"Zakhar" > wrote in message
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> "Benfez" > wrote in message
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> > "Zakhar" > wrote in message
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> > >
> >
> > Try reading again.
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> > 5. Our oceans would be fished to extinction. Yes, all the vegetarians I
> know
> > eat fish and seafood.
> >
> > See, the writer is saying that most 'vegetarians' eat fish. This
appears
> to
> > me to be true.
>
> No, you read again with some knowledge.
>
> The writer implied that all vegetarians eat fish.
>
> Which is beside the point. The point is NO vegetarians eat fish. There are
> people who eat fish that call themselves vegetarian, but these people are
> ill-informed or liars.
>
> Lesson one: Fish are NOT vegetable.
>
> >
> > The oceans are already in serious peril from overfishing. If eveyone
> became
> > 'vegetarian' in the sense that the writer means it and we omnivores
> observe
> > it, there is no doubt that the oceans would indeed be fished until there
> > were no stocks left.
>
> In the sense that meat eaters could eat more fish, call themselves
> vegetarians and empty the oceans, yes.
>
> Lesson two:
>
> What is a vegetarian?
> Someone who does not eat meat, poultry, game or *fish* and who also avoids
> slaughterhouse by-products such as gelatine and animal fats. Most
> vegetarians eat dairy products and free-range eggs, Vegans avoid all
animal
> products.
>
> http://www.vegsoc.org/newveg/index.html
>
>

Fine, you call yourself a vegetarian and live by your rules. Some people I
know who call themselves vegetarians still eat fish. Hence your definition
whilst wholly appropriate, does not fit all those who would define
themselves as 'vegetarians'. Ill informed - yes, liars - a bit harsh
probably, I would prefer to think of them as stupid.