Why are you a Vegetarian? ?!
I live in an area where there are only like 10 other vegetarians at my school and everyone is always making fun of me for the way I eat!. They assume that I'm some sort of hippie nutcase!. The hunters are the worst!. The guys that say stupid things like "We are the dominant species!" and "It's because God made it like that!"
As bad as that is, I don't want to counter those shitty remarks with my own second-hand rhetoric ( like "Meat is murder!" and "Ink not mink!")!. I want to know the facts and statistics and the cold hard truth so when jerks at my school attack me, I can throw some logic back in their face!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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My personal reasons are a combination of religious reasons (I'm Hindu) and compassionate reasons (I was vegetarian on and off for most of my life for compassionate reasons before converting)!. I really enjoy the line "because no one should have to kill for a living"!. I think a lot of people are conveniently blinded by our supermarket society and don't consciously think about the brutality inflicted to create their cheeseburgers!. I know a lot of meat eaters who have no problem consuming flush but if handed a knife and a stunned cow couldn't go through with it!. Why should anyone have to do it!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
You can print off some pages from this website, under the articles section, there are many ones on health!.
http://www!.all-creatures!.org/
Another up to the minute souce of information on chemicals, cruelty to animals is
http://skinnybitch!.net/
I can really recommend the SB book and recipe book!.
After reading those I WILL NEVER EAT MEAT/ANIMAL PRODUCTS ever again!.
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http://www!.all-creatures!.org/
Another up to the minute souce of information on chemicals, cruelty to animals is
http://skinnybitch!.net/
I can really recommend the SB book and recipe book!.
After reading those I WILL NEVER EAT MEAT/ANIMAL PRODUCTS ever again!.
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Well, I'm doing it because I feel bad about eating another species!. It's just bad karma!.When you quit eating meat constipation goes away!. You could use that against those assholes!.
I do it because I feel better about myself and I believe I'm making the world a better place by not eating living breathing animals!. The health benefits are a plus too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I do it because I feel better about myself and I believe I'm making the world a better place by not eating living breathing animals!. The health benefits are a plus too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
There's so many great answers, I'm not sure i have much to add!.
Maybe you could say to the arrogant and ignorant freaks:
The Human body does not require animal products, so why do you eat animals!.!.
Why stop with the muscle tissue and eat it's genitals and brains!?
This aint the 1300's!.
If the animal wasn't dead every bite you take would cause incredible pain!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Maybe you could say to the arrogant and ignorant freaks:
The Human body does not require animal products, so why do you eat animals!.!.
Why stop with the muscle tissue and eat it's genitals and brains!?
This aint the 1300's!.
If the animal wasn't dead every bite you take would cause incredible pain!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Because the human body wasn't made for eating meat (our intestines are not really for digesting it) plus doesn't god say thou shalt not kill, he didnt say just not to kill homo sapeians
all i have to say is you need to forget what other people say because they are just ignorant, it still upsets me when people dont understand why im vegan but i just let it go now because i should only care about myself anyways!.!.!.they will get whats coming to them!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
all i have to say is you need to forget what other people say because they are just ignorant, it still upsets me when people dont understand why im vegan but i just let it go now because i should only care about myself anyways!.!.!.they will get whats coming to them!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
once i was in the woods right, iand i was tripping out on some peyote right, and i was like seeindg stuff ya know, and like iw as haveing this magical journey and all of a sudden this fox came up to me, yes a fox, and he told me to become a vegetarian, then he ran into the fourth dimension dude!. ive always listened to him!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm vegetarian just cos I don't like the taste, simple as!. I'm sure the people who make remarks like that don't like everything there is to eat in the world, compare it to that maybe!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Animals can't talk!. They need people to do it for them!.
Comebacks:
Omni: God wants us to eat meat!.
Veg: That's not what He told me!.
or
Veg: You must have on crazy God!. My God lets me eat whatever I damn well please!.
Omni: I didn't climb to the top of the food chain to eat grains!
Veg: You didn't climb anywhere!. You sat on your fat *** and let others serve you!.
More here: http://www!.veggieboards!.com/boards/showt!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Comebacks:
Omni: God wants us to eat meat!.
Veg: That's not what He told me!.
or
Veg: You must have on crazy God!. My God lets me eat whatever I damn well please!.
Omni: I didn't climb to the top of the food chain to eat grains!
Veg: You didn't climb anywhere!. You sat on your fat *** and let others serve you!.
More here: http://www!.veggieboards!.com/boards/showt!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I am a vegetarian because I don't like how meat & chicken tastes like, makes me want to vomit!. I love animals and dogs so I don't want to eat some other animal that used to be alive!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm a vegetarian for the cool title and I love the wholesome goodness of carrots!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I know what you are going through as I experienced similar taunts as I went through school!. Hold your head up high!. God allows us the intelligence to make decisions and if your personal choice is not to eat meat then that should be accepted, especially in this supposedly new world of tolerance!.
