From: htoaster@yabbs
To: Xela@yabbs
Subject: re: meat
Date: Mon Jul 18 20:08:41 1994
In message re: meat, Xela said:
> "And yes, I do eat dairy products."
> 
> So if you want to treat eyed-animals the way you want to be treated, would 
> you say ok to this scenario?  A cow walks into the house where a mother is 
> breast-feeding her new-born.  The cow throws the human baby off, and 
> because the cow is thirsty, he helps himself to some human milk while the 
> baby is screaming in hunger.
> 
> The metaphor is extreme, and a little weird, but I think it makes a point.

Yeah, I know eating dairy products doesn't make a whole lot of sense from
many views of vegetarianism (including some of mine, which seem to change
all the time).  i never pretended to make sense though :)...

anyway, there are a few reasons why i still eat animal products, but not
animals.  the first reason is health.  it is very healthy to eat a vegetarian
diet, but eating a completely vegan diet that is healthy is a lot more work.
You have to worry about getting vitamins that only come from animal sources
(like many of the B vitamins)...  another is that i am lazy.  there are a lot
of foods that i really love that are dairy based, such as ice cream.  there
are vegan replacements for ice cream, but they are very expensive on a 
student budget.  its also a lot of work to make sure that everything in your 
body has no history of ever being in a previous animals body.

i personally see no good reasons why i shouldn't be a vegetarian (i don't
like meat, and besides liking meat there is no good reason to eat it).  my
vegetarianism is a compromise, i'd never try and lead people to believe other-
wise.  i would like to see myself move to a vegan diet, but that is a
harder move than i want to make at this point in my life...

alex