Do you think one person who is a vegetarian is making a difference in the world?!
Health-wise, with all the junk food and fatty foods all over the grocery stores, it will surely make a difference.
(Avoiding food in jazzy plastics and canned goods, you're
contributing to waste reduction. =) ) Just grab fruits and lots
of veggies and a bottle of olive oil.
Diet-wise your also able to maintain your weight by avoiding
meat (carbohydrate and protein) intake.
It's also an individual political statement if you believe in
animal rights and against the slaughter of animals.
By being a vegetarian and by inspiring others to do so,
you can already make a contribution in your own small
way.
Just like what Gandhi said:
"You must be the change that
you wish to see in the world."
Answers: Sure.
Health-wise, with all the junk food and fatty foods all over the grocery stores, it will surely make a difference.
(Avoiding food in jazzy plastics and canned goods, you're
contributing to waste reduction. =) ) Just grab fruits and lots
of veggies and a bottle of olive oil.
Diet-wise your also able to maintain your weight by avoiding
meat (carbohydrate and protein) intake.
It's also an individual political statement if you believe in
animal rights and against the slaughter of animals.
By being a vegetarian and by inspiring others to do so,
you can already make a contribution in your own small
way.
Just like what Gandhi said:
"You must be the change that
you wish to see in the world."
Anything each individual does affects the world.
No because I don't think most people who are vegetarian eat in a way that is environmentally sustainable.
I think the people that eat locally from sustainable farms that treat their animals well make a difference.
I can agree with that. Its their right to eat whatever they want. (Or not to eat.)
Thats also like saying "Everyone litters, I can too." Just because everyone does it doesn't make it right.
If everyone was the same, what would the world be like?
yes, even though the change may be unnoticeable.
I hear it dont do much for the animals as there will always be scumbags out there who'll do farming in a way that is not kosher and organic.
No. But a lot of one persons add up. It's just like voting.
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Nope, not a bit.
If you want to be vegan/vegetarian, that's fine...but don't assume that the majority thinks like you.
The meat that you save will just go down someone else's garbage disposal.
Accept reality and stop trying to save the world :)
be the change want to see. One person can and does make a difference. Martin Luther King. Gandhi. were just one person.
edit:- lol, the above answer is very good!
One person? Probably not too much. That's what movements and revolutions (which are made up of many people) are for.
we look back 100 years ago and say " CAN YOU BELIEVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DID THAT ?" hopefully some day people will say "CAN YOU BELIEVE PEOPLE USED TO FIGHT WARS & POLLUTE THEIR OWN PLANET & EAT ANIMALS...............&.......well you get the picture..........
i like to think so but we need more of us
everyone counts
"The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step."
In this case, many single steps are being taken at the same time in different towns and villages throughout the world. Sure, at the moment we number only between 1 and 5% of the population in most countries (India an obvious exception), but we are gradually growing. There have never been as many vegetarians in the world as there are now (even, if you accept the book of Genesis as literal, before the Great Flood).
As for the argument that the butchers will still sell that one particular dead animal, even if you don't buy it - it's a case of supply and demand. The more people not buying it, the less likely the farmers are to raise as many animals the next season.
Yes, each person makes a small difference, but a difference nonetheless.
There are 6 billion people in the world. Obviously one person isn't going to revolutionize everything. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
It may just be a tiny difference, but I believe it is WORTH IT. If If we veg people ate meat again then more animals would have to be born to feed us. I used to eat chicken a four or five times a week, that is a lot of chickens in a year for one person.
Not really.
Well then, it's a good thing that there are millions of vegetarians on this Earth, right?
Millions of vegetarians definitely do make a difference. Being weak minded and thinking that one person can't make a difference "so why even bother" is THE BIGGEST ill that plagues the human race. I'm glad that their are at least some people in this world that aren't satisfied with being spoon-fed
everything that they believe by someone else.
I'd be ashamed to be a sheep and just go along because it is easier.
according to PETA's website... every vegan saves 56 cows a year. In the greater scheme of things.. its a small difference.. but I have been vegan for 7 years... and I know that in all my time living this lifestyle... if I can help save one little cow.. or chicken.. or pig.. it's all worth it.
I'm not a vegetarian to make a difference in the world. It is just something that feels right to me. At some point soon, mankind will have to stop and think seriously about waste of resources, pollution and other things that make a negative difference in the world.
each person can make a difference..maybe not on a grand scale but in teir own life..oh and i thought it was funny someone quoted peta....lol of course they are going to tell you these things just as a meat spokesman would say your not making a difference...does that make him right too?
"...according to PETA's website... every vegan saves 56 cows a year..."
I have to ask about this comment made above.
56 cows a year??? Come on people!
There are 52 weeks in a year. That's more than one cow per person per week.
I think so. If an omnivore can make a difference by eating animals, why can't we make a difference by saving animals. I once read that vegetarians save thousands of lives within their own lifetime! I believe that every action makes a difference in some way, no matter how small it may be. Now if we were to consider all of the vegetarians in the world, I think we would notice a huge difference.
Not at all. The same amount of meat will still be processed.