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04/05/09
has anyone else noticed that while vegetarians are greatly criticized, ridiculed, harassed and practically strong-armed into eating meat by meat eaters, meat eaters are rarely subject to the same?
You can't sit at a table full of meat eaters and quietly try to order something vegetarian from a menu, or inconspicuously select only vegetarian entrees from a home table, without some obnoxious idiot making a fuss about it... even though you haven't made a fuss about all the steak everyone else has ordered.
and while vegetarians are expected to throw their eating habits out the window to conform to those of meat eaters, whether at a restaurant or someone's home, there's always some asshat meat eater who will throw a full tantrum if asked to go somewhere that even serves a vegetarian option. Forget about asking them to for one single time attend a restaurant that serves veggie only, even though as a vegetarian you've had to sit through 6 steakhouse dinners prior.
I just find it funny that so many meat eaters will act like they're being personally attacked and forced to change their eating habits by the mere presence of a vegetarian, when in reality many meat eaters continually bader, insult and impose their views on the vegetarians AND harass the person as well.
04/05/09
Yes! I have only been a vegetarian for 9 months but in that short amount of time I have become painfully aware of the fact that some meat eaters get totally irritated that I'm not in their "club" anymore. The fact that I can't just order a burger when out in social situations is a huge annoyance to some of them.
One of my co-workers told me that she "gets a superiority vibe" from vegetarians and believes they secretly "judge her".
Um okay.
Anyway, what a bunch of sanctimonious tripe this idiot has inflicted upon the world with this stupid article.
Excuse me, Giles, for being made aware of the horrid atrocities that happen in slaughterhouses to innocent animals and deciding that I no longer wanted to be an accomplice to it by eating their flesh.
I'm so sorry for attention whoring by allowing my conscience to guide my eating habits.
Also, I'm Black so there goes your "pale and flaky" accusation right out the window.
04/05/09
If a woman developed an eating disorder around you, Giles, or was generally concerned about maintaining a certain level of thinness in the current social order, it wouldn't have anything to do with your -- or anyone who thinks this way -- having okayed any "eating disorder that didn't make her FAT," would it?!?!
Please go straight to the h*ll of your choice. Do not pass go or collect $200.
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oh, and by the way, if you read the full article that you are referring to when you write this rather laughable and yet offensive little piece of yours... you would find that the medical professionals quoted also said that a vegetarian diet is MORE HEALTHY! specifically, that teens who are raised vegetarian experience life long benefits, however in chronically thin teens who suddenly "become vegetarian" it is important to pay attention because they may be using it as a cover for an eating disorder. it's sad, but true.
p.s. fuck off.
04/04/09
Plus pigs are incredibly important for the education of science students. Plus pigs are amazingly affectionate and clean animals. It sounds like they have plenty of reasons to live, eating meat is just giving them a reason to die.
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And another thing, my exotic piercings and tattoos (and yes, you do know I have them) were done before I stopped eating meat and all three factors are totally unrelated.
04/04/09
Only in the land of way too much can you choose NOT to eat something.
Would it be different if this were a starving nation?
(Honest question, not trying to be snarky)
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04/04/09
i am chinese and in my younger days my mom would make tofu, it was often prepared with meat and other veggies included in the dish. id also like to point out there are plenty of unhealthy ways to have tofu. my favorite kind of tofu involves it being deep fried, drenched in sauce, and there would be a pile of meat sitting next to the tofu. i swear if people had the tofu my mom and grandma made, pretty much everyone would like it.
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Then I refuse to see his argument.
Couldn't one in turn argue that someone who doesn't eat many vegetables also has a form of disordered eating?
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Health, ultimately, is all about moderation. Don't over-indulge, don't deprive yourself, and do what works for you. If veganism is what works, great. If eating meat works, awesome. To each their own and let's stay out of each other's biz-nass about this.
04/04/09
They're poor.
Meat is expensive.
04/04/09
It's eating animal muscle, and that just grosses me out.
04/04/09
HEY TIMES, FUCK YOU.
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