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2. Vegetarians have a reduced rate of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, some forms of cancer, renal disease,
osteoperosis, dementias, e.coli & other diet related illnesses.
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People who opt for vegetarianism tend to come from wealthier backgrounds where you can afford to be fussy about what you eat and where the rights and wrongs of post-industrial intensive farming is the sort of conversation you have time for. This is a lifestyle that lends itself to conscientiously taking better care of oneself, private healthcare etc.
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3. Meat is more expensive than vegetables & cereals, therefore eating less meat would save money
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Eating less vegetables would save money. Eating cheap shit food would save money. You're confusing your points here.
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4. Vegetarianism is linked with higher IQ. Vegetarianism may become a fashion or social aspiration.
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stacks an irrelevant point onto a faulty conclusion.
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1. Meat production leads to habitat loss. In 1 year, 9,000 square miles of amazon rainforest were cut down for pasture, and pesticides used to grow feed also contribute to the loss of wild animal species.
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I'm sure a fair amount was also cut down for arable land. Biased question.
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3. It can be argued that the mistreatment & killing of animals for food is unethical.
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This is such a horrifically loaded question its unreal. You can only tick the 'unethical you say? Why, fetch me a steak knife!' box rather than the 'I would contest that claim' box.