[Thunder90]

I like my sirloin steaks, chicken sandwiches, and fish fillets.

[Dr. Sivana]

It is grounded in fact and rejects the hierarchical structure of most religions. [ . . .] However, don’t take this to mean that veganism is incompatible with religion;

Well, of course it MUST be incompatible with any religion that has a hierarchy, or even one that strives to be based on authority, including authoritative Scripture (after all, God is at the top of many religious hierarchies, and is certainly at the top of Jewish and Christian hierarchies.)

[Alex Murphy]

Veganism is not a religion. Period. There’s nothing metaphysical or theological about it. It is grounded in fact and rejects the hierarchical structure of most religions.

Sexually, she's likely a fruit. Mentally, she's obviously a vegetable.

[Paradox]

There actually are Fruitarians, not a good idea actually. I know a few Vegans, and yes, most are left wing hippy types. One does it solely for perceived health benefits (leaky gut syndrome). I know two women who tried going Vegan, and got very sick. Some can handle it better than others.

[Thunder90]

We actually had a fruitarian come onto this board and try to convince us that we should not mow our lawns.... He/She did not last long...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1671828/posts

[GladesGuru]

“Fostering an attitude of nonviolence towards animals is necessary if we are ever to end violence against humans.”

A glorious non-sequitor, perhaps the best of the day.

A considerable achievement, considering it is election time and the airwaves are full of lyin’ Democrats.

[oh8eleven]

A whacko had this published on the Op/Ed page just a couple of days ago in our local Gannett fish wrapper:

"Death on display at grocery stores"
"I am sick to death of grocery stores' discrimination against vegetarians. I do not believe in the premeditated murder of any creature, and these grocery stores are shoving violence right in my face.
When I have to walk past a tank full of lobsters waiting to be boiled and then see whole dead fish on ice, live clams stuffed in bags, and view shelves packed full of bloody raw carcasses,
chickens and turkeys just to grab a loaf of bread, that is a violation of my civil rights as well as other vegetarians."

Civil rights indeed.

[dfwgator]

-Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people.

[Rashputin]

"I always hesitate to categorize veganism among such systems of belief, because it is neither a religion nor an economic or political ideology. It is grounded in fact and does not seek to serve the interests of its proponents."

I have yet to meet one of these fine folks who doesn't believe that theirs is the only right way and that eventually they'll be able to force that way on others. Supposedly it will be done with "the benign force of reason" (as one local stoner/vegan explained) but it will none the less be done by eliminating alternatives (in a reasonable way of course). I’m glad the author clears the air by telling me there is no economic or political element to vegan beliefs so I can see that those vegans who plan to change the society to suit themselves are just evil herbivores like Hitler not evil because they’re herbivores. In addition, it’s nice to know other local vegans who feel like they’re returning to the “true way” that God intended us to follow back in the Garden of Eden and associate their diet with their faith are actually mistaken since there is no religious element involved with vegan beliefs either.

I, for one, found this article to be enlightening in that there is actually an entire realm of unreality inhabited by vegans that I was prior to this unaware of. I now see that unlike all of those who have over the years assailed me for eating meat, the true vegan the one who is detached from our shabby reality and thinking deep thoughts while chewing their cud. Obviously, vegan ism destroys the perceptive portions of the brain causing those so afflicted to miss or ignore important portions of reality. Fortunately, in their own eyes, that little inconvenience is more than compensated for by the visions of endless green fields full of contented vegans grazing naked under an endless summer sun. Visions that flood into the now vacant portions of their skulls keeping them calm and ignorant, but quite pleased with themselves and anxious to let others know just how pleased with themselves they are.

Regards

[GraceG]

[ Consider the wise words of philosopher Gary Francione: “As long as we tolerate violence of any sort, there will be violence of every sort.” ]

In the even wiser words of myself: “In order to be intolerable of violence, one must use orderly violence to reduce disorderly violence, thus the above statement is a fallacy.”

[allmendream]

Being a vegan as an adult is a perfectly fine diet, so long as you ensure you are getting what you need.

Inflicting a vegan diet upon a child means they will NEVER reach their full potential in height and intelligence.

You should see the sickly little anemic vegan children at the private school my niece goes to. Next to her Amazonian stature they look years less developed, and most are a year at least older than her.