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Out of curiosity:

What do you all think about these sub categories of vegetarianism? Should they really call themselves vegetarians? Are you a vegetarian? If so why? or why not? Has PETA or other animal activist groups influenced your decision? What do you think about the bird flu or mad cow disease?

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i'm not a vegetarian but i tried it out for a while once. i was more influenced to do it for health and stuff rather than animal rights. i'm all for it though. i think it's a great idea.

but i had no clue about those categories. beef vegetarian?? does that mean they eat no meat except beef or all meat except beef? and in either case how is that vegetarianism??

I hate PETA...they're a bunch of hypocrites

I myself am currently a meat eatter, but I've been trying to do veggie for awhile, little in the way of self control...

my reason behind being veggie is not because the animals are killed inhumanely or whatever...my reason is that everything is super sized frankenstein massive chickens, turkeys, and meat that has this that and the other thing in it...if there were a local organic shop or something like that around, I would definatly by that, because the hormones they inject are probably terrible for you...

But PETA...they're just....blah, I don't agree with some of the stuff they do, and some of their policies...

i don't understand how anybody can denounce the murder of some creatures and promote the killing of others. this goes for people who don't eat beef but eat chicken, as well as people who are avid human rights activists. our society has advanced to the point where we no longer need to perpetuate "natural hierarchy", ie the food chain, if we don't have to. why bother causing others pain when you can eat organisms whose purpose is to be eaten? (ie, fruits and veggies)

but yeah, eating seafood and eating chicken do not make you a vegeterian. i'm alright with freegans, though.

ah...freegans!!! I loves em! freegan means that you don't eat anything animal related ...no milk, no eggs, no aminals, but if the food is free you can eat it, like if you go over somebody's house and they're cooking fish or something non-vegan. Also if they dumpster dive and find something good...I've done this before, found some nice munchkins, turned out to be very yummy, and was enough to feed a couple people till they were more than full.

pretty much freegans are vegan if they are paying money for food, but if it's free and would otherwise go to waste, then they'll eat meat. this includes somebody preparing a non-veg meal, dumpster diving, and roadkill. it's a play on the word vegan. free + vegan = freegan, get it?

I think that all these sub categories of vegetarianism are ridiculous, and shouldn't really be lumped in with vegetarianism in the first place. If you are a vegetarian then you don't eat meat period, and that includes fish as meat. If you chose to eat only one type of animal, then you have lost the right to call yourself a vegetarian.

I, myself, am not a vegetarian and nor do I plan to become one. I enjoy eating meat and animal products. I believe the key to eating healthy is to find the right mixture of vegetables, fruit, meat, and everything else on the food pyramid. Humans are naturally omnivours and I think thats how we should remain. Though I do admit to have been tempted to become a vegetarian simply because of the way the animals are treated before they are slaughtered. It is appalling and the meat industry needs to go through major changes. I mean we are eating them, shouldn't we treat what is providing us with nurishment with a little respect and kindness? Even if you don't give a s**t about the animals, they just taste better when they aren't rasied in cages and fed other animals. If only that type of meat wasn't so expensive.

I respect PETA and their dedication to the cause of animal rights, but they ain't gonna turn me into a vegetarian anytime soon.

The bird flu and mad cow disease scare me. Fully and completly. They're just another exapmle of how our current farming conditions are gonna come up and bite us in the a**. Human stupidity will kill us all. I mean, who came up with the bright idea of feeding cows, bits of other cows? So very wrong! How could you see that getting us anywhere good? A four year old could pick out the flaws there.

true with the PETA...and also they make their own videos killing animals....hypocrites if ya ask me