Guest guest Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 There may be a certain degree of depth required in setting one's roots. I've been veggie about twelve year and vegan for four now, and my family tried to say it was affectation and couldn't last, chiefly of course because it was disquieting. What set me firmly was I decided if this were right, I should be fully convinced. I made every argument against I possibly could, including the theistic, and carefully demolished every one. They were either valid or not. I still have one or two non-vegan possessions I'm phasing into replacement, but I have no interest in retrograde steps. It's the degree you wrestle it out I believe that helps a person hold his or her moral ground. , " dave " <dave4sale> wrote: > I've often noticed this, and I think it is completely unfair- > > One time someone asked me if I miss hamburgers, and if I ever liked > them. I said, " Yeah, I loved them " . He replies " Aha! so you did eat > meat! " As if the fact I ever ate it makes my return to meateating > inevitable. > > How long you are a vegetarian has nothing to do with how committed > you are to the ethics or desire to live a healthier lifestyle. I've > met / heard of plenty of people being strict vegans and then all of > sudden they're eating meat and buying leather with no concern about > animal welfare or their health. And there's people who like to call > themselves vegetarian, but don't have problems with " White meat " > which makes it really confusing for everyone. > > Sadly, I've even seen the occasional person who will use the fact > they've been vegetarian for X number of years as the reason why they > are the ultimate authority on all animal rights issues. > > I did a year or more of reading about vegetarianism and trying veggie > foods before I officially went veggie. You're right, everyone has to > start somewhere. This is just another way the meateating masses try > to deter people from going vegetarian. Less vegetarians, means less > guilt for them when they bite into a BigMac. And yet, they act like > we're the ones in some creepy tofu cult. > > > , Pernille Pedersen > <uma181> wrote: > > I ordered a vegetarian pizza after I'd been a veggie > > for like 1 week. The pizzadude and I do some smalltalk > > while he fixes my dinner and he asks me for how long > > I've been a vegetarian. I reply a week and he bursts > > out laughing. > > > > But you gotta start somewhere. Or somewhen, to be > > exact > > But people have much more respect for you if you say > > you've been a vegetarian for 1 year, rather than 1 > > week or 1 month. > > > > Have you other tried this as well? Not being taken > > seriously when you're a newbie? > > > > My mum of course thought: " oh that's just a phase. > > That'll pass. You can't live without meat. " > > > > Well, this phase have now been 3½ years And I am > > still alive, so it IS possible to live without meat! > > Which she obviously realises now =) > > > > Have a nice weekend everyone > > > > Pernille > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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