# Promoting vegetarianism or veganism is a lousy way to reduce animal cruelty

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**Created:** [January 12, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promoting-vegetarianism-or-veganism-is-a-lousy-way-to-reduce-animal-cruelty/609245 "2012-01-12T02:01:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promoting-vegetarianism-or-veganism-is-a-lousy-way-to-reduce-animal-cruelty/609245/85 "2012-01-14T01:24:37Z")

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> [@New energy saving car??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-energy-saving-car/73889/3):
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> Our love of animal flesh (along with cooking) almost certainly has somewhere between “a lot” and “everything” to do with why we are the ruling species

If that is the case then I will turn in my membership to the ruling species club.  
But really I am not trying to convince you not to eat meat, the world is the way it is, and I am not so far out as to expect much change. I do not want to feel hopeless however, no one does.

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