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Being assertive when new co-worker says "All hunters are murderers"

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We have pwned COUNTLESS veggies on my message boards. They show up with their weak arguments and get sent away to peta2 with their tail tucked firmly between their legs.
 
When humans were wearing nothing but leather scraps, how long do ya think a "vegie" tribe would have lived compared to the omnivores.
 
Just quote Reverend Maynard:

And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber. And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself.

And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear. And terror possesed me then.

And I begged, Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams? And the angel said unto me, These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!

You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust. And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!

Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus. Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on........
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People are stupid, most people are really stupid, get used to it. To your coworker, it's a religion, it's all about belief, and feeling good about himself, there is nothing you can say that will affect him, so just agree with him. He says "people that hunt are murders" you say "yup, killed three just last week". Always have jerky in your pocket, and always be polite and offer him some.
 
Humans were made to be vegetarians. It was not until they started eating meat that their brains progressed and they advanced to the thinking, reasoning, inventing species that they now are.
 
Well, since 3 hours has brought no decent factual responses...here goes. Ask him if he prefers that a large portion of the deer population in this country die from disease and starvation, because that's what will happen if the is no hunting allowed. Deer largely have no natural predators on this continent anymore and if their population is left unchecked they will die, suffering, in huge numbers of disease and starvation.

Hunting is a necessary part of conservation and wildlife management and your co-worker is an ill informed idiot. Besides, the fees hunters pay for licensing and deer tags every year more than pay for the agencies that enforce and manage the wildlife in this country and the meat is used to feed people ranging from the poor to those who like to eat natural food. It's a win win situation...well, except for those who've watched Bambie too many times.
 
Perhaps remind him of all the pesticides used to grow his crops... then say, "ohhHHHhh, I guess it's not murder unless they're cute and fuzzy."


Alternatively, plant some hissing cockroaches in his desk. If he kills them, call him a murderer. If he doesn't, tell the boss that his tofu burger crumbs are attracting cockroaches.
 
If he's so concerned about animal life he should just off himself. The very nature of his existence requires the destruction of other life, whether in the form of insects he uintentionally kills, the animals displaced by the crops he's consuming or a myriad of other animal fatalities caused by human intervention. Personally as long as hunters hunt responsibly and consume the meat they bag, it's better than the meat most of us are getting from teh corporate meat factories that keep animals in rather unsavory conditions. At least the animals the hunters bag have lived a life in the wild and died relatively painlessly.

Also ask him if he passes the same judgment on other carnivorous/omnivorous animals, and if they too are guilty of "murder", what we should do with them.
 
Murder
1. Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).
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what i hate, is that you dont see meat rallies. Normal people dont throw steaks at veggie restaurant windows, they dont try and push meat on anyone. Yet the hippy veggie dorks feel the need to "spread the word".

shut up. nobody cares.
 
Do you have any more images like on the front page of your website? I think its absolutely hilarious and want to put it up on my door (What makes this ironic and funny is that I am actually a vegetarian).

But on the OP, I'm a vegetarian, and I feel the person's statements were retarded. Man has been hunting for millenia. Hunting is what enabled man to sustain himself for the longest time, till farming came along. I'm a vegetarian because I choose to be so, and others have a right to choose otherwise. Its ridiculous to be a Nazi about it, and try and push vegetarianism upon others.

Originally posted by: michaels
We have pwned COUNTLESS veggies on my message boards. They show up with their weak arguments and get sent away to peta2 with their tail tucked firmly between their legs.
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Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Just quote Reverend Maynard:

And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber. And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself.

And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear. And terror possesed me then.

And I begged, Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams? And the angel said unto me, These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!

You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust. And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!

Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus. Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on........
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Or play him this song: Carrot Juice is Murder
 
Originally posted by: ric1287
what i hate, is that you dont see meat rallies. Normal people dont throw steaks at veggie restaurant windows, they dont try and push meat on anyone. Yet the hippy veggie dorks feel the need to "spread the word".

shut up. nobody cares.
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BS on that. I'm vegetarian, and I can't count the number of times people have tried to push me to eat meat. Once, people in my dorm collected $150 and a guy offered to shave half his head off. In addition to this, I'm constantly treated to stream of "Oh, what's that crap/grass you're eating/ You're a goddamm pussy vegetarian" type comments. Most of the time I ignore them, as these people are mostly my friends. And yet I've never tried to convert someone to vegetarianism. So, yeah, meat eaters definately push meat onto vegetarians. It's like they feel I'm deprived of a huge part of life, and they'd like to force it on me.
 
Originally posted by: darthsidious
Originally posted by: ric1287
what i hate, is that you dont see meat rallies. Normal people dont throw steaks at veggie restaurant windows, they dont try and push meat on anyone. Yet the hippy veggie dorks feel the need to "spread the word".

shut up. nobody cares.
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BS on that. I'm vegetarian, and I can't count the number of times people have tried to push me to eat meat. Once, people in my dorm collected $150 and a guy offered to shave half his head off. In addition to this, I'm constantly treated to stream of "Oh, what's that crap/grass you're eating/ You're a goddamm pussy vegetarian" type comments. Most of the time I ignore them, as these people are mostly my friends. And yet I've never tried to convert someone to vegetarianism. So, yeah, meat eaters definately push meat onto vegetarians. It's like they feel I'm deprived of a huge part of life, and they'd like to force it on me.
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i meant in an organized way. There are no meat clubs or rallies. Individuals maybe, but ive never seen a "meat club" on campus.
 
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