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Are there any vegetarians here?
Ive never understood the rationale behind vegetarianism.
Ive never understood the rationale behind vegetarianism.
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I once had a vegetarian girlfriend who was an avid animal rights actavist but she just couldnt see that she used animals as much as the rest of us. She drank milk even though the production of that milk was only made available by making cows calf and then having those calfs taken away from their mother.
Nature is red in tooth and claw, get over it. Life depends on taking other life to survive
Nature is red in tooth and claw, get over it. Life depends on taking other life to survive
I have a neighbour who is vegan. They don't take anything from any animal - plastic shoes, not leather. They don't eat eggs because of the treatment of the male chickens. They don't eat honey as it's seen as exploiting bees. They drink soya milk. Their choice, no, you don't have to kill to eat, that's your choice!
I'm a vegetarian and feel ethically opposed to eating animals. Or more to the point, opposed to farming them. I'd be happier if all animals were equal and the human race less selective about which ones they eat. Eg could you all get eating the rabbits that pester my vegetable patch for me rather than breading those poor little chickens that never see the light of day?
After 30years of vegetarianism, I have a preference for fruit, nuts and veg and find eggs and cheese less and less desirable too, but I eat them sometimes out of necessity. Occasionally I have a diary feast just like the rest of you and I promised myself that if I ever fancy a bacon sandwich I will have one. It hasn't happened.
I read that an estimated 70 percent of all diseases, including one-third of all cancers, are related to diet. Who knows what that means to us all, but I can only hope that my eating habits will do me no harm. That's all.
After 30years of vegetarianism, I have a preference for fruit, nuts and veg and find eggs and cheese less and less desirable too, but I eat them sometimes out of necessity. Occasionally I have a diary feast just like the rest of you and I promised myself that if I ever fancy a bacon sandwich I will have one. It hasn't happened.
I read that an estimated 70 percent of all diseases, including one-third of all cancers, are related to diet. Who knows what that means to us all, but I can only hope that my eating habits will do me no harm. That's all.
If I could afford a personal cook I would go vegetarian -I love veggie food and am eating much less meat -red meat only once a week -but struggle to cook veggie dishes I usually end up with the usual lentil meat loaves and chick pea casseroles. When we go up to London we always visit Vanilla Black and I always go home inspired, veggie food can be both exciting and delicious.
Nailit - you say you've never understood the rational behind vegetariansim and I've given you mine, albeit a pretty simplified version.
As a meat eater, would you help me to understand something? Why are most meat eaters in the UK happy to eat pigs, cows and chickens but horrified at the thought of eating rats or horses? My old grandad would have eaten anything he could lay his hand on, and he'd eat the whole animal but its less so nowadays, why is that?
As a meat eater, would you help me to understand something? Why are most meat eaters in the UK happy to eat pigs, cows and chickens but horrified at the thought of eating rats or horses? My old grandad would have eaten anything he could lay his hand on, and he'd eat the whole animal but its less so nowadays, why is that?
just as an aside, I hate animal cruelty, but there's a difference between animal cruelty and survival.
eg, I detest fox hunting but I would happily eat a fox if I was starving. I fail to see the connection between gaining pleasure from gratuiously taking the life of a fox and taking the life of the fox for my own survival...
eg, I detest fox hunting but I would happily eat a fox if I was starving. I fail to see the connection between gaining pleasure from gratuiously taking the life of a fox and taking the life of the fox for my own survival...
