Vegan vs. Meat Eater - Steven Rinella

Steven, don't you think these animals that are killed want to love as much as you or I do in fact isn't this just a rationalization for murdering inncocent creatures to shoot innocent animals animals that have beating hearts that run from you simply because they want to live they're not armed with copper bullets or lead bullets I think you're not really asking a question, you're making a point, but I'm going to answer it like a question. I would say that if you if you look at the grand spectrum of of species on this planet and you treat humans like a species you know we're one you'll you'll not find many that don't pray on other kinds. People say generally behaviorally anatomically modern humans have been around three seventy five thousand years. On this continent alone, people hunted for fifteen thousand years not withstanding the last couple hundred years So to not hunt is in some way, historically off the mark, it's a new- to not hunt is a a fairly new experiment in human sense. To ask a wolf not to hunt anymore is an impossible question, you know so if someone comes to me and says that they don't want human hunting that we don't wanna hunt, I kinda like- coming from what perspective? The life is sacred Yeah, I know the life is sacred but i think that what I get, what I admire is not- I admire the deer, but I admire the idea of the deer more than the individual deer, and I can assure you that I know more about deer than you ever will and I've learned that through hunting for them and I probably care about them in a way that's deeper than something you're gonna experience from having a removed perspective on it. But I really- beyond that I can't really say that much because like all predatory animals with canine teeth we eat meat. And if you're going to eat it if you're going to agree that some people can eat it and do eat it I don't think you can fairly point them out of a hundred and say that he's the vicious one because he chose to go out and harvest it himself and that the other people who just have an other perspective on it or let it go on outside of their view are A-OK I just think it's ridiculous but like I said, I don't really think you're really asking the question, I understand what you're saying and No I want to ask you, I want to thank you if you'll read my pamphlet on veganism, I'll read your book. Really? How long is your pamphlet? It'll take you much less time than a book. It's a deal man, I'll read it tonight, I promise Honestly I respect where you're coming from because I have always had admiration for like the cohesiveness and clarity of veganism. It doesn't strike me as being um... unusual. It doesn't strike me as being anything other than perspective. It's- I would rather hang out, I would rather have you over for dinner than someone who is feeding their pet you know little chunks of meat they buy at the store and then acting like I'm some kind of vicious animal for killing a deer so.

Channel: MeatEater

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Keywords: Veganism, Vegan vs Meat Eater, Steven Rinella MeatEater, MeatEater, Vegans, PETA, Greenlight Bookstore, Anti-hunters, Anti-Hunting, Hunting history, hunter history

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Length: 3min 13sec (193 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 10 2012