GTAVercetti 0 #26 March 2, 2005 QuoteIt might have been done before and I am too lazy to look so flame me, go ahead! Who else is vegetarian on here? I am. I do eat dairy products though. I lift weights. I need animal protein for muscle mass. Therefore, I am not vegan. Plus, I like meat cause it taste like animals.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #27 March 2, 2005 Oh, bless that Lambert. It was him, right? Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tweak 0 #28 March 2, 2005 The cows I eat are vegetarians... Does that count? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflygoddess 0 #29 March 2, 2005 QuoteI m a meatetarian....I think vegetables have feelings and I refuse to eat them This was actually proven on mythbusters I think, but I do remember seeing someone putting a liedetector test to two plants and they chopped up one and the other freaked out, but when they kill cows infornt of one another they seem emotionless, so I too am a meatetarian and I will be until the day a cow or chicken cures cancer or HIV or they like.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpervint 0 #30 March 2, 2005 I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Have been for 32 years, today. Started on March 1st, 1973. Vint. . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #31 March 2, 2005 the grass screams just as loud as the cows, you just choose not to hear it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #32 March 2, 2005 Just what do you eat? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #33 March 2, 2005 QuoteI'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Have been for 32 years, today. Started on March 1st, 1973. Vint Does this mean you eat eggs and dairy? or that you don't? "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bouda 0 #34 March 2, 2005 if we weren't supposed to eat animals why are they made of meat Look what i made at work today mom!! Put it on the fridge http://www.bouda.moonfruit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #35 March 2, 2005 Quote Just what do you eat? its not about what i do or dont eat. its about realizing that all living things are connected and realizing that we need to appreciate the sacrifice of other living things so that we may live. on a lighter note i DONT eat sausage, for some reason it makes me puke!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girlygirl 0 #36 March 2, 2005 QuoteQuote Just what do you eat? its not about what i do or dont eat. its about realizing that all living things are connected and realizing that we need to appreciate the sacrifice of other living things so that we may live. on a lighter note i DONT eat sausage, for some reason it makes me puke!!!For a guy who says that... nice avatar photo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumperconway 0 #37 March 2, 2005 No fuking way! It isn't a healthful diet! Keep a non acidic diet is good but the body needs good fats to assmilate many vitamins and amino acids properly! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #38 March 2, 2005 hey, nobody talks that way about walter!! "You want a toe? I can get you a toe. Believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't want to know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon. With nail polish." so a person with a funny avatar isnt allowed to think deep thoughts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #39 March 2, 2005 I was a vegetarian for 5 years...Lost a ton of weight at the beginning...and then once my activity level dropped...I gained 15 pounds... I started eating meat again about 2 years ago...really focusing on nutrition...have recently lost weight and have been eating better now than I have probably since I was a baby... Anyway, most vegetarians don't eat the way they should...and lack the right amount and type of protein...Guess that's why a friend of mine who had a miscarriage (and who is a strict veggie) had to start eating meat...... ~R+R...I like Meat Pies 'cause their meaty!!!...~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #40 March 2, 2005 QuoteWho else is vegetarian on here? I am. I do eat dairy products though. QuoteVegan? Are ya i think you need to clarify this.... there is a big difrence between vegan and vegitarian.... vegan is not eating (and even stricter than that is not even using anything) animal produced...... vegitarian is just not eating meat....... there is a big diffrence.... a cool freeflier i once knew learned me all about it.... and hey, anybody ever tvp (textured vegitible protiens) theywere pretty good.. mine was made into sweet and sour chicken.... i wouldof never know the diffrence if we hadn't eaten atthis restrant so that i could try some tvp... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrunkMonkey 0 #41 March 2, 2005 I enjoy a meat sandwich, on meat bread. With a glass of meat to wash it down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandi 0 #42 March 2, 2005 I've been a vegetarian for about 12 years now. I never ate meat that much. I never really liked the taste of it, so it just kind of got phased out in favor of foods I like. Happy and healthy with my veggies and tofu! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpervint 0 #43 March 2, 2005 Yeah, that means I eat eggs and use dairy products. Although the idea of drinking milk freaks me out anymore and I've switched to soymilk - Silk. Don't eat a lot of eggs, but I use them in cooking. Real men not only eat quiche, they cook it too. Vint. . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #44 March 2, 2005 Vegitables are what the food eats. My favorite foods revolve around various kinds and cuts of meat.