Is It bad for a vegetarian to eat fish ?

Question

i have been a vegetarian for 2 years and a bit i eat fish but don't know if its wrong please help?

Answer 1

Then you're not a vegetarian. Vegetarians do not eat animals. Fish are animals. If you eat animals (fish included), you should not call yourself a vegetarian.

Answer 2

Technically you are not a vegetarian - you are a pescatarian (which is a type of omnivore).

Whether or not it is wrong or not depends on your morality. I'm a vegan so unsurprisingly I'd comment that the same issues apply (and if you've given up other meats eradicating fish from your diet shouldn't be too hard), but as seen from the other responses there are those that differ. My suggestion would be to look at your reasons for giving up meat and see if using the same arguments it seems right to be eating fish.

It doesn't have to be a contradiction - I go on loads of animal rights demos and there are quite a few who share your dietary practices, despite thinking many other uses of animals are "evil" - but it all depends on your reasoning. Thinking that killing a being capable of experiencing pain is wrong would go against you still eating fish, but (I don't know so this is just a random example) if you gave up meat because you felt a kinship with certain animals, eating fish may still fit in with your views.

Answer 3

I cant really say that its wrong because everyone has their opinions on whats right and wrong, but how I see it is, if you're going to be a vegetarian then you should take into consideration why you decided to become one. If it was for health or for animal rights...either way its been said that eating a certain amount of fish can cause health issue (which can be said for alot of things too...), and fish are living creatures just as much as a cow, pig or chicken. But thats my opinion, I've only been a veg. for 3 years now and I stopped eating chicken and fish 2 years ago.

Answer 4

You need to understand that eating fish is bad from which point of view. If you call yourself a strict vegan, and then you have a fish, then on moral grounds, it could be considered bad.

But if you think of maintaining an optimum level of balanced diet, then you are doing a wonderful thong by accommodating fish in your diet.

Answer 5

No, it's fine. I am a vegetarian, but I eat fish occasionally because of the omega 3s. You really can't get them anywhere else, and they are awesome brain supplements.

Answer 6

It isnt bad....but vegetarians dont eat any meat or flesh. This includes fish, sice fish have flesh. Technically you are what is called a pescarian, or a pesco vegetarian.

Answer 7

Good grief. This isn't a matter of opinion or a matter of "eat what you like". If you eat fish, you ARE NOT a vegetarian. Vegetarians means that you don't eat any type of dead animal. Fish are animals.

If you eschew all other meat sources, then you can slowly start to wean yourself off of fish, should you choose to. It's not my place to tell you that you are wrong or a bad person, but I can say that by definition you are not currently a vegetarian.

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Answer 8

Vegetarians do not eat fish so you are not a vegetarian.

Answer 9

Vegetarians do not eat fish.
And yes, in my opinion, it is "bad" to kill any animal for any reason.

Answer 10

well then you're not a vegetarian cause fish is meat because it came from a living animal if you were a true vegetarian you would know that even if you were not a vegetarian you should know fish is a meat!!!sheesh people these days