Veggie restaurant ..

[Quassia]

Acceptable to go in with a leather bag? After all, it's not only open to vegetarians .. or would you say not good etiquette?

[237SJ]

A guy I know is ethically driven. He`s vegan and his girlfriend would cheer at the tv when a trawler sank and the fishermen were killed. He was arrested 3 times for hunt sabotage. To be fair, he didn`t wince or judge when I told him I come from a farming background. He had to have an operation on his back a while ago and did he refuse the painkillers that had probably been tested on animals? Did he heck!

[Quassia]

I admire their loyalty to their beliefs 23. I love veggie food, really tasty with all the herbs and spices they use!

[Quassia]

Got to go! Thanks for all your answers! x

[ummmm]

I don't admire them....they would hurt humans to protect animals.

[mrs.chappie]

Animals are predominantly slaughtered for meat and the skin is a by-product. If the skin wasn't used for leather, it would end up in land-fill, or require disposal by other means. Think about how much meat we eat and how vast the disposal sites would need to be to dispose of all the animal skins. This would be a complete waste of a valuable resource.

I would hope that veggies could see the sense in making use of animal skin. I'd say it's acceptable to go to a veggie restaurant with a leather bag.

[Maydup]

I'm a vegetarian and I wouldn't hurt a human ummmm - I think you're confusing vegetarians with animal rights activists!

The restaurant will be pleased to see you Quassia whatever you're wearing. Have a good evening.

[ummmm]

I think animal skins might be biodegradable...

[Maydup]

errr Mrs Chappie, if we didn't slaughter the animals we wouldn't need to dispose of the skins!

[ummmm]

Maidup - I was commenting on 237's post at the top of the page...and Quassia's answer to it...

[mrs.chappie]

They are biodegradable but take a heck of a long time to biodegrade, and give off greenhouse gases in the process. And what a waste of a product! Wouldn't make any sense at all to me.

[cazzz1975]

I cant see it being a problem using a leather bag

[237SJ]

Ummmm, yes he was an activist although I think he was influenced by his then girlfriend. He cooked me a vegan meal once. It was quite nice. Indian vegan food is lovely. I could easily be veggie there. Vegans have quite a hard time getting all the nutrients and like a lot of vegans, he`s as white as a sheet!

[mrs.chappie]

True, Maidup. But then we'd have no milk to drink, no cheese, no milk-related products....there'd be no animals in the fields, because they're bred for food...which in turn would affect our diet...I'm sure there are other points too.

(BTW, I am a huge animal lover).

[joko]

unfortunately, binning the skins would not prevent the animal dying for food, so although personally i am not keen on leather, i understand its a byproduct and better than wasting it.
if the animals were killed solely for their skins - as in the fur trade - it would be a different issue....

ive been a veggie for 20 years and never been a sabateur.

[jomifl]

Just don't eat it.. without looking up a good recipe first..

[derekgprior]

As a vegetarian, I don't care what you carry as a bag, but are you sure you want to use make up (or anything else) that's been inside a dead animal?

[cathfromsaron]

i say wear what you like and enjoy the food! (and i'm a veggie)

[cathfromsaron]

you *can* be a non-meat eater for personal or other reasons not dedicated to 'animal welfare' but that would not necessarily make you a veggie, hence allowing animal fats etc.