In Class Assignment - Have each person in the group write a short paragraph using a style of writing as shown in WS. Our Topic? Food. Because everybody loves food.

Sydney Mitchell

Sonia Begert

Argumentation

4 October 2012

The Food Feud

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has been in business for over thirty years. Supporters of PETA hold their picket signs high and proclaim, “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.” Now there is a certain level of compassion that lives inside every human being which makes us cringe at the thought of prodding animals with needles or annihilating a species for the sake of Fall fashion. However when it comes to the matter of eating animals, that is where the true argument erupts in society. We begin to question the ethicality of killing animals for our own nutrition. The thought of eating a cow or a chicken occasionally disgusts and shames people enough that they give up meat completely and live off carrots and lima beans for the cause. This drastic departure from natural omnivorous eating habits often results in malnutrition. By protecting animals, humans can in turn hurt themselves! Saying there is a “circle of life” may be a cliché, however it is true; we take from the earth by eating animals and plants and making use of its many amenities , and we give back when we pass on and give our bodies back to the ground, allowing the plants and animals to replenish.  PETA may have a point when it comes to wearing animals, but when it comes to eating them, PETA should really stand for People Eating Tasty Animals. After all, if God didn’t want us to eat pigs, he wouldn’t have made them out of bacon.

PS...my apologies if anyone reading this is a vegetarian/vegan :)