting around to posting.

I'm

> pretty new to the veggie lifesyle and to be perfectly honest I'm

> having a lot of trouble with the transition. I can't even call

myself

> a vegetarian b/c I can't seem to get over my occasional love affair

> with chicken. This isn't helped by the fact that the few chickens

> I've met in person were kinda mean so I wasn't inclinded to feel as

> sorry for them as I would say a cow. I decided to go veggie for the

> health benifits anyway so animal rights (while very important to

me)

> wasn't my objective.

> So whats my problem exactly? My family is a real meat and potaoes

> crowd of people and they strongly disapprove of my new diet

choices.

> I still live at home so I find it difficult when the family fires

up

> the trusty 'ol B-BQ and cooks steaks. I have by the way had not

much

> trouble at all giving up red meat. cheers for me lol.

> Now I'm sure it would be alot easier if we didn't keep meat in the

> house except when somebody plans to cook it and eat it for dinner

> that night. Thats not an option though not even when I move out and

> live on my own. Here I should insert that I etch out a living as a

> dog professional trainer/dog show handler and am going to college.

I

> tried vegetarian options to the meat I use in training (mainly

> hotdogs) and they just didn't cut it. The dogs simply refused. That

> and we feed a specialized diet which includes meat and other raw

> ingerdients. No kibble here. I have my own beliefs about dog

> nutrition and am not ready to argue them. Soooo while I am aware of

> the vegetarian options for dogs I've tried them and met with

failure.

> I am at this very moment thinking about stealing a hotdog from the

> dog stash and feasting

> I'm hoping to make new friends in this group who can give me the

> occasional virtual smack when I need it to help keep me on track

and

> help me with the inspiration and motivation I need. I'm a blank

slate

> looking for guidence (and recipes) in the world of the non meat

> eater.

> Can't wait to get to know you all !

>

> ~Leia