tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post3245184002180550644..comments2024-02-03T06:58:02.859-04:00Comments on My Face Is On Fire: The Bandwagon's Getting CrowdedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-31959161726684761442012-11-06T12:32:03.615-04:002012-11-06T12:32:03.615-04:00"Spoiling for a fight with purported meat-eat..."Spoiling for a fight with purported meat-eaters when they are more than likely vegetable-based omnivores, with a slight bit of meat in their diet is a waste of time." <br /><br />"I dont eat meat or dairy or use animal products. It makes me very ill but this locking of horns with tigers teeth I find depressingly predictable. If veganism is ever to work, it has to be inclusive of the majority and not just an eco-recluse of trendy weirdies and animal rights campaigners."<br /><br />I don't get what it is that you're trying to get across. You're saying that omnivores eat mostly vegetables anyway, so their consumption of animal products shouldn't be challenged? That this is akin to "spoiling for a fight" from which you think those engaging in vegan and animal rights advocacy should instead walk away?<br /><br />How will it make veganism "work" if, as you suggest, it be "inclusive of the majority" and merely lumps in anybody whose diet is as least 67% plant-based?<br /><br />Could you clarify what point you're trying to make if it's other than what I've guessed you're trying to say? It sounds as if you're saying that for veganism to work, there should be no vegan advocacy.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-9863599785776340162012-11-06T12:22:09.043-04:002012-11-06T12:22:09.043-04:00The facts about the human diet are simple. Here in...The facts about the human diet are simple. Here in the UK 67% of all food produced is fruit and vegetable, 26% is dairy and only 6% is meat, albeit according to 2005 stats. Spoiling for a fight with purported meat-eaters when they are more than likely vegetable-based omnivores, with a slight bit of meat in their diet is a waste of time. Being vegan is often derided on these grounds alone and objectors pull off meat eating stunts deliberately to goad vegans. The problem with veganism is often simply veganism when the world's diet is predominantly veg-based anyway. Apart from a few very isolated tribes and people such as the Innuit of the Arctic and Siberians who feed entirely upon fish and meat, the whole world has a veg-based diet. I read an interesting article yesterday about Mongolian vegans. here's the link: <br /><br />http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/is-a-vegetarian-diet-suitable-for-mongolia-13582/<br /><br />2500 descendents of the great warrior, Genghis Khan left in Mongolia have turned vegan, according to this article and there are 25 vegan restaurants in the capital city Ulaan Bataar. <br /><br />I dont eat meat or dairy or use animal products. It makes me very ill but this locking of horns with tigers teeth I find depressingly predictable. If veganism is ever to work, it has to be inclusive of the majority and not just an eco-recluse of trendy weirdies and animal rights campaignersDeafSocietyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13876355763208313022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-59616481531306154292012-10-16T22:27:52.857-03:002012-10-16T22:27:52.857-03:00NatalieZ, thank you! It is a whole lot of nonsense...NatalieZ, thank you! It is a whole lot of nonsense, isn't it? <br /><br />Vanilla Rose, no kidding. The whole anemia thing is such a lame excuse. It's not rocket science to make sure that you eat right and she's either lying or has a thoroughly incompetent doctor (or both).<br /><br />As Ms. Collins points out, though, it wasn't much of a leap for her to go back to eating meat. It doesn't even hold any symbolic value. She went from exploiting animals to... exploiting animals. She's trying to create some sort of false distinction to cash on on some sort of "former veg" cred to sell her show. No surprise that Bittman was the one offering her up to the public.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-27844253632492171682012-10-16T20:01:20.844-03:002012-10-16T20:01:20.844-03:00I really enjoyed this post, it gets very tiring he...I really enjoyed this post, it gets very tiring hearing nonsense from all these "ex-vegetarians" who went back to meat because they felt like it.NatalieZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511128484915651035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-16388898832012367952012-10-16T08:18:19.462-03:002012-10-16T08:18:19.462-03:00I am a female vegan over 40. I gave blood in the ...I am a female vegan over 40. I gave blood in the spring and am scheduled to do so again next month.Vanilla Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946634138308342764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-74667406842660006272012-10-16T03:56:31.090-03:002012-10-16T03:56:31.090-03:00The subject wasn't vegan in the first place as...The subject wasn't vegan in the first place as you said. [This comment by the author is incorrect: "Ms. Scott’s recent conversion to omnivore, after spending her entire adult life as a vegetarian" - she already was an omnivore.]<br /><br />All she did was eat a "vegetarian" diet That is A. unhealthy and B. indicative of someone who has no recognition of the moral personhood of animals i.e just your nonvegan. The one thing this article illustrates once again is the ridiculousness of vegans claiming that Mark Bittman is a great advocate for veganism. <br /><br />I am however grateful that for a change there was no mention of happy meatElizabeth Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com