Why do most non vegetarians find it so hard to believe one does not or have never eaten meat?!


Question: Why do most non vegetarians find it so hard to believe one does not or have never eaten meat!?
i have been a vegetarian all my life!. i had the choice when i was aware of all the facts of if wanted to eat meat, i made a conscious decision not too, then there are those who have eaten meat, but have decided not too later in life
anyway when talking to other veggies i have found most of them have had these same replies, which i assure you are very common (not from everyone, but most)

oh but you eat chicken!.!.!.or!.!.!.!.yeah but you could have eaten meat with a pizza!.!.!.or!.!.!.oh you want to try some of my chicken (in a serious manner) !.!.!.those are the stupid replies then there are others!.!.!.!.!.

WHAT, YOU DONT EAT MEAT!? OH MY GOD I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!.

most of these replies are matched with a bemused look

why is it so hard for them to understand this simple life choice, its not like were far and few between, there are more and more around today with numbers growing!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Okay!.!.!.!. I'll answer your question in a second!.!.!.!. I just have to deal with something else first!.!.!.!.

imakeulol!.!.!.!. What the hell is the matter with you!? The urge to eat meat is ingrained into the DNA of women!? I'm a female, and I am also a vegetarian!. There are a lot of female vegetarians!.!.!.!. so, how is meat essential for our survival!? How is meat essential for the survival of any human being!? No one needs to eat meat, gender disregarded!. You're just filled with bullshit!.

Anyway!.!.!.!. Meat eaters find it hard to believe that we vegetarians and vegans can go without meat, because they adore it so much!. They're mouths water at the thought of eating an antibiotic and pesticide laden corpse of a tortured animal!. I know this one guy, who actually BRAGS, that he has seen tons of slaughter videos, and STILL loves meat, and always will, and on his myspace, it says: "I'm an omnivore and damn proud of it!."

Some people are just close minded!. When something different comes along, they shun it, because there cannot possibly be anything in existence that could prove them to be wrong!. And that doesn't just apply to meat eaters, either!. It applies to a lot of people, eating habits disregarded!.

So, basically, we just have to endure their ridicule and ignorance!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think that is so wonderful that you have been a vegetarian all your life!. I wish my parents raised me that way!. I've been a vegetarian for 2 years but I'm thinking of moving on to veganism!. Screw those people, they clearly haven't been taught anything about meat products and the harm it does to animals!.

And yes, there is more people considering the vegetarian diet, and it's great!Www@FoodAQ@Com

they have some sort of inferiority complex!. they think you look down on them so its a defence mechanism!. i dont eat meat because i dont want to!. its simple!. i dont see why meat eaters get upset about it !. i hope they all watch the tv programme about where their pork chops and bacon comes from!. im not special!. im not important!. pigs are !. i want them to have a decent life!. so i dont eat meat!. anyone that has a problem with that can **** off!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's more common in the U!.S!. to eat meat!. In other countries, like India, it's more common to be a veggie!. For some, it's a religious thing!.
Ppl r'nt very accepting of things that r different from what they r accustomed to!. I bet u get sick of explaining it all the time!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, at least you don't get laughed at!.
I'd only recommend not bringing it up unless it's necessary, otherwise don't say anything!.
I'm vegan and if I anything I've learned is that people can be very ignorant!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

ignorance, primal instincts, not having bothered to try, a ingrained disbelief in a life style that doesn't include meatWww@FoodAQ@Com

Probably the same reason vegetarians are surprised when people say they do eat meat :) It's all point of view!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

From ignorance and the constant advertising by the meat and dairy industry!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i think this is a rhetorical question!.
it's just a matter of beliefs and opinions, i guess it's because they are not used to people who don't eat meat and for some reason find it more strange than it really is!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

they feel resentfulWww@FoodAQ@Com

because they are stupidWww@FoodAQ@Com

Americans in particular have been raised to believe that milk is the only way to get enough calcium, meat is the only way to get adequate protein, etc!.!.!.

It's mostly ignorance!. People feel like their knowledge is greater than a vegetarians!. I think some vegetarians are unfair to the omnivores, though, too!. It all depends on whether you impose your views, and since there are more meat-eaters than vegetarians in the world, there will be more criticism from the meat-eating community than from the vegetarian one!.

I admit, I was raised on that all-too-common propaganda put out by the mat industry!. I thought that cows were in pain when they had too much milk in their udders, so drinking milk was a good thing to do!. I thought eggs were just unused byproducts of happy chickens on ideal, pretty little countryside farms!. I thought all meat animals were raised on happy farms and killed by a swift shot to the head!. Of course, I was wrong!.

When I turned 14 I woke up from my imagined utopia!. I started to respect vegans instead of asking them curiously, "what do you eat!?!?"!. I stopped eating meant, and eventually I cut out all animal products!.

So when a meat eater asks me, "Don't you miss all the steak!?", "How do you survive without milk!?", "Aren't you really anemic and unhealthy!?", and the various other common misconceptions, i smile and explain that I am healthy and not deprived of anything nutritionally!. I know that most of these curious people are just misinformed!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

percentage wise there aren't any more vegetarians today then there were 5 years ago!. The population is growing so of course the raw number of people who are vegetarians will increase with that!. There's still wayyyyyyy more people that eat meat and there always will be!.

i didn't answer your question, because it was more of a rant really!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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