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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #30 on: June 29, 2006, 11:50:08 AM »
Right now one can get a double cheese burger for $0.99 at the local fast food place.

Salads start at $3.99

I'm to cheap to buy the salad.




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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #31 on: June 29, 2006, 11:57:09 AM »
I understand your reasoning for being vegetarian but why are you not vegan if animal welfare and health are concerns?

You missed a question Omega  :)

sorry, i didn't realise that question was for me!

i used to be vegan (for about a year); but i got fed up with checking lists of ingredients on everything that i bought.

in the end, i decided that it was pointless forsaking dairy products when so many people still eat meat. if there came a day when eating meat became illegal (i'm not suggesting that it's likely to happen), then i would taken my vegetarianism to the next level and go back to being vegan.

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #32 on: June 29, 2006, 12:24:38 PM »
I understand your reasoning for being vegetarian but why are you not vegan if animal welfare and health are concerns?

You missed a question Omega  :)

sorry, i didn't realise that question was for me!

i used to be vegan (for about a year); but i got fed up with checking lists of ingredients on everything that i bought.

in the end, i decided that it was pointless forsaking dairy products when so many people still eat meat. if there came a day when eating meat became illegal (i'm not suggesting that it's likely to happen), then i would taken my vegetarianism to the next level and go back to being vegan.

I just wonder why you would be against animals being killed, but still support the cruelty that goes on in the dairy industry?  I would think years of ill treatment, until the animal are too old to be of any use was much worse than a quick death.

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #33 on: June 29, 2006, 12:51:10 PM »
I was a vegetarian for a while- but I agree with what others have said it cost me a lot more to buy enough veggies and enough variety of food and it also took me a lot longer to prepare food- otherwise we were eating the same thing every night.  That is only one of the reasons why I stopped though- I feel that there are ethical concerns even if you are a vegetatrian or vegan- but these ethical concerns are about people rather than animals.  Unless you can afford to always buy local, seasonal veg (or choose from the limited range of fairtrade stuff) you are often supporting the exploitation of humans in poorer countries.  Then there's the environmental impact of transporting this fruit and veg out of season from other countries.    Basically all the choices we make can have an impact on someone else.

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #34 on: June 29, 2006, 11:44:22 PM »
I just wonder why you would be against animals being killed, but still support the cruelty that goes on in the dairy industry?  I would think years of ill treatment, until the animal are too old to be of any use was much worse than a quick death.

i guess i feel that boycotting meat is slightly better than supporting the meat and  dairy industry. i got really fed up with going through lists of ingredients while i was shopping when i was vegan; if food products were more clearly labelled, i would consider becoming vegan again. sometimes it can be tricky just ensuring that the food i buy is vegetarian (pork in yogurts etc). although, shops do seem to be gradually improving the way that food is labelled.

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #35 on: June 30, 2006, 04:51:11 AM »
I agree that you need to be flexible with your principles sometimes for your own physical and mental wellbeing- I guess I just have an interest in why people make the decisions that they do.

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #36 on: June 30, 2006, 04:52:27 AM »
anorexia is the only true moral choice  :angel:
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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #37 on: June 30, 2006, 10:23:21 AM »
i support the right to binge and purge.
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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #38 on: July 31, 2006, 12:23:11 AM »
Tastes great. Do I need any other reason?
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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #39 on: July 31, 2006, 04:38:21 PM »
I'm almost a vegetarian.

I only eat animals that eat grass.
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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #40 on: August 03, 2006, 02:47:27 PM »
me man
me like meat
humpf.
do you like to eat it? or do you prefer tor take it up your ass?
Just wondering.
As it happens, me female, so me hasn't got the tackle to oblige, either way.


Oh, and I'm lacto-vegetarian, for the record.  And I'd probably be vegan. for the very good reasons already stated by others, if not for the perennial problem of having to live in the real world, like others.  When meat goes out of fashion. I'll likely reconsider.


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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #41 on: August 03, 2006, 04:13:40 PM »
me man
me like meat
humpf.
do you like to eat it? or do you prefer tor take it up your ass?
Just wondering.
As it happens, me female, so me hasn't got the tackle to oblige, either way.


Oh, and I'm lacto-vegetarian, for the record.  And I'd probably be vegan. for the very good reasons already stated by others, if not for the perennial problem of having to live in the real world, like others.  When meat goes out of fashion. I'll likely reconsider.


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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #42 on: August 04, 2006, 12:16:39 AM »
I'm almost a vegetarian.

I only eat animals that eat grass.
LOL
Do you eat snails?
What about animals from the ocean?

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #43 on: August 07, 2006, 02:51:24 PM »
i'm curious to know if the meat-eaters here would be prepared to eat a retarded child, if it was proven that the (hypothetical) child had less potential for intelligence and a less well-developed nervous system than some of the animals that they eat.

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Re: People Who Choose To Not Be Vegetarian.
« Reply #44 on: August 07, 2006, 02:55:56 PM »
Only with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.  ::)