Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Thanks Sheryl for that thoughtful response. But you forgot one dern good reason for being a vegetarian -- environmental. The stuff the meat/poultry industry puts Mamma Gaia through is scary. A great fictional treatise is " My Year of Meats. " Ciao! -- In , " Sheryl " <ssarndt> wrote: > , Jamo <jamo> wrote: > > Greetings Nicole, > > > > Didn't mean to start a controversy or offend anyone on the eggs > issue. The reason for my input is > > that I studied and follow the Vaishnava religion (Hare > Krishna/Hindu) and the eating of meat, fish > > or eggs is prohibited. > > > There are different types of vegetarians. Some people don't eat > eggs or meat because of the way the meat industry treats the > animals. Some do it for health reasons and others for religious > reasons. Not everyone is a religious vegetarian. I personally do > not like eggs, though, like Dave will sometimes eat them in recipes, > but I'm trying to get away from that too. It has never been about > religion for me, but more for morals and ethics which may or may not > be religious for some. Since the use of eggs does not KILL the > animal (especially if the eggs are not fertilized) I would not have > a problem considering them part of someone's vegetarian diet. We > could debate the ethical implications of eating fertilized eggs. > (That might open up another huge can of worms and probably bring us > to an abortion debate.) Now, the way the egg industry treats the > chickens who lay the eggs IS extremely cruel. By eating eggs, one > is indirectly supporting the chicken-for-meat industry since some of > the eggs will hatch and male chickens are almost useless to the egg > industry and are sent off to be butchered. > Read FAST FOOD NATION and THE FOOD REVOLUTION for more information > written in a more concise fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 , " Jigilou Snicklefitz " <jigilou> wrote: > Thanks Sheryl for that thoughtful response. But you forgot one dern > good reason for being a vegetarian -- environmental. The stuff the > meat/poultry industry puts Mamma Gaia through is scary. A great > fictional treatise is " My Year of Meats. " OMG!! I soooo forgot that one and that's an important one!! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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