Are you tired of....?? (please answer this!)?!
I just wanted to ask are you tired of meat eaters saying that all vegetarians are "wierd and extremists"? I am!
I also wanted to ask do you wish that:
We would all just respect each other for eating and believing what we want?
I am tired of people not respecting our desicion for being vegetarian! we CHOSE to be vegetarian and they chose to be a meat-eater...so shouldn't we just respect each other?
Those were my questions!!! =] (i am not a treehugger)
Answers: Hi,
I just wanted to ask are you tired of meat eaters saying that all vegetarians are "wierd and extremists"? I am!
I also wanted to ask do you wish that:
We would all just respect each other for eating and believing what we want?
I am tired of people not respecting our desicion for being vegetarian! we CHOSE to be vegetarian and they chose to be a meat-eater...so shouldn't we just respect each other?
Those were my questions!!! =] (i am not a treehugger)
You are right, we should respect each others right to eat what we want.
Vegetarians are people too!
yes, I can feel you fustration.
I completely agree with you...however I am a meat-eater. I wish I had the courage to just give it all up.
I agree with you. There are too many people that are too extreme one way or another, either "Its so gross to eat meat" or "Whats wrong with you being a vegeterian" There are too many other problems in todays world to worry about something trivial like what people eat.
cool down... keep it simple when answering. No need to explain too much...just tell them it's your preference. I guess those meat eaters will tell u that because meat is delicious and vege is yeaky :P Just tell them that vegetables are delicious and meat is yeaky to you! ^-^
I don't have a problem with vegetarians. I actually go one vegetarian diets once a month every year and it is healthy (although bit inconvenient).
However, lately I am being blasted by a couple of extremists because i answered "humans are omnivores and they should supplement the missing vitamins and protein in their diet if they are going vegan" in one of my earlier posts for a 13 year old who wants to go vegan.
Guess how many HATE mails i got? Is this how people respond to a well-intentioned advice just because i called humans omnivores? (yes, they are pointing out the word OMNIVORE and nothing else)
Respect goes two ways. If i said vegans are bad or something unjust, then i deserve it. But what happened was unjustifiable so it gives me a bad impression on some vegans. It's called crime by association. If you do something this reflects on your entire group or affiliation.
Actually, we can't say it's one side's fault totally. As they say, it takes 2 to tango...
It's not meat-eaters, that would be like saying wood or leaf-eaters for vegans... (animals = plants / meat = leaf? wood?)....
Just my 2c.
Yes, we should respect each other's diet choices. I love vegetables and meat both. I think some of the controversy on y!a comes from trolls and flamers disguised as one side or the other.
We should all lighten up before they coin a new term at our expense, "Diet Rage".
The fact that there are differences in amongst people should be a source of energy, pleasure and fun. When it gets to a level approaching a fist fight you will lose many who could contribute in a positive way.
I really havent had the same experience as you have in person. but, I must say, that on line yahoo ...it seems as if some meat eaters (because of guilt and facts), turn the tides so to speak on us vegetarians, and try bash us because of their not wanting to confront their food choices.
as I stated, in my life i mostly come across people who respect me and take note that I do not eat meat. and actually admire this choice in me.
I completely agree!!!
I'm a meat-eater, but I have a friend who is a vegetarian, and it bothers me when people say that to her. It's personal choice. It also bothers me, because when she comes over, sometimes my father is just like, eat meat. And he says sometimes that eating meat helps you. Vegetables are actually better for you if you get the right vitamans, because too much meat can give you gout.
I dont really like the idea of eating meat. I try not to eat chicken, because they are in such horrible conditions. I eat hambuger at my house, because we live in the country, and we know the animals have had good, pasture lives, not lives in a cage. And I also think that it would be okay to eat meat, if say, we went out on our own, and caught something and ate it, like animals in the wild do.
Sorry, that's pretty long. But yes, it bothers me.
I am a bit confused with what you are saying. You are saying if somebody is participating in something that harms another, then it's okay?
You should be a treehugger;the world is in the dumps
I think people have the right to eat what they want, and vegetarians can eat well if they don't just stick to a 'normal' diet, minus meat. It just frustrates me when parents who don't have a good understanding of a healthy vegetarian diet try to force it onto their children.
yes but you cant feed into their comments. Its all they want. You have to try to ignore them because they are IGNORANT and forever will be. aha im a tree huger lol idc what people say i love trees<3
Sorry, I'm not an extremist but I can't 'respect' the choice of eating animals. IT's like me respecting someone's choice to do child pornography, it's just morally wrong to me. Except I won't ever tell people to be vegetarian. I just be me and let them be them...
In an IDEAL WORLD certainly. You must learn that What is Different makes others fearful.
I'm in the process of exploring Raw Food, sometimes even other Veggie & Vegan act funny about it. So what is the answer? A soft response when it is possible, ingnoring when you can, explanation when there is interest, kindness most of all. When all else fails tell them it is not their business.
Slainté (to your health)
i kinda am! i hate when they ask you why are you vegitarian? what do u eat? your wierd! why dont you eat meat!?
gosh i get sooo annoyed! i always say " i dont ask you why you eat meat, so dont ask me why i dont!" i heard one of my teachers say he hated vegetarians! i was soo mad!
Yes, I am.
They have nothing better to do, serious.
Why are they in this section anyway? They have no business here lol
They are just jealous because we have strong will power and stand up for what we believe in.