Any other vegetarians / vegans?

[Dark Jezter]

So it's your opinion that it's okay to trample over someone's moral beliefs if you think they're a "self-rightous blatch" who is "probably" doing it for shallow reasons?

That's pretty much the gist of it, yes.

Of course, you also have to take into account that she would wear leather shoes and belts while preaching about how wrong it was to kill animals. That kinda took away some of her credibility right there.

Nice.

Remind me not to ever share lunch with you.

Such a reminder would only be necessary if I ever wanted to have lunch with you.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

For every animal you dont eat, I'll eat three.

J/K, I dont have anything against Vegetarians.

 

[jgbrowning]

I've been a vegetarian (ovo-lacto) for about 10 years now.

joe b.

 

[fusangite]

Hey guys, seeing how things have gone since my last post, I just have to retract what I said.

While I'm really not impressed by Johnny Nexus's statements, especially his suggestion that the jock claiming poultry is a vegetable doesn't belong in this thread (he does represent a subset of the people who call themselves "vegetarians"), I really have to urge my fellow carnivors to give these people a break. This thread is here, I think, to help vegetarians on ENWorld get a bit of a sense of community within the community; we should probably back off and let them do that.

 

[LeapingShark]

Alot of friends ask me if I'm a vegetarian, because people often confuse me with one. For example I'll be at a dinner party and I'll pass on the meats. Then of course the host will ask why I'm not eating the main course. That's why I posted in a thread about vegetarians, my diet has some similarities. Geez, I didn't know I had to fit some kind of specific qualifications in order to post here. I mean come on, if a lacto-vegetarian posted here, would he also be accused of derailing the thread?? That's pretty rough! My diet is very close to what some dieticians might categorize as "semi-vegetarian" (small portions of fish or chicken, rarely any red meat), which is just one step more lax than lacto-ovo vegetarianism.

LOL, where are people coming up with the wild accusation that I am claiming poultry is a vegetable??

 

[BOZ]

i have seen some people give up on red meat and consider themselves vegetarians. mmm, yummy vegetarian chicken sandwich! give me a break! as far as i'm concerned, vegetarians don't eat animal parts and that's it. vegans take it a step further and don't eat anything that came from an animal at all.

if you eat chicken or fish, then "vegetarian" is not the right word for you. (not speaking about anyone on here, even if it seems i am, just ranting about people in general).

 

[Jonny Nexus]

Hey guys, seeing how things have gone since my last post, I just have to retract what I said.

While I'm really not impressed by Johnny Nexus's statements,

Well given that all I've done is pointed out that a) this was supposed to be a thread for vegetarians and vegans, and b) tricking people who follow certain ethcical beliefs into eating food that contravenes those ethical beliefs is a spectacularly thing to do, I didn't think I'd actually said anything particularly out of order.

But I guess that's a matter of opinion.

especially his suggestion that the jock claiming poultry is a vegetable doesn't belong in this thread (he does represent a subset of the people who call themselves "vegetarians"),

Erm... Could I just point out that the post that I accused of being a thread-jacking was this one:

My body is a "lean mean sports machine" and I monitor my "fuel" carefully. I tend to avoid many meats because they have so many saturated fats. But lean meats, like turkey, are good. My meals are more focused on things like albacore tuna, and of course beans beans beans wonderful beans. I do love the taste of steak though, and remember the days when I ate more. Yum! Just thinking about it makes me hungry for roast beef sandwich.

I don't see any mention of poultry being a vegetable there. All I see is a health-conscious non-vegetarian who eats meat, talking about what meat he eats.

And just because someone calls themselves a vegetarian, that in itself doesn't make them a vegetarian. It's actually being a vegetarian that makes you a vegetarian.

 

[Jonny Nexus]

vegans take it a step further and don't eat anything that came from an animal at all.

Just to clarify things: vegans attempt to avoid the use of animal products as far as possible. As a rough summary, this means: no meat, fish, eggs, milk, leather, wool or silk.

If someone avoids eating animal products, presumably for some perceived health-reasons, but happily wears leather and wool, then they aren't vegans but are instead simply someone who follows a vegan diet (the phrase "dietary vegan" or "dietary-only vegan" is sometimes used).

 

[Jonny Nexus]

That's pretty much the gist of it, yes.

Of course, you also have to take into account that she would wear leather shoes and belts while preaching about how wrong it was to kill animals. That kinda took away some of her credibility right there.

Well in the interests of fairness and honesty, I do have to say that while I still don't in any way condone what your friend and his mates did, if it was true that she wore leather shoes and belts then she was, in my opinion, a spectacular hypocrite.

Such a reminder would only be necessary if I ever wanted to have lunch with you.

Well clearly that's not the case, so I guess we should just agree to dislike each other.

 

[LeapingShark]

"Non-vegetarian who eats meat" is relative too. For example in my case I posted here specifically because I do not eat meat, with some small exceptions. This week, I've had albacore tuna twice, and that was the total extent of my meat consumption. Not a strict vegetarian, but eating just like one in 19 of 21 meals. (I drink nonfat milk, but do not ever eat cheese, I don't know to categorize that..) At times, it can be very difficult to hold back my cravings, because I do like meat!