Vegetarian attitudes?wrong?!
Vegetarian attitudes?wrong?
why is it alot of vegetarians feel the need to make everyone else one,
i mean i accepted along time ago that everyone has their own way of doing things leave it to them,
even peta have this attittude of be vegetarian or dont be! like its a club (i know its an organisation)
so its very split..why cant they incourage people to
eat LESS meat
..maybe they do but no that im aware of it would be saving animals lives stil!
is there a certain snobery that goes along with alot of vegetarians,alot of them i know look down on people who eat meat like its disgusting and they should be ashamed of themselves
i mean come on alot of meat eaters think there being ridiculous but there not going around shouting theri stupid in their face all the time
so do you think there would be alot less demand for animals to be slaughtered for meat if alot of people cut down rather than a small minority cutting it out altogether
Answers:
There does seem to be a little snobbery. I posted a question about honey as i have recently turned vegan. I got replies telling me i should call my self a strict vegetarian and not a vegan which i think is counter productive. Imagine asking for the strict vegetarian option in a restaurant or explaining the difference to friends. It just makes the whole thing seem a little more unappealing...
lacto veggie
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I think it's largely a self fulfilling cycle... I have alot of people getting in my face about it at the moment with the usual myths and in defending my self and trying to dispel those myths i'm sure i seem a little preachy to some. But in reality im just not quitly taking it on the chin.
There are some snobs out there and i think that while they're a minority they are so much more vocal it seems like there's more of them. I don't like the labels so much but they do have their uses i.e. when eating out etc...
Your right however, it shouldn't be about abiding by a whole set of values and ideals, it's a personal choice and every little bit helps. Think of the impact it would have if everyone replaced just one animal based product for an alternative... milk for soy milk or something smaller maybe.