nyx wrote:
dh@. wrote:
When considering ethically between tofu and grass raised beef,
rice milk and grass raised dairy, etc, should we not also consider
whether we'd rather be humanely slaughtered by a professional,
or crushed, chopped, sliced, ripped, poisoned, drowned, smothered,
dehydrated, killed by predators, injured to the point of immobility
and eaten by ants, or another of the many ways that soy and
rice production kill wildlife instead? Yes...yes we should. Thanks.
Ok. So I am new to this newsgroup. Here is how I see you or at least
what I've seen about you so far. You are anti-vegetarian/vegan and your
agenda is try and convert some of us back to a meat eating way of life.
You are out to argue every single reason for being vegan/vegetarian as
it relates to the treatment of animals, or at the very least you for
some reasn feel the need to want us to see your point of view. Now I
have no problem with that except one thing, and this is VERY important
for you to understand. Not all Vegans/Vegetarians choose the lifestyle
because of the animal issues. I personally don't like what goes on, but
that is NOT my reason for being a vegan.

You insult those of us who choose to eat a healthy lifestyle. You can
cite whatever hype you want, and you will NEVER convince me that eating
a fat ridden cheeseburger will contain the nutrients I need. Sorry, but
I CHOOSE to eat the apples, oranges, green leaf lettuce, red peppers,
and all the HUNDREDS of other wonderful, life giving fruits and
vegetables. Now granted, I do CARE about the animals, but no matter what
I do, the killing will go on. What I care about MORE is my health and
well being. If you want to spend the last 10 to 15 years of YOUR life
dealing with heart and diabetes problems, you go right ahead. But don't
you dare try and convince me that my diet is wrong.

For me, the Vegan/Vegetarian lifestyle has two components, the animal
rights issues and the health issues. I'm just sick and tired of people
like you trying to convince me to go back to a way of life that didn't
work for me, and I'm sure I speak for others.

The short time I've frequented this site, EVERY single post of yours
seems like a waste of my time to read, but as a newby, I'm venting my
feelings.

I don't think David Harrison wants to imply that there is something
wrong with somebody going vegan for health reasons. He just thinks that
he has good criticisms of the arguments for veganism on the basis of
animal rights that are often made and he wants to present these
criticisms. There is no reason why the two of you should have anything
to disagree about.