If you're a non-vegan vegetarian, are you a hypocrite?!
If you're a non-vegan vegetarian, are you a hypocrite?
Vegetarians who are pro-animal rights, but who continue to eat dairy, eggs, or fish seem like they're hypocrtires. If you eat cheese, eggs, and fish, you support the dairy, egg, and fish industry which is really no different than the slaughter industry. Chickens used to produce eggs and cows used to produce milk and fish caught or farm-raised ultimately lead to their demise and the demise of the environment. In order to become a true vegetarian, is veganism the only way to go?
Answers:
I agree, veganism is the way to go for people who care about animal suffering. Egg-laying hens are some of the most abused creatures on the planet. I once went to a lecture on vegetarianism and the speaker said that as far as suffering is concerned, it's much better to eat steak than to eat eggs.
Eggs:
http://goveg.com/factoryfarming_chickens...
Milk:
http://goveg.com/factoryfarming_cows_dai...
Still, vegetarians have a very positive impact so let's not condemn them. I was vegetarian for over five years before I even became aware that egg production involves animal cruelty. Few people make the jump from meat-eater to vegan overnight. Vegetarianism is a good step.