This is a sincere question concerning Vegans/Vegetarians?!


Question: This is a sincere question concerning Vegans/Vegetarians!?
Hypothetically speaking!. If you were trapped on an island and could only eat fish and wildlife to survive!. Do you hunt to live, or do you waste away!? Www@FoodAQ@Com


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My diet is mainly vegetarian, but not completely--I do eat fish on occasion!. If i was trapped on that island!.!.and I was extremely hungry!.!.I would probably try to catch a fish!.!.!.!.I mean I've heard of humans resorting to cannibalism in plane wrecks in order to stay alive!.!.!.!.So it's not unlikely for a vegetarian to break their law of ethics for survival!. Anyways, for me, I'm extremely sensitive to others' suffering!.!.so if on that island, I decide to sacrifice my life for other creatures around me, then I'd probably just waste away in solitude!.
Edit: Oh yes plants! I agree with Core, if the plants are edible you know!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

This question has been asked about three hundred times!.

The answer that you will OVERWHELMINGLY get is that all fish and wildlife need sustenance to survive!. Most vegetarians and vegans would attempt to live off of the plants that the animals are eating!. If for some absurd reason the plants are magical and toxic to humans, but not animals (nor do they taint the meat, making it inedible), you'll have a mixed bag of answers!. Some people will try to starve to death!.

However, history has shown that people will eat human flesh (heck, they'll even eat themselves) in order to avoid starving to death!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I wouldn't hunt and kill anything to survive!.
I just wouldn't, because I love animals and wouldn't be able to kill one!.
also, it would probably kill me faster, because where i haven't eaten meat in so long my body doesn't recognize it, and I would throw it up, losing fluids and anything I ate prior to the meat!.
Logically, if the island can sustain the animals that would be available to hunt, there should be enough to sustain me as well, and I would forage nuts, berries, etc to survive!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

As other people have said, I would attempt to catch a fish!.
(I can't handle the taste/texture of any other meat, therefore fish would be my first choice!.)
I would do this because if I were in the wild I would have to hunt to survive like any other animal!. One reason that I am vegan is because I have the ability to make my up my own mind on what I want to eat, unlike other animals!. I highly doubt anyone would willingly waste away!. I mean it would take an extreme amount of will power!.
That being said, I would probably take all day attempting to catch fish & pass out from exhaustion due to my lack of hunting abilities!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, I would live off of the fruit and berries of the island!.

also in this case, if we wanted to truly survive we would have no choice but to eat the wildlife!.

What vegans/vegetarians have a problem with is when gluttony drives us to kill animals for food!. We have such an adbundance of non-meat, and non-dairy foods (in America) that we can eat and sustain life; the simple fact is that we do not take adavatge of this, we feed our nasty desires!.

I am a vegan and I do not see it as a crime when primitive peoples hunt animals for survival!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'm vegetarian because I can get all the nutrients I need without killing animals!. It's quite easy, and opens a lot of doors for different types of foods I never would have enjoyed!.

Change the situation to one where I cannot get the nutrients I need without killing - I must kill to live - then I will do that!. Still will do it sparingly and as needed, supplementing with other foods as much as possible!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I would waste any!. What is the point in giving in to my beliefs if I am going to throw them away to survive for a few days!? Am I alone on this island!? If so, what is the point of surviving by myself if there is no mate to reproduce, or any civilization to keep me human and sane!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

I would say, hunt to live!. Most people in our society are vegan or vegetarian because we no longer have that necessity and those sort of foods do great harm to our bodies, in general, in abundance!. If the situation were life and death, I'm sure most everyone would try to survive!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I would hunt!.

I became veggie because I am fortunate enough to not have to resort to the abuse of animals!.

however, I do feel that if the situation calls for it all living beings will do what is necessary to survive!.


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I would be eating a lot of plants, chewing on sticks and whatnot!. But, if I had to, I might partake in fish or the likes!. I would not be able to actually hunt!.
Seaweed is very yummy, though, so I might last a while without the help of our friends from the water!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

jeeze " if you were trapped on an island would you eat meat" kinda questions never get old with vego's do they!.!.!.!. no of course not, why would i give up my ideals and beliefs for a few more days of life, not to mention days that would really really suck anyway!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

all fish and wildlife need to eat to survive
fish eat seaweed and other sea plants so i would eat that
wildlife eat animal like dears & whatever and they eat plants so i would follow them until i find the plants they eat and then i would eat that
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Man has a natural instinct to survive!. You would raw fish and anything else that would be considered edible and that includes bugs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'd waste away and die because if I tried to eat an animal or a fish now I'd be sick anyway!. I can't even walk past a butcher's shop or fish stall without the smell of dead flesh making me feel ill!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hypothetically answering, I would eat my own foot rather than eat fish or wildlife, when my foot was gone I'd waste away!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hypothetically speaking I would take the water taxi to the vegetarian friendly island next door!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i'll eat some fishs and fruits!.no,i'll not eat anything that need me to kill before i can eat!.fish is an exceptions!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Oh hunt absolutely! I am from hawaii!.!.!.!.I LOVE fish!.!.!.just NO venison or elk!.!.!.then I would choose to eat bugs!.

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I'll eat whatever plants and fruits the island has!. LolWww@FoodAQ@Com

Wildlife be damned!. I'm going to eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Why bother hunting when you don't even have to catch plants!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

What island doesn't have plant life!?
Plants give us water and plus coconuts!!! :D coconut milk!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They would *TRY* to hunt, then fail miserably and waste away!.

Back in the olden days they had a name for people who couldn't hunt, skin, or cook!.!.!. VegetariansWww@FoodAQ@Com





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