A Lunatic's View

[Guest guest]

On Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at 10:36 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> Message: 16

> Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:42:09 -0000

> " Sheryl " <ssarndt

> Re: Christmas menu?

>

>> I do not know anything about your history of being a vegetarian;

> but

>> it just seems hypocritical to buy meat for someone else and to

> cook

>> it for them. If he wants meat on Christmas, then let him buy it

> with

>> his own money and let him cook it up.

>

>

> Ethical Questions: Is it hypocritical to be a vegetarian, take a

> non-vegetarian out to dinner at a restaurant and then pay the tab if

> they ordered meat? (I've wondered about this.)

 

I wouldn't call it unethical, entirely, but it borders on something much

like it.

>

> What about allowing meat to be brought into a vegetarian home and

> cooked and consumed in it?

 

Gross, but again, not strictly speaking unethical, really. After all,

other people count, too. The bastards.

>

> I'm curious what others think.

 

If you knew you'd run to Mars without once looking back.

 

> These are just some thoughts I had

> when I read this. I think I would agree that it is hypocritical to

> buy meat for someone else and cook it for them.

 

It's hypocritical if one is vegetarian for ethical reasons, but if one is

veggie for health reasons, there is no conflict.

 

> I once had a bf who

> ate meat and on occasion I would buy it and cook it for him.

 

How DARE you? That's it, give back your knighthood.

 

> I

> really felt hypocritical. I also used to work in a pizza shop and

> quit the job because I didn't like putting meat on pizzas and

> sandwiches and again felt hypocritical about it.

 

Good for you. Why patronize or promote what you don't believe it.

 

And now that they're beginning to admit mad cow is stateside, too, we're

going to see a hell of a lot more hypocrisy and deceit from the meat

industry than you could ever be responsible for, so don't beat yourself up.

Okay?

>

>

>

You ask why I live

Alone in the mountain forest,

And I smile and am silent

Until even my soul grows quiet:

It lives in the other world,

One that no one owns.

The peach trees blossom.

The water continues to flow.

 

- Li Po (701–762)