*refers to shoutbox* Yearly more people die from the normal flu than bird flu and swine flu AND mad cow disease together. Sub, when you are trying to scare people like the government, at least get your facts straight about bullshit that the medical industry is propagating. Though, you probably won't read this.
Sub, if you really feel this way about the human race, why don't you do the environment a favor and just kill yourself? Your argument directly leads to this. You are causing constant damage to the environment with your very existence. The usage of Internet at this moment to read this post causes electromagnetic radiation that does irreparable damage to the environment. Oh, also, do you ACTUALLY know how vegetables are grown these days? They use pesticides, crossbreeding of plants, they are KILLING OFF LIFE from this planet. Do insects suddenly have less of a privilege to life than we do? Is it morally acceptable to kill them just to be able to eat the vegetables ourselves? No, it's not. Just because we don't know how plants perceive their environment, doesn't make them lifeless or not being able to feel pain. Look this topic up, it's quite interesting how plants react to stuff.
And saying that being a vegan makes you less of a murderer of other species is just plain hypocritical. Your very existence causes damage to the environment. Stop using cars, stop using Internet, stop using cellphones, stop using any kind of technology, because:
a) the creation of that technology already causes damage to the environment.
b) the usage of same technology causes additional damage to the environment.
It's cool that you're trying to do something good and maybe fix a few problems, but that does not suddenly elevate you above the rest of humanity and suddenly makes you a saint. I always respected your vegan style of life, I always liked seeing pictures of stuff you put together on Facebook, because it simply looked interesting how much can be done with just a little bit of imagination. But instead of trying to convince other people how wrong they are, you should should stop giving a fuck and be actively doing MORE to save the environment. You will NOT convert people. People are beings that are slaves to their habits and few people are going change these habits, because they believe that they can do some good. IMO a charity worker who may be helping kids getting adopted does more to the environment than a vegan. Why? He's actively saving a life and not just being somewhere on the end of a chain, paying $1 per month or whatever to help that child. Sure, if you can't do more than that, that's ok, but if you want to make a change, do by example. Don't expect people to go the same one step that you did. Go 50 steps ahead and maybe then expect them to go that one miserable step that may change things a bit. Commit your life to this, make it your life if you are truly serious about what you are talking, don't just preach saving the environment when you have done only a single passive step that includes being a vegan, doing your part on recycling and a few additional things. Stop using technology, get on the streets and do stuff. And stop eating vegetables. Just because insects don't have the necessary physiology to feel pain, doesn't make it ok to kill them. Then and ONLY THEN you have the right to complain.
EDIT: I just want to add that I had only 2 hours of sleep last night, kinda holding together on Red Bull here with still a bit of alcohol in my stream. Imagine what I could come up with if I was on 100% instead of 30% and actually be able to structure my arguments. ... mmmmmmmmyeah, you get my point. No structure and no filter.