tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post232659047413774461..comments2024-02-03T06:58:02.859-04:00Comments on My Face Is On Fire: Vegetarianism Does Not Equal Eating AnimalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-7875768844382121632010-08-04T10:46:16.180-03:002010-08-04T10:46:16.180-03:00Once again mainstream media miseducates the public...Once again mainstream media miseducates the public...Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172745203823776044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-428703697981743662008-11-24T22:38:00.000-04:002008-11-24T22:38:00.000-04:00Dr. J,Your logic is a bit lacking. As M stated, v...Dr. J,<BR/><BR/>Your logic is a bit lacking. As M stated, veganism is a philosophy. It's generally considered to be much more than just a diet. And of course one can be a vegan if they formerly ate meat and dairy. Almost everyone grows up with these "foods." It doesn't mean that you can't change later. <BR/><BR/>I called myself a vegan for over a year. During this time I never knowingly ate anything of animal or insect origin. (And fish are animals.) I never wore anything of animal origin or used anything of animal origin if I had any choice in the matter. <BR/><BR/>Now I eat honey and I use recycled or secondhand animal products (not leather, but I take apart thrift-shop wool sweaters to use the yarn and our children play with silk cloths that were passed on from school). Therefore, I no longer refer to myself as a vegan. I'm NOT a vegan. When people ask about my diet, I say that I have a plant-based diet. If asked to elaborate, I explain that I don't eat meat, dairy or eggs. I do eat honey and I do use some animal products in other aspects of my lifestyle. These were hard decisions and it was very difficult for me to give up a label that I strongly, and proudly, identified with. But I did it to be intellectually honest with myself and others. It's that simple.<BR/><BR/>If you eat sea animals, you are not a vegan. It's not nitpicking; it's simply about definition. Most people would characterize my diet as "basically vegan," but I don't choose to call myself a vegan because I'M NOT. It's not fair to confuse people about this philosophy, which is important, beautiful and powerful.<BR/><BR/>I would encourage you to describe your diet as plant-based with occasional use of sea animals. This would be simple, clean and succinct without applying a label to yourself that is simply incorrect.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278966723822635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-85219000564831345422008-11-24T22:15:00.000-04:002008-11-24T22:15:00.000-04:00Veganism is a philosophy. To say you're a vegan e...Veganism is a philosophy. To say you're a vegan eater of fish is like saying your a Roman Catholic who worships Satan. Sorry, Charlie. It doesn't jive.<BR/><BR/>The point of my friend's comparison was to say that you can't claim to be two contradictory things at once. Perhaps it wasn't the perfect comparison, but I think that the point was clear enough. Cheers.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-8902593408903291282008-11-24T22:06:00.000-04:002008-11-24T22:06:00.000-04:00I use vegan with seafood to describe my style as a...I use vegan with seafood to describe my style as an easy short definition, no more. Your friends logic is poor. Did they ever eat meat in their life, ever, milk?? Sorry, can't ever call yourself vegan, too late :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-67730624547474238492008-11-17T15:15:00.000-04:002008-11-17T15:15:00.000-04:00To me, "flexitarian" means "omnivorous".To me, "flexitarian" means "omnivorous".mvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144424071215335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-78225780282388201382008-11-17T10:35:00.000-04:002008-11-17T10:35:00.000-04:00As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as ...As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as "flexitarianism." It's a made-up word for people who want to feel better about their habits than they should, or better than they would feel if they couldn't apply some ridiculous made-up word to their eating habits. Almost everybody is a flexitarian - nobody eats ONLY meat. Some meals are naturally vegetarian. Eating them doesn't make you a vegetarian. And it's because of all this confusing back-patting that so many self-described "vegetarians" eat meat, thus making it appear that most vegetarians are not really all that vegetarian. YUCK! I respect Pollan's message of healthy, whole food, local food, mostly plants, etc. etc. etc., but I credit him with going a long way toward destroying the cumulative effect of years and years of demonstrably healthy vegetarian diets. Now that there's so-called "ethical meat," people can pat themselves on the back for eating it and forget everything else of importance.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278966723822635150noreply@blogger.com