I became a vegetarian almost naturally as when I started to eat solid food as a toddler, I apparently used to spit anything with meat in it out! I never enjoyed what little meat I ate and this was unusual for my family as we were from a large farming (stock and arable) community!.
When I was seven I was staying at one of Aunt and Uncles farms for a few days!. Unfortunately for me I ended up experiencing a trip to the abattoir and even though asked to stay in the truck as we arrived to the works, the whole ordeal turned out to be very traumatic!. Of course the tender age of seven is a very impressionable one!. I left this experience vowing never to eat meat again and I never did! It also turned out later that I was allergic to fish which was discovered during hospital tests one day!. So once again the natural adversion for me not to consume flesh came into play!.
Now I should point out I am very keen to support the right for personal choice and I never try to convince anyone that they should be vegetarian!. My sons all eat meat which I will prepare!. My daughter decided to become a vegetarian at seven like myself!.
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I became a vegetarian almost naturally as when I started to eat solid food as a toddler, I apparently used to spit anything with meat in it out! I never enjoyed what little meat I ate and this was unusual for my family as we were from a large farming (stock and arable) community!.
When I was seven I was staying at one of Aunt and Uncles farms for a few days!. Unfortunately for me I ended up experiencing a trip to the abattoir and even though asked to stay in the truck as we arrived to the works, the whole ordeal turned out to be very traumatic!. Of course the tender age of seven is a very impressionable one!. I left this experience vowing never to eat meat again and I never did! It also turned out later that I was allergic to fish which was discovered during hospital tests one day!. So once again the natural adversion for me not to consume flesh came into play!.
Now I should point out I am very keen to support the right for personal choice and I never try to convince anyone that they should be vegetarian!. My sons all eat meat which I will prepare!. My daughter decided to become a vegetarian at seven like myself!.
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Ask them if humans were meant to eat meat then why are we the only species on the planet that must cook it, otherwise we'll get sick!?
Why do humans eat meat and have to worry about saturated fats and cholesterol and heart disease when a carnivore or meat eaters are fundamentally healthy when it comes to their hearts!?
Tell them that carnivorous animals bodies can break down meat easily as their bodies are more acidic, while humans are more alkaline based!. Meaning that when a humas body becomes more acidic it creates more mucous and increases it's chance of getting sick!.
If they say we need meat in order to build muscle, laugh in their face and say that their is protein in everything, and mucsle is built and maintained by constant use!. Beans have more protein than the same amount of meat, without the cholesterol!.
A herbivores intestines are about six times the human body length, while a carnivores is only one!. Humans are about 40 feet long!.
Try to eat meat raw and un tenderized!. With your teeth!? I don't think so!. The notion that our teeth was meant to pierce meat is preposterous!. Look at a dogs, cats, sharks, any animal that eats meat!. You'll see what i'm talking about!. Ours were meant to bite fruit, and vegetables!.
The list goes on and on!.
So it will be impossible or just painstaking for me to keep typing!. I recommend picking up a few good books!.
And when science says that meat is necessary because it has stuff you can't get anywhere else!. Just tell the to shove it, because the only thing meat has that you can't find anywhere else is Heme Iron!. Heme Iron is just Iron that is absorbed easier by your body!.
You still get Iron from spinach and many other foods you just need to consume more that a puny hand full!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Why do humans eat meat and have to worry about saturated fats and cholesterol and heart disease when a carnivore or meat eaters are fundamentally healthy when it comes to their hearts!?
Tell them that carnivorous animals bodies can break down meat easily as their bodies are more acidic, while humans are more alkaline based!. Meaning that when a humas body becomes more acidic it creates more mucous and increases it's chance of getting sick!.
If they say we need meat in order to build muscle, laugh in their face and say that their is protein in everything, and mucsle is built and maintained by constant use!. Beans have more protein than the same amount of meat, without the cholesterol!.
A herbivores intestines are about six times the human body length, while a carnivores is only one!. Humans are about 40 feet long!.
Try to eat meat raw and un tenderized!. With your teeth!? I don't think so!. The notion that our teeth was meant to pierce meat is preposterous!. Look at a dogs, cats, sharks, any animal that eats meat!. You'll see what i'm talking about!. Ours were meant to bite fruit, and vegetables!.
The list goes on and on!.
So it will be impossible or just painstaking for me to keep typing!. I recommend picking up a few good books!.
And when science says that meat is necessary because it has stuff you can't get anywhere else!. Just tell the to shove it, because the only thing meat has that you can't find anywhere else is Heme Iron!. Heme Iron is just Iron that is absorbed easier by your body!.
You still get Iron from spinach and many other foods you just need to consume more that a puny hand full!.Www@FoodAQ@Com