Veganism...

I eat meat.  I personally disagree with veganism and vegetarianism, I think meat is important for a healthy diet.  But if it's for a religious reason, I respect that.  

The Miracle wrote: admin edit:  bad boy!!

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Veganism is not absurd at all, but I wouldn't change a juicy steak for a bunch of vegetables, give me meat.

One of my good friends (an old colleague) is a vegan.  Unlike the girls described by the thread originator, he never made any issue of it at all, never criticized the rest of us non-vegans, or anything like that.  The only thing you ever noticed was that when he was at lunch with the group, he didn't eat any meat.  His good attitude helped when picking a lunch place as we would be sure to go somewhere that could accomodate his dietary needs.  Someone who's a vegan and a jerk about it would just never get invited to lunch.

I am not a vegetarian (or vegan) and I can never be, because of the foods I've eaten. Cow brain tacos anyone? Cow tongue sandwich? Or how about some good ole curdled pig's blood soup?

I enjoy eating meat and don't get disgusted about what I am eating. I do eat salads a lot and enjoy fruit but meat is my main food source.

darkmatter wrote: I eat meat.  I personally disagree with veganism and vegetarianism, I think meat is important for a healthy diet.  But if it's for a religious reason, I respect that.

So religious people don't need to eat healthy?

It's fun pissing them off in return... like printing out that picture in my first post, putting "real men eat meat" under it and handing out copies at school... another time I brought a pack of beef jerky and ate it all lunch in front of a vegan kid 

I'm a vegetarian, and a weird one (I voted "vegetarian with no interest in becoming vegan").  I don't eat meat because I absolutely hate it.  It grosses me out, the smell, texture, and taste more than the fact that it came from a living animal, so as soon as my parents stopped making me eat it, around the age of eleven, I became vegetarian.  I have no interest in becoming a vegan because I enjoy dairy products.  There is no or very little moral component in my vegetarianism, but I do respect people who do it for this reason (on a side note, I often don't like their food, because I didn't "give up" meat and have no interest in fake burgers; I just want the salad).

The vegans I know I didn't know were vegan until it came up in conversation, but then they are not in high school.  I do remember going to "Vegetarian Club" in high school, which was supposed to be a place to share recipes, and instead feeling like I shouldn't be there because I was one of the few people who drank milk and milk was evil...this club did not last very long.  As with anything, there is a line between trying to nicely convince people of something you passionately believe in (which includes leaving them alone if they're clearly not interested) and being obnoxious.

I hate veganism and vegetarianism. 

In the words of comedian Ron White, "I did not climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots!"

I love marinating a nice t-bone overnight with a nice spice rub and getting those lovely cross hatched grill marks just right. It's prettier than a Monet!

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