So my friends is going veg. . . but he's still eating fish, another friends of mine is veg but eats eggs?

Question

Ummm, yeah ok. . . So I know the difference between vegitarian and vegan but. . . There seems to be a lot of different types of vegitarianism, why?

Answer 1

There's different types of vegitarianism because there's different people. People make up their own minds about what they want to eat or not eat and for a variety of reasons.
Personally, it kinda bugs me when people call themselves vegetarians, but still eat flesh. It's inaccurate.

Answer 2

Some individuals who become veitarian or vegan have different beliefs that is what it basically comes down to. Some will not eat anything that is derived from an animal, and if this is the case they wont even wear leather shoes or have leather handbags. Others feel it is ok to drink milk and eat eggs as this is not killing the animal for our benifit we are just taking their products.
Hope this has helped.

Answer 3

It's a misconception that there are different kinds of vegetarian. There are vegetarians and there are vegans.
Vegetarians eat no animals - red meat, poultry, or fish. They do not eat gelatine, cochineal or any other product from a DEAD animal.
They do eat milk, butter, eggs, cheese (if made with non-animal rennet). Some choose to cut out one or more of these but they would still be a standard vegetarian
Vegans do not eat or use any animal product whether the animal died or not. Consequently they do not eat eggs, dairy, honey, or use leather, silk, etc.
Anyone who chooses not to eat red meat, or chooses not to eat poultry, and continues to eat fish, or cuts out fish and carries on eating poultry, or any combination of those IS NOT A VEGETARIAN OF ANY KIND. There is no such thing as a pescatarian, a semi-vegetarian, a demi-vegetarian etc etc.
They are still an omnivore/carnivore (whatever your favoured description.)
People who call themselves vegetarian but continue to eat fish are insulting true committed vegetarians who believe that it is barbaric and inhumane to kill and eat ANY animal.

Answer 4

Nobody who eats fish should call his/herself a vegetarian. Vegetarians, by definition, don't eat animals. He can call himself a "pescatarian" if he really, really wants to, I guess.

Vegetarians can by definition eat eggs though. They'd be called "ovo-vegetarians." ("lacto-ovo-vegetarians" if they still eat dairy too)

Personally, I'm a vegan, so nothing at all from an animal for me.


Why are there so many different types of vegetarianism? I guess different people are willing to go to different lengths to stop the suffering of animals...?

Answer 5

Obviously your friend has something against fish. He thinks it is unacceptable to slaughter chickens, yet he relishes the murder of fish. In fact he loves it so much that he condones the consumption of their carcuses. I do not know the reason for your friends hatred towards fish. Perhaps in a previous life he was plankton and eaten by fish, and now as a human he is reeping his revenge? Or perhaps it is down to some sort of fish related trauma in his childhood. I would talk to him about his issues, and help him to understand that Fish do not deserve life anymore or less than Chickens and Cows do, and that he should either eat all the animals, or none of them.

Answer 6

if your friend is still eating fish, then he is not technically a vegetarian. although people say there are different categories of vegetarians, vegetarian means no meat, and this includes fish. many vegetarians, however still eat diary (lacto-veg) and eggs (ovo-veg). those who eat both are considered lacto-ovo vegetarian. hope this helps.

Answer 7

People do what they feel comfortable with. Vegetarians can eat eggs, though.

Answer 8

Vegetarian is no meat in my opinion. But we have a lot of these now a days.

You ask why? Well different people have diff ideas.

Answer 9

Yes there are different types.