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #45 March 2, 2005 I've been Vegetarian or Vegan (on and off between the two) since I was 12 (half my life)..... and I've never thought a thing of it. It's definitely not weird to me or any of my friends (Most of whom are, or were, veggie at some point) Not until I began to skydive, did people start giving me shit and calling me "one of them weird vegetable eaters"... I find this soooooooooo strange. 9 or 10 years ago I would have initiated a hardcore ethical debate about animal rights and liberation, quite possibly leading to a blow-out argument. I've chilled out a lot since then and wouldn't even think twice to give someone shit for eating meat or questioning why I don't. My question is, though, why can't the majority of the population just accept and respect the vegetarian point of view, especially if it's not thrown in their face in an elitist fashion? Just curious here folks. I'm definitely not trying to start an animal rights debate. I'm just trying to find out why there's so much disrespect engulfing this lifestyle choice. Peace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craddock 0 #46 March 2, 2005 QuoteMy question is, though, why can't the majority of the population just accept and respect the vegetarian point of view, especially if it's not thrown in their face in an elitist fashion? I find this not to be the case. At least not among those that are vegetarian because of animal rights. In my experience they tend to engage in conversations about hunting and other animal rights issues that leave a very bad taste in my mouth.(unlike meat) What cracks me up is vegetarians that don't want to eat the poor animal but will eat fish. Nothing dies a slow horrible death as does a fish. It takes many hours for them to slowly suffocate once out of the water and then they still live for a bit after they have been completely filleted. Have you ever seen a walleye that is just head and spine still breathing and trying to move with no muscle left? If your going to give up meat for animal rights reasons, fish should be toward the top of the list. That spot isn't bad at all, the winds were strong and that was the issue! It was just on the downwind side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyke 0 #47 March 2, 2005 QuoteI've been Vegetarian or Vegan (on and off between the two) since I was 12 (half my life)..... and I've never thought a thing of it. It's definitely not weird to me. My question is, though, why can't the majority of the population just accept and respect the vegetarian point of view, especially if it's not thrown in their face in an elitist fashion? I with you on the length of time of being a vegetarian...turned over my leaf when I was 15...haven't looked back. Do get the odd chide from other jumpers for being "the vegan", or for eating my "rabbit food". My counter-question to you, though, is why can't a majority of the VEGETARIAN population accept that not everybody who refuses to eat meat is in for the 'rights' of the animal?? I gave up eating meat for health reasons, and to cut a long story short - taste. Don't get me wrong, I still love the smell of good BBQ ribs slow-cooked with lots of sauce, but I can't stand that stringy taste that meat leaves you with. Yet, when you talk to another a vegetarian - they almost always automatically go off on a 'rights' tirade. Now, I'm not FOR abusing the animals, but hell - with the worlds population at present...we farm animals the same way we farm vegetables...why is it any different to eat a stem of broccoli grown in a field en masse than it is to eat a cow grown in a field (or pen, or what-have-you) en masse? It's not like they're born with any hopes other than being killed an eaten...much like the vegetables aren't ever grown with any more hope of "living the good life" (you know...growing old...marrying a beautiful cauliflower...raising cute little florets together in a nice grove with a tree) I guess this is a nothing post, but if you don't criticize what I eat/do - then I won't feel obliged to do the same....and the same goes for OTHER VEGETARIANS!! My Dad's meat 'rule' - knock it on the head, cut the horns off & serve. "hey - this cow's been in the sun...it's over cooked!" Kahurangi e Mahearangi, Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #48 March 2, 2005 Quote What cracks me up is vegetarians that don't want to eat the poor animal but will eat fish. Nothing dies a slow horrible death as does a fish. It takes many hours for them to slowly suffocate once out of the water and then they still live for a bit after they have been completely filleted. Have you ever seen a walleye that is just head and spine still breathing and trying to move with no muscle left? If your going to give up meat for animal rights reasons, fish should be toward the top of the list. This is a genius reply. Vegetarians also tend to neglect the fact that when grains and vegatables are harvested by farm machinary, the rodent population within the field is usually 50% destroyed. So even in the gathering of vegetarian foods, animals are killed. Unless you are eating all hand-picked organic foods (try to get hand picked wheat), you are most likely helping to kill animals. No matter what happens, when people eat, some animals die. In any case, the vegatarians and vegans at my DZ are not the kind that go on animal rights tirades. They don't eat meat, but they never complain that we do. In turn, I never complain that they don't. And we all hold hand and sing. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #49 March 2, 2005 QuoteIt might have been done before and I am too lazy to look so flame me, go ahead! Who else is vegetarian on here? I am. I do eat dairy products though. Me. I don't eat anything with a face. No dairy except a little cheese, and eggs in certain dishes. Not much though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #50 March 2, 2005 I eat vegetarians. yep. what's a synonym for vegetarian? Prey! what do you call a vegetarian with diarhea? A salad shooter! . Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
