In a message dated 11/27/05 1:42:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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She just
couldn't understand any other reason for not wanting to eat pigs, so
funny
OMG!! Nina, that is TOO funny!
Tonya,
I understand everything that you're saying. I do what I can to educate my
friends and family whenever I