#51
Posted: 8/14/05 at 4:37pm
But when discussions like this happen, somebody INEVITABLY says to a vegetarian "I'm gonna go enjoy a honking helping of veal parmagian right now, yummmmmmmmmmm, I love eating those calves that have been chained in a stall and never saw the light of day, take that sucker, bwahahahahahaha!" or "Go eat a cow!"
There does seem to be an assumption that if you are vegetarian, it's for political reasons and that you are insulted by others eating meat. I was vegetarian for many years and used to get that from people. I worked at a small company for a while where there was myself, a vegetarian at the time, and a woman who was vegan. In planning a company hoilday party, I asked that they choose a restaraunt that had good alternative dishes for thsoe of us who did not eat meat. I was verbally attacked as though I had tried to convert all my co-workers to veganism. Frankly, I don't care what anyone eats.
Namo, you mentioned the militant activists of Act Up. Honestly, I felt the same about them that I do about PETA. The organization may have sincere and evry good goals but they tend to do thinsg that I think take away from their credibility and make them look like nuts. Act Up was the same way at times. The goals wa wonderful but they allowed the organizations events to be run by those who seemed to be more interested in attention than results.
There does seem to be an assumption that if you are vegetarian, it's for political reasons and that you are insulted by others eating meat. I was vegetarian for many years and used to get that from people. I worked at a small company for a while where there was myself, a vegetarian at the time, and a woman who was vegan. In planning a company hoilday party, I asked that they choose a restaraunt that had good alternative dishes for thsoe of us who did not eat meat. I was verbally attacked as though I had tried to convert all my co-workers to veganism. Frankly, I don't care what anyone eats.
Namo, you mentioned the militant activists of Act Up. Honestly, I felt the same about them that I do about PETA. The organization may have sincere and evry good goals but they tend to do thinsg that I think take away from their credibility and make them look like nuts. Act Up was the same way at times. The goals wa wonderful but they allowed the organizations events to be run by those who seemed to be more interested in attention than results.
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