A question for vegetarians

yeah i hate it when Pescitarians call themselves vegetarians...it makes us look bad.

yeah, blame me then. i just can't be bothered explaining what pescitarian means, but i always clarify myself, just usually say 'i'm vegetarian but i eat fish'.
can't not eat sushi.

there are drinks served in pubs that don't contain addatives dirived from animals.

you drink cans of stella so i guess you are not veggie then.

Is oral sex vegan?

Im a Veggie only because I worked in a slaughterhouse while at uni. After seeing what goes on there not eating meat seemed like the logical thing to do.

is breastfeeding vegan?

If you're a vegetarian, can you still eat pussy?

This is very useful; I made a condensed version for my phone when I'm out and about because I can never remember what is and isn't.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geraint.bevan/Vegetarian_beers.html

I understand that vegetarians do not eat ANY animal meat, i.e. no red, white meat or fish. Saying you're a vegetarian who eats fish is like saying you're a ... vegetarian who eats fish. You just can't do it. The proper term is "I no meat except (certain) seafood".

Let's be precise with our terms, people, so there may be no ambiguity concerning interpretation of opinions.

is breastfeeding vegan?

From your own mother, yes.

Wet-nursing might be a grey area, particularly if your wet-nurse was a different species...

what, like vulcan or klingon or something?

I understand that vegetarians do not eat ANY animal meat, i.e. no red, white meat or fish. Saying you're a vegetarian who eats fish is like saying you're a ... vegetarian who eats fish. You just can't do it. The proper term is "I no meat except (certain) seafood".

Let's be precise with our terms, people, so there may be no ambiguity concerning interpretation of opinions.

ever traveled abroad? try explaining that in another language. asking for 'no meat' in spain/france//italy/sri lanka/wherever, they just give you pork or chicken. 'meat' in a lot of cultures means beef. so no thanks, i'll stick to my phrasing, so i don't get ham in my food.

yeah hassanr, i was just giving you a hard time about when you said

"i'm vegetarian but i eat fish"

sheepishly heh. sorry to come back too strongly.
i do see the contradiction, i just find that it conveys the point much quicker than other ways.
plus i'm a little drunk and had an obnoxious day.

and just being argumentative...

where are the casual vegan nazis hiding eh?

And the vegan nazi casuals?

I saw this hilarious cartoon, i think it was a Dilbert, where they're planning to go to lunch, but then "Jack the Vegan" jumps in and asks to come along, so out of politeness they let him join in, but they end up never getting out of the office cos Jack can't eat anywhere.

Yeah i just ruined a perfectly good cartoon for you guys.

hassanr, i was being argumentative too (:

Yeah i just ruined a perfectly good cartoon for you guys.

That's ok, dilbert isn't funny anyway.

Meat is murder brosef!

I don't eat meat because I am physically unable. I don't give a toss about the animals.

meh.

Meat is murder brosef!

It got you out of the nursery though eh?

meat is awesome

Meat is murder brosef!

post number 3

meat is awesome

post number 4.

Things can only get better. Or worse.

I am not vegetarian, and I have always said I will never become one as I believe that killing an animal for food is acceptable, within certain boundaries. If I asked myself if I believed that farming is an ethical way to provide meat to the population I would have to say no.
It encourages people to be ignorant of their food and the process behind it.

Anybody who eats meat should be able to accept where and how that animal was raised and killed and appreciate it for what it is.

Since moving to Poland I have started to eat less meat as the connection to the reality of meat is very weak here. In the UK it is possible to buy meat that is humanely raised and the question of animal welfare is being voiced increasingly. By contrast, here meat is eaten in huge quantities and the majority is intensively reared meat.........to be honest it tastes pretty crap.

This seems to be the product of a swift change in society post communism. My wife's great grandparents raised their own meat and killed a pig once a year. They ate meat only once a week. There are many people I speak to(not only young people) who say that they remember meat in the past and the fact that it was a delicacy reserved for special occasions and that it was much better quality.

So personally I have a dilemma.......should I continue eating the meat that is the product of a system I can't agree with? I now rarely buy meat, maybe once every two weeks, but I do buy fish and I would buy game if I could afford it. I never eat chicken if I can help it - it really tastes like crap, although I was tempted to buy a live chicken at a market the other day.....if only I had a place to keep it.

I guess that places me in the flexitarian group.........a kind of fence sitter(damn I hate fence sitters.)

I only eat meat about once a week. The rest of the time me and the mrs. have quorn because It's so much cheaper, tastes just as good and is probably healthier.