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Why? As a vegetarian/vegan I can tell you why. I did not stop eating meat because I did not like the taste of it. I stopped because I love animals and realized that I could not love animals AND support factory farming. So I stopped eating anything that used to be alive. But having said that, it's nice once in a while to have a "burger", even if it's fake. It allows many more people to become vegetarian/vegan which I believe is a good thing.
I do not preach about what others eat. And outside of factory farming (small farm operations), where animals are killed humanely, I don't really have a problem with eating them.
I don't judge you and you should not judge me.
Would you also stop taking medicines? Every drug comes from literally torturing animals. Have you seen the animals carrying human drug induced tumors and crying in vain?
In reality, very few things you use didn’t come from animals.
I thought this was a joke thread. I love me a nice, big, juicy cheeseburger ! Or tonight's lamb burger. Must be a vegan thing.
Humans are omnivores. We're supposed to eat anything/everything. I draw the line at bugs tho. Some folk think lobsters are bugs. Don't know if that's true but technically lobsters would be seafood and they'd be delicious. Don't get me wrong, I'll eat a big bowl of salad a couple times a week but no way I'm doing that every day of the week !
Must be hell living your life around basing your choices on what others might think of you.
Suggestion: give them the middle finger and eat what you like. If that is veggies, fine. If it is meats, fine. If it's a diet of Ramen noodles three times a day, fine. Your choice, not theirs.
^ This
Live your life for yourself, not based on what other's think.
Not after seeing this.... beware not for the squeamish. I do prefer buying beef and eggs from local farmers these days over industrial operations though, but I understand the necessity of these operations for bringing inexpensive meat to the masses. They are also more green (carbon footprint, land use) than if we tried to do it all locally with small farms, even though you wouldn't think so.
I think the OP was written in jest with heavy sarcasm, but I actually DO feel guilty that I like that stuff. I don't allow myself to eat it often, but I do give in once in awhile.
I tell myself that Native Peoples had the philosophy that everything should be used.
I learned the concept of Divine Sacrifice in grad school, and that helps a little, tiny bit (the idea that all of life feeds on the next rung and that each entity incarnates to become the Divine Sacrifice to whomever might need the nutrition).
I was also raised "meat and potatoes," so I could say it's my culture. My mom was a great cook! Enjoyed many a stew, Swiss steak, etc. And of course my dad grilled. Wasn't in love with the duck from his duck hunting excursions, but I appreciate that people actually do kill their food. It's a good thing in some way, I think.
It's just the animals who are abused by the business of it all and how some people elect to cut corners and not provide good lives for their animals.
Being vegan is all about claiming superiority. Typically a vegan will announce his choice and then justify it by portraying himself as a more advanced, sympathetic, kinder type of person than those "other types" who would kill living, breathing animals.
Then he will tell you he is not here to judge.
No. I don't feel bad for not being a vegan.
Could be, I even feel superior.
I think the OP was written in jest with heavy sarcasm, but I actually DO feel guilty that I like that stuff. I don't allow myself to eat it often, but I do give in once in awhile.
I tell myself that Native Peoples had the philosophy that everything should be used.
I learned the concept of Divine Sacrifice in grad school, and that helps a little, tiny bit (the idea that all of life feeds on the next rung and that each entity incarnates to become the Divine Sacrifice to whomever might need the nutrition).
I was also raised "meat and potatoes," so I could say it's my culture. My mom was a great cook! Enjoyed many a stew, Swiss steak, etc. And of course my dad grilled. Wasn't in love with the duck from his duck hunting excursions, but I appreciate that people actually do kill their food. It's a good thing in some way, I think.
It's just the animals who are abused by the business of it all and how some people elect to cut corners and not provide good lives for their animals.
Being vegan is all about claiming superiority. Typically a vegan will announce his choice and then justify it by portraying himself as a more advanced, sympathetic, kinder type of person than those "other types" who would kill living, breathing animals.
Then he will tell you he is not here to judge.
No. I don't feel bad for not being a vegan.
Could be, I even feel superior.
Vegans are hypocrites at another level.
If a person is truly vegan, he should stop taking any medicine.
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I love me a nice, big, juicy cheeseburger ! Or tonight's lamb burger. Must be a vegan thing.
I draw the line at bugs tho. Some folk think lobsters are bugs. Don't know if that's true but technically lobsters would be seafood and they'd be delicious. Don't get me wrong, I'll eat a big bowl of salad a couple times a week but no way I'm doing that every day of the week ! 
