Any Fellow Vegetarians?

[Mz Chaos]

And Mz Chaos- go ahead- you bite that head off the chicken. I'll see if Ozzy Osbourne is free for tea later 😀

lk... I did that just for you... I knew you'd give me hell for it!

I know... I'm just a shit.

 

[lk70]

lk... I did that just for you... I knew you'd give me hell for it!

I know... I'm just a shit.

All of my favorite people are shits.

Luckily it's been SO EASY to find a bunch of them here 😉

 

[slacker2114]

At 4:30 in the morning? Has anyone ever seen this man in the daylight?

Could he be a vampire? Was that burger really rare, slacker?

If you saw me in the daylight, you'd understand why I mainly post this early in the morning 😛

And no, my meat is always cooked medium to help it gains it's full flavor. Unlike a tofurkey which I imagine NEVER gains it's full flavor.

 

[ticklishscribe]

Where should i start nibbling on you Mz. Perhaps your prime ribs, your 2 racks of toes perhaps. I'll make you my ticklish tidbit.

I eat meat but it is organic free range. I eat fish too.

Seriously... ain't nothing wrong with folks who don't eat meat. I have met a few vegetarians and let me tell ya... they look pretty damned healthy to me. If they hadn't told me they were vegetarians, I'd never have known. It's cool that there are folks out there who dare to be different and who choose not to be like the majority for the sake of their beliefs and health...

Besides... leaves more meat for us carnivores.

 

[vegantickle]

Vegan here

And I must say to all those of you who commented on the "self righteous veg pricks" - have a look at this thread and think again.

What do you think it makes me feel when I see people making these sad jokes about "how this conversation has made them crave for a burger now", and "how they are now enjoying this juicy burger"? This is mean and insensitive. people described here how the animals suffer - and you are craving for a burger, are u?

then, a bunch of people here are commenting on "vegetarians", giving educated opinions on their health. Too bad your views contradict the position statement of your own organization of dietitians (the American dietic association) - but still - why not add to the prejiduce, to make vegetarianism look bad - if we can!

How dare you sit back and call me and my friends self righteous while you are having a laugh and chewing on the corps of a once alive and tortured being – who was killed for you because you couldn't be bothered to even consider a cruelty free alternative?

You have the whole society standing behind you, my meet eating friends. They all believe it is ok, and they all make nice and flattering stories about themselves – and how they are “carnivores” - just like lions! They reassure each other, and have a laugh at those “wierdows”. What do you know, the enlightened ones of you say self-righteusly “I don't have a problem with vegatarians, of course...” THANK YOU! HOW KIND OF YOU!

Let me give you a little inside information ok? There are two approaches among my friends, as to how to convey the animal rights message. There is the one that complies with all the rules of “marketing”, striving for conversation. Then, there is the other one that says – that no matter what you do and how nice you are – meat eaters will do whatever they can to present you as a “self righteus” or “hippie” or fool – just so they don't really have to consider what you say – and don't have to confront with the reality behind these steaks.
As I meet along more and more responses like these, I am inclining to the latter, and to saying frankly, plain, and simple:

What I have seen here from people is the core of human evil and hypocrisy. They sit in America, “the land of the free”, after people have fought and died against oppression (and some still do). They sit in their nice apartments in front of their computer – having THEIR rights protected by law and society. And now, after obtaining this protection, what do they do? Try to live by a “live and let live” idea? HELL NO! They are intoxicated by their position as “masters of the earth”, looking at other suffering individuals as a THING.
You won't understand, unless you are put in a position like those animals. Until you are precieved so inferior that you are property (sounds familiar, America?)

So – all I can wish, is that you will be put in such a position. Soon. That you experience violence and tragedy like these animals. Soon. And when you are about to lose everything you have, slowly and painfully – think of your oppressor, think of him sitting and writing in some forum that “this thread makes him want to slap your asses one more time”. And think of how he argues that this is how things are, the dominant dominates the weaker one. “It is only natural”, he will argue, and he – he couldn't be bothered to consider the alternative of thinking of you as moral subjects.

I am well aware you will hate me now. But what the hell. Putting the mirror in front of someone's face is not a popular thing. Hate me, but if dare hate me for what I SAID – what should the animals do – for what you DO to them?

 

[Babbles]

Better people

No one rational should hate you at all, Vegantickle 🙁

since you recognize the value of intelligent life (or even semi-intelligent -- anything sentient which feels pain)

and have the strength to refrain from eating it after it's been killed by others -- It's all too easy once it's packaged, we're so far removed from the killing; I have to be more disciplined myself by a long shot.

It's easy for me to avoid lobster & veal, and normally pig; I need to work on the rest of it, yesterday...

I don't think most people think outright cruelty is anything to laugh at. They just don't see it, however, and don't catch the late-night video coverage of cruelty to animals in various slaughterhouses, which are of course aired long after most people are asleep...

I remember thinking after watching "V," a sci-fi tv movie from the 80's?-- if aliens descend looking for meat, you vegans/vegetarians should be exempt... No joke.

Supposedly, if we grew grain instead of cattle for fast food, we'd feed the world, and our citizens wouldn't be obese, diabetic, cancerous & half as wasteful with plastic wrappings & utensils that take 5-10 lifetimes to decompose...

You're the abolitionists of today, thought of as an eccentric fringe,
who'll be recognized as the most enlightened & evolved people in 50-100 years,
if we don't destroy the earth in the meantime.

 

[cabalist]

[...]and our citizens wouldn't be obese, diabetic, cancerous...]

I suppose this could be viewed as poetic justice. Let them laugh themselves to an early grave. Were there an intelligent creator, perhaps she would in fact make it work out just thus.

Of course, there couldn't have been an intelligent creator or we might suppose she could have given far greater intelligence to the supposedly most advanced creature on earth -- beings created in her own image, after all.

Then again, there are those highly-intelligent carnivores known to partake only of human flesh...on the planet Sunev, if memory serves. You know, the ones whose motto is "To serve man" (well done, of course).

 

[killemall]

I recently became a Vegetarian, and it has made me feel so much better. I have more energy, I feel healthier, and I feel great knowing that I am doing something good for animals.

Any fellow Veggies out there?

since you are doing good for animals, have you also given up wearing animals, like leather???????????

 

[rajee]

I'm a vegetarian. I eat animal by-products such as eggs, ice cream, cheese, milk and yogurt. I love Harveys veggie burgers, Bistro Tomato and cheese Rotini dinners and Mr. Noodles Veggie noodle bowls. Licks also makes some really tasty veggie products.

 

[cabalist]

since you are doing good for animals, have you also given up wearing animals, like leather???????????

You mean you can WEAR leather?

Now there's an innovative idea. I wonder why the CAVEMEN never thought of it.

😉

 

[ChosenofMystra]

I suppose you could call me a pseudo-vegetarian.

I'm not a big meat eater, but if I'm out somewhere or with friends and they serve meat, I'll eat it just so I'm not rude.

I eat meat occasionally, but I could live without it. I'm slowly forcing most meat out of my diet though so I'm getting there!