PJ and vegetarianism?

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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    they might go in and out of veggism or are "mostly" vegetarian. that's how I am- I was veg but for health reasons I really can't be all the time anymore- I need more protein than I was getting from tofu and legumes (I was eating way too large quantities of tofu) and I can't have *any* simple carbs, so in situations where I'm not in control of the menu and the "vegetarian" option is white pasta in fatty white sauce, well that's just not going to work. For some people, eating a steak is just better for their body than a bowl of white pasta. unfortunately for the environment, I am one of those people.
  • Smartypants
    Smartypants Posts: 114
    sgossard3 wrote:
    cows NEED to be milked!


    OMG.

    halv wrote:
    As for the comment that said cows need to be milked....most people I meet don't know that cows need to be kept in a constant state of pregnancy to give milk. They lactate just like a female human. It's this very reson that the veal industry exists. The mother cows are impregnated, give birth, if it's a male calf they take it away at just a couple days old and chain it up away from it's mother and then it's killed for veal. The mother cow is then milked and eventually impregnated again. This is so hard on dairy cows bodies they live an average of 3 years before being slaughtered. A cows normal life span is over 20 years.


    Thank you for explaining that so well.
    michelle

    power to the peaceful
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I'm a vegan... but I'll wear leather shoes, sit on a leather seat, etc... I just don't want to eat a dead animal...
  • Paint Ed Big 10
    Paint Ed Big 10 Posts: 198
    sgossard3 wrote:
    if they werent so cool id hold it against them...

    vegetarians / vegans bother me...

    going to art school i am SURROUNDED by them! not one of them can give me a reasonable reason for why they choose to do it... its like having an eating disorder or enduring the pain of hanging from the ceiling by fishhooks... people do it just to brag about their own self control... i tried finding a place to go to lunch with 2 vegetarian friends today and it was a pain in the ass...

    unless you have some sort of religious reason or are into farm animal beastiality i see nothing wrong with eating meat... its DELICIOUS!

    and vegans are even worse... not eating dairy?? cows NEED to be milked!

    jeez!

    (rant over... dont mean to offend anyone)

    that's funny that you think that actually. I'm vegetarian because I just don't like meat and I don't like that meat makes me feel too full and gross. It's not a political statement or anything. I just prefer vegetables and I love tofu. It's also a healthier and I like feeling healthier.
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Paint Ed Big 10 wrote:
    that's funny that you think that actually. I'm vegetarian because I just don't like meat and I don't like that meat makes me feel too full and gross. It's not a political statement or anything. I just prefer vegetables and I love tofu. It's also a healthier and I like feeling healthier.

    that was basically it for me too. I only like certain meat that was too hard to buy and prepare, and I think chicken is boring to eat, so I just stopped eating it altogether.

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