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Not sure

But in Japan, fish isn't considered meat.

Please learn the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian. While you're at it, learn what a vegetarian actually is.

Lol, I find it funny how little people know about Vegetarianism. If they took the time to learn about it, they'd understand a whole lot more. xp

I have absolutely no problems with them, but personally I'm a meat-a-terian biggrin

So lately I've been thinking about not strict vegetarianism, but eating a lot less meat. I'm not opposed to the killing of animals for food, much as I love them alive, because in some ways, we've created this need for the animals to go somewhere. We've destroyed their natural habitats and their natural predators, and thus we have taken that role as top consumer. And quite frankly, I'd rather they weren't "wasted", so to speak.

But, the fact still remains that it takes more than ten pounds of corn or other feed to feed one pound of beef (or bison, or chicken, or whatever the heck else you can think of). This applies, of course, primarily to commercially-raised animals. That's a little wasteful, given that we could grow more nutrient-dense food material on that same land without consuming the other ten pounds to produce it.

That being said, I don't advocate the cessation of all meat farming because, well, not all land is particularly well-suited to growing food for human consumption.

But I do think that it has gotten rather excessive.

There are a lot of things I can't control. I can't control that my school is eighty miles away, and I have to get there somehow, or that my state still uses a tremendous amount of coal power, and I am essentially forced to consume the energy produced by said coal. But I can control what I choose to eat.

I like meat. I really and truly do. But there are alternatives, and I'm going to be pursuing them whenever possible.

Unfortunately, that's not always possible at school, given that we pretty much have whatever happens to be in the mess hall on a particular day, but I do what I can.

I have no personal problem with it. I think it's your life and your lifestyle, you have a right to do whatever. Buuut I also think that being vegetarian/vegan/etc. doesn't give you a right to be rude about other people eating meat or pressure others into being vegetarian too.

I've actually been thinking about going vegetarian or at least trying to cut down on meat consumption. I find that eating meat often makes me feel physically ill (stomach ache, etc. instead of moral disgust at eating dead animals) so I might go for it. It seems to me (as an outsider) that being vegetarian or vegan means you have to make a lot more effort to get all your required nutritional stuff.

I used to be on the fence vegetarianism. I love animals, but I also love meat. I hate, though, hate the conditions andimals live in in factory farms.

I read a few chapters from a book a friend lent me (the title escapes me right now), that basically cemented my stance on eating meat. Being vegetarian is not as helpful to the cause of humane treatment as eating meat from friendly farms only is. Friendly (humane) farms are generally a lot smaller than factory farms. They don't make as much money because they invest more into their animals (fewer animals per acre, better food, ventilation, enrichment with toys) - and by making it a point to purchase humane meat, you're supporting that business. (Protip: While not as good as it could be, Burger King has far more humane products than McDonalds).

This site might be useful to anyone who is interested. You can also find out what farm companies take care of their livestock humanely.

okay I think its their choice to eat whatever they want. Its their life let them live it how they want. As long as they don't blow it way out of proportion and try to convert people by knocking on doors and handing out flyers.