Comments on: The Green Quote: Moby Confronts Al Gore About Eating Meat And Being Green

By: herwin

herwin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:36:24 +0000

i so completely agree with you. he doesnt have to become a hard core 24-7 vegan, just a small effort about eating less meat would be a good step and good example for others.

By: Robin Ives

Robin Ives — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:07:09 +0000

“Getting people to give up meat is next to impossible” is a pretty feeble response, if you ask me.

Fifty years ago people would have had the same response re: giving up cigarette smoking or drinking and driving.

So many people look to Al Gore for leadership. If he would only try to give up animal foods, others would follow.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:04:35 +0000

It seems to me that Al Gore says “Getting people to give up animal products is next to impossible” because he loves eating meat himself. All you need to do is take one look at him and know that he loves to eat meat.

He should work with a chef as Oprah has with Tal Ronnen and make an effort to reduce his and his family’s consumption of meat. After all, people look up to him. He needs to set an example. If he at least tried, others might follow his example.

Fifty years ago people would have said that asking people to give up smoking or drinking and driving would be next to impossible. Social attitudes change and, heck, this is a matter of planetary survival!

By: Louche

Louche — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:08:23 +0000

“Almost impossible.” What on earth does that mean? It’s difficult, obviously. Is that a reason to give up on something so imperative? Al Gore obviously thinks it’s impossible to get himself to go vegan, so of course he’s going to say it’s impossible to get others to do so. Start with yourself before you start calling others “impossible.” I’ve been vegan for a little over a year… before that, I said, “I could never be vegan.” And before that I said, “I could never be vegetarian.” Then, of course, after the transition impossibility suddenly became possibility and no turning back. People tell me all the time, “I could never do that. I could never give up cheese. I could never give up chicken.” In my head I think “So what?” I tell them, “I said the same thing.” Once you’re on that track, it just becomes a habit and no turning back, at least if you’re determined. But if you sit there and say, “I can’t do it,” then of course you can’t do it because you don’t even believe in it. When people need to lose weight, do they sit around saying, “I can’t lose weight?” or do they say, “I need to lose weight. It’s hard, but I need to lose weight!” Eh? Now, losing weight is a more personal issue than going vegan and so has to be tackled more personally, but even that could be addressed more publicly than it has been. And it should be. These are public, not just personal, issues we are talking about.

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By: Wm. Rhett Baker

Wm. Rhett Baker — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:38:59 +0000

Wake Up Vegans! We all know Al Gore is a hypocrite. The question is who is he working for and what is Their Real Agenda? Follow the $$$$$$$$$$. Global Warming the is the result of extensive overgrazing livestock producing methane gas.

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:20:52 +0000

To Whoever: Man,are you from another planet! Your comment that poor people only eat fruits and veggies shows just how far removed from real life you and your ilk are. Poor people in the U.S. can’t afford fruits and veggies from the supermarkets and don’t have access to farmer’s markets, which are out in the ‘burbs where the rich live and shop. Read The Grapes of Wrath. It is cheaper for the poor to buy a five dollar chicken than a five dollar bunch of asparagus. A three dollar pack of hot dogs fills the poor up more than a three dollar pack of strawberries. An order of vegan sushi is seven dollars, a meal at Mickey D’s five. You claim my examples of true hunger are extreme but hunger like that it is all over the world. Believe it or not, some people do have to kill humans to feed their families! My point-being a vegan is a personal choice of yours that you are able to pull off because of your particular circumstances. Lose your job, home, health insurance, car, support system, etc. and see how fast you scarf down a hot dog or hamburger in a soup kitchen, buddy. I’ve seen former bleeding hearts like you in the line many times. Being a vegetarian or vegan in the U.S. is a luxury, a lifestyle choice usually made by wealthy people. You see it as “giving up” something so you think it’s easy to do. But the ordinary under-employed, under-educated working stiffs who live in poor neighborhoods, ghettos, or towns have to eat what is available where they live. Give the economy a bit more time and you’ll see what I mean. I am leaving this site now-I have a life.

By: Jeffrey Thomas Moss

Jeffrey Thomas Moss — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:11:45 +0000

Eating animals immoral?Not sure.Factory farming very immoral,thats for sure.Vegan diet healthier?Not sure.Ethically correct FOR SURE!
Dont eat tortured aniamls fools!!!!

By: eoin

eoin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:47:03 +0000

we all give up meat and the economy is also fucked

By: Stephan R. Hanna

Stephan R. Hanna — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:49:42 +0000

I gave up meat in 1993 for the last time. I did one more thing people seem to be unwilling to commit to though. I vowed never to procreate. With over 6 billion people in the world, most of them meat eaters, I think any contribution on my part would be quite unnecessary. I only wish more people would see it that way.