When meat is no longer "born"

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: Jassi

As for vegetarians, I am an ethical vegetarian but I will not touch this stuff with a 20ft pole. Its animal meat no matter how it is grown.

But that makes no sense. It's animal meat that does not come from a "living" thing. What is your 'ethical' reason for not wanting it?

Exactly. It's really nothing more than complex proteins formed and grown. My question is, do they feed it with an artificial "blood" of some kind? No, I didn't read the article either.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Eli
I don't really like the idea of having to layer the thin sheets of meat together to increase thickness, though. As they say, it would only be suitable for products like chicken nuggets.

Why can't they grow bricks of meat instead of sheets, I wonder?

Imagine throwing a 2 x 1 x 1 foot slab of perfectly marbled steak onto a grill.... Boneless, of course...

Impossible to do anything more than a "rare" on a cut like that.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Nimloth
interesting...

would vegeterians be allowed to eat this "meat" ??

No, of course not.

It's not fundamentally different from any other meat - there's just a different medium supporting cell growth.

What about people who are vegetarian for "ethical" reasons only? This meat is not from a "living" animal with feeling, emotions, etc.

:laugh: Animals do not have feelings and emotions. They only have primal instincts and very very basic learned reactions from stimuli.

Many, many, MANY people would disagree.

If you've ever owned a higher animal(cat, dog, horse.. not a hamster or something).. you will find that you can hurt their "feelings".. you can see their different moods.. happy, sad, etc.. which would be considered "emotions".

Leave it to humans to be short sighted simply because we cannot communicate with animals on a direct level. You don't need direct communication to make inferences on the way things or people act.

You can tell if someone is happy/sad/mad/etc just by looking at them.. The language they speak doesen't matter.

We can't lump all "animals" together. Brain function/power obviously has a lot to do with it.

Higher primates clearly display feelings and emotions.

 

[Engineer]

The Matrix....not born...but grown! :Q

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Nik
Awesome! Now we can grow hoards of food and sell it to other starving countries that are starving in the name of the all mighty dollar instead of helping the starving people in our own country!

Oh wait, that's what we're already doing *cough*G8*cough*. :frown:

Tell me more about the starving millions in the United States.

"In 2001, the USDA reported that the number of Americans who were food insecure or hungry or at risk of hunger was 33.6 million. In the last year it is estimated that there has been an additional 5-10 million additional people who are now in jeopardy of hunger and starvation. The government has a benign description of this situation, calling the hungry and starving "Food Critical.?

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I'm calling BS on that. I see plenty of so called poor people who are fatter than ticks on a hound dog. I'm sure there are some people who do not get enough to eat on a daily basis, but 33.6 million + 5-10 million? BS.

 

[DeMeo]

It's just a cover - it's really soylent green