Who do you believe or follow . . .?!
"Here is what the 3 LARGEST vegetarian groups in the world say about eating fish:
http://www.vegsoc.org/fish... , since 1847
http://www.ivu.org/faq/definitio... , since 1908
http://www.peta.org/about/faq-ve... , since 1980
Website that say veggies eat fish pale into insignificance compared to that body of opinion"
OR the millions and millions in Japan, India, Philipines, Okinawa, Micronesia, including some Bhuddist monks and holy men who have been vegetarian for centuries or since recorded history began and who eat small amounts of fish/seafodd and/or poultry?
Are you one of those vegetarians who have to have someone tell you what kind of vegetarian you can be? Or are you secure in yourself to make up your own mind?
Answers: The following "societies" or "groups" who set themselves up as authorities for everybody. . .
"Here is what the 3 LARGEST vegetarian groups in the world say about eating fish:
http://www.vegsoc.org/fish... , since 1847
http://www.ivu.org/faq/definitio... , since 1908
http://www.peta.org/about/faq-ve... , since 1980
Website that say veggies eat fish pale into insignificance compared to that body of opinion"
OR the millions and millions in Japan, India, Philipines, Okinawa, Micronesia, including some Bhuddist monks and holy men who have been vegetarian for centuries or since recorded history began and who eat small amounts of fish/seafodd and/or poultry?
Are you one of those vegetarians who have to have someone tell you what kind of vegetarian you can be? Or are you secure in yourself to make up your own mind?
I use my own judgement. I call myself a vegetarian and I eat fish. I am happy with that and care little what others think.
not a vegetarian
Im not a Vegetarian
u learned that or thats an fact?
who cares you know, in 21st century, u eat what u care, if u believe that, u believe that. i dont believe any of these groups, trying to gain power and voices from forming weird beliefs, i dont believe it
No one tells me what i am or what i can be..... i chose to be a vegetarian xxxx
none of the links work.
but personally i eat fish, and shrimp. but no meat. i do consider my self a vegetarian (well a pescatarian) fix the links and ill get back to u
I only follow God
I'm not going to let ANYONE tell me what to eat...i'm not part of some weird cult!! I have my own mind and can make my own decisions....why do people have to live by rules somebody else set?? Oh and i'll have a nice rare and bloody steak please. Iron is good for you!
I'm a vegetarian and I can make up my own mind simply because I'm that kind of person; I don't like people telling me what to do and not what to do, especially when it comes down to how I think things
Heh?
I eat Meat and Veggietables. I do not really know what this question is asking. Well, it does not matter, you should only ask things like Who knows a good chat game, or, What should i do if i fall in a pool. Or something. I do not answer questions that are as this one, but i am answering this one for points. Best of luck.
I'm a vegan but am of the opinion that the dictionary definition of a vegetarian as: "vege?tar?ian /vedterin; Name ter/ (also Br informal veg?gie) noun a person who does not eat meat or fish" is sounder than any other. People who call themselves vegetarian but chose to eat fish or meat in small quantities are kidding themselves. As I've said before, would you wear a cross if you didn't believe in the resurrection? As for who I follow, that's a matter for my own conscience, not yours.
I Am A Vegetarian and I do not eat fish or meat. I also cannot eat Haribo sweets or marshmallows because of the Gelatine in Them.
Hope That was a Little Help
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None of your links work.
''Are you one of those vegetarians who have to have someone tell you what kind of vegetarian you can be?'' - no but you apparently are. This adulation of ancient cultures and their diets is getting tedious.
The word vegetarian is an English word coined in 1847, with a specific meaning (just as the word flexitarian is an English word, recently coined, with a specific meaning). There is nothing stupid, sheep-like or insecure about someone choosing to be a vegetarian as defined by those who coined the term, ie not eating any animal, including fish. Er - or seafodd (sic)
It's a choice, like any other dietary choice. Like yours.
I personally don't 'believe or follow' anyone. I'm too independent and secure in my own choices to do that.
Edit**don't be too scornful of dictionaries; they can be very useful for finding correct spellings, such as 'intelligentsia'.
**WB Michael!
@ FlexiVegan, just two points about your remarks to Michael H:
1) are you able to provide links for the things you're accusing him of here?
2) Isn't it a bit rich for you to talk about ethics, cold fish or compassion when you have posted to this forum, which you know is read mainly by young and impressionable people, saying that true vegans would allow themselves to die in the event of accident or serious illness rather than accept medicines that may have been tested on animals? My link for this? Here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
So often the word hypocrite is wrongly used on V&V. You have given us an excellent example of what it really means
I think you nailed it in the last sentence. I find that people who are in-secure are pretty anal and need a lot of rules and people telling them what is "right" or what exactly is a "vegetarian". I notice someone cites the dictionary definition. Apparently that is their "authority"... another outside source. But the REALITY is when you get out into the world---most people don't give a damn--and the millions that are meat eating vegetarians are living witness to that fact. Only fools would try to "cite" authorities to redefine what is observable and happening in REALITY.
You are the one that seems insecure to me.
This user has blocked anyone that disagrees with him that visits this forum. He's blocked vegans, REAL vegetarians (vegetarianism means you do NOT eat flesh, period - what are fish, vegetables? The word vegetarianism implies it's about surviving off of plants and vegetation!)
Plus all your links are broken.
Why bother aggravating people and being confrontational? Why come here if you have made up your mind? If you are NOT insecure, then why come here and post inane questions like this, trying to upset people or stir up controversy?
If you have already made up your mind and are secure about your decision, stop trying to push your opinion into the mind of others. It seems simple enough to me.
None of your links worked for me - all redirected . But I know basically what they will be saying.
anyway
The term Vegetarian means : does not eat meat
Those people you mentioned who have been on a diet for centuries did not / do not call themselves vegetarians( the term did not really even exist) . They just eat their diet . It is others who have mistakenly called them vegetarians.
Vegetarians do not eat fish , or any other meat . Simple as that.
Omnivores, flexitarians, vegetarians, vegans, pescatarians all other -ians or -vores etc etc are basically just a bunch of humans stuffing food in their mouths, perhaps getting some nutrients in the meantime and converting them all into organic fertilizer after a few hours..
eat what you want, call yourself what you want. it's nobody business but your own.. if I want to spell my name "bob" and pronounce it "linoleum" who are you to argue??
I believe the inventors of the word "vegetarian".
The only definition that matters is the one by the people that INVENTED THE WORD VEGETARIAN. The only people that believe differently are you and your flexi friends who are so utterly and completely defeated that you have blocked everyone who shows people your only interested in purveying disinformation.
How in god's name you think blocking is going to achieve anything is beyond me. It's a sampling of your thought process though and it's certainly unflattering.
I mean, look at one of it's examples "Bhuddist monks and holy men who have been vegetarian for centuries or since recorded history began", this is not possible because the word (and it's definition/the diet) wasn't invented until the mid-1800s.
According to flexi-logic, McDonald's can decide what a Whopper is.
You need to ignore the flexis people. They have no idea what they are talking about.
Here's the ONLY definition of vegetarian as defined by the people who invented the word and the diet:
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/definitions.h...
Any other definition is done without authority and is irrelevant.
Think about it folks. Why are a bunch of us blocked by the flexis? Because we expose them for the frauds they are.
Also, flexi-bumbles, none of your links work.
I, sadly, believe very few organisations, in general - not just to do with veg*nism.
I follow no one.Hope that answers it for you!?
True vegans do not believe in those contrived, self-serving organizations. True veganism emerged from the wisdom of millions who over the centuries have followed a spiritual path. And these wannabes corrupt that with all their societies, organizations and man-made "definitions". Disgusting! True vegans follow a spiritual path and the small voice that speaks in the depths of their being.
NO vegetarian eats fish.
Some people actually call themselves veg if they eat fish, those are the idiots lol
I believe in the definitions provided by those links you've got there son.
"The broken links were exactly as the originator of the quote had posted them."
How's about telling us where you got that quote with the links from....hmmmm?
When you said "The broken links were exactly as the originator of the quote had posted them" you were wrong.
The link in the orignal text were hyperlinks, you have copied plain text.
All those cutures you mention have not been vegetarian for centuries, they have a diet that abstains from some food groups. They could not have called thmselves veggies because the word was invented in 1847. At that time, the veggie soc would not have said those groups were vegetarian so why do you mention tham as if they are veggies.
Don't quite know what your point is, vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, poultry not slaughter by-products. Posting rants in this forum will not change that