Living the American dream!

Seriously, I'm not a big Nugent fan (except for a few old tunes), and his personal views, although quite humorous, are pretty dated... as in progressive for 1902. And he hasn't done anything interesting musically for decades!

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Originally posted by nothingface:

"Vegetarian": Old Indian word for 'lousy hunter'.

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The key category in the discussion of human diet is omnivores, which are defined as generalized feeders, with neither carnivore nor herbivore specializations for acquiring or processing food, and who are capable of consuming and do consume both animal protein and vegetation. They are basically *opportunistic* feeders (survive by eating what is available) with more generalized anatomical and physiological traits, especially the dentition (teeth). All the available evidence indicates that the natural human diet is omnivorous and would include meat. We are not, however, required to consume animal protein. We have a choice.

Although evidence on the structure and function of human hands and jaws, behavior, and evolutionary history also either support an omnivorous diet or fail to support strict vegetarianism, the best evidence comes from our teeth.

The short canines in humans are a functional consequence of the enlarged cranium and associated reduction of the size of the jaws. In primates, canines function as both defense weapons and visual threat devices. Interestingly, the primates with the largest canines (gorillas and gelada baboons) both have basically vegetarian diets. In archeological sites, broken human molars are most often confused with broken premolars and molars of pigs, a classic omnivore. On the other hand, some herbivores have well-developed incisors that are often mistaken for those of human teeth when found in archeological excavations.

-John McArdle, Ph.D, "Humans are Omnivores"

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Ever eaten a hotdog....???

Guess what?

Even though eating Beef is hard on the Digestive system...I like both!