Being the only 10th grade vegetarian i must ask why people when they find out that I dont eat meat think that im crazy and they ask ALOT of questions about it. I just dont think people should kill animals and most hunters (almost all) only kill so they can can say " Look what I killed".. That makes me sick....and they get around me saying that s**t, but most know that an angry blackbelt in karate isnt funny.
2007-10-29 05:57:06 · 8 answers · asked by D.Uchiha 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Calm down... Just take a look in this section on Y.A. Even online you will find questions by the omnivores ironising the vegetarians and vegans... It's just the way this world is... Some people have no respect for other people's beliefs. Some are just uninformed...
2007-10-29 06:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Analyst 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not easy being the only vegetarian in a group & thankfully I don't find myself in this position so much these days. Depending on the kinds of questions ppl are asking, you might want to give serious answers to real questions & try to ignore the rest.
When I 1st went veg I got a lot of static & some really weird questions from my meat-loving family & friends but most of them stopped having a problem with it eventually. Sometimes it's just that ppl are suspicious of something they don't understand, so they need to make fun of it or otherwise insult it. Some ppl don't want to acknowledge that a person can be perfectly healthy & happy without eating meat because it can make them uncomfortable about their own dietary preferences (if they "need" meat to survive, it's so much easier to ignore /deny that animals suffer in the process).
2007-10-29 08:29:54 · answer #2 · answered by Catkin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. I'm totally against the inhumanity and cruelty which farm animals are subjected to. It is completely unnecessary and worse than barbaric. If people treated a dog or cat that way, it would be illegal.
2. I'm not entirely sure anymore that it is correct for us, as educated, civilized individuals to cultivate animals for food --animals are so much more than that. I'm not sure if it's the cultivation or just how they're being cultivated that I'm against --I'm still working on this one.
3. I'm absolutely certain that we should not be cultivating animals to the level of excess in which we do so. Killing to fuel the greed of others is just plain wrong.
4. Meat isn't even meat anymore really, beef is full of estrogen/progesterone and a couple of steroids for good measure and many cows are being fed meat in addition to God knows whatever else they're feeding them, pork is supplemented with ractopamine hydrochloride and chickens are fed a convenient meal containing certain antibiotics which as a fringe benefit--increase their weights. Every one of these substances are not only harmful to the animals themselved but are also harmful to human health as well. These substances are being used to fuel one simple thing--greed...more weight means more money at slaughter time.
2007-10-29 14:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by ~Jennifer~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy tough guy.
They ask questions because they are curious and they don't think your crazy, they KNOW vegetarian is uncommon, so they KNOW you're just uncommon or unusual. There's a big difference. Don't be insecure and don't make things up:
"and most hunters (almost all) only kill so they can can say " Look what I killed""
Making uneducated assertions doesn't help your cause.
2007-10-29 06:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by Love #me#, Hate #me# 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You don't have to answer to anyone. Tell them your reasons for being a vegetarian are private. That is what I do (unfortunately even adults still ask boorish questions about it)
2007-10-29 07:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sour Girl™ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
So you want to kick the hunters' faces' a**es?
2007-10-29 06:23:28 · answer #6 · answered by Divided By Zero 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell them you are doing it for medical reasons. That usualy shuts them up.
If they do ash what you have, tell them you have "Nonya".
Nonya-business!
2007-10-29 07:58:38 · answer #7 · answered by Louie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Was that a question?
2007-10-29 06:03:41 · answer #8 · answered by willworkforpez 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