If there are two types of vegetarians which I try so hard not to identify myself with it’s the ones in for the health reasons only and even worse the ones in it for the image. The first type is typically selfish and don’t really care about animals and only do it for their own well being, and the other type are just trying to give themselves some sort of identity to fit with their crowd (hence the term vegeTRENDians.) The vegeTRENDians typically never seem to last too long anyways.
I do have to give them both some sort of credit because no matter what their reasons are their lifestyle is sparing the lives of animals. However, there is just something to these types that I feel give the whole vegetarian sub-culture a sort of black eye.
If your a vegetarian or vegan for animal rights reasons and are consistent with your believes my hat goes off to you. Your displaying moral convictions and putting the welfare of other living things above your own selfish wants and needs. We need more of this type in the world.
The other types… sometimes make me wonder if we should even be remotely characterized with them. Almost as if vegetarians and vegans for animal rights reasons need our own new title to distinguish ourselves away from the other types.
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Charlene said,
September 13, 2006 @ 11:12 pm
I eat neither meat nor eggs because neither appetizes me anymore, and meat itself is just getting plain expensive. That, and because I believe being either vegan/lacto vegetarian helps us become more spiritually aware and helps reach enlightenment.
To kill animals will have negative consequences down the road. So I try to avoid any product that involves killing creatures. Milk and honey do not involve such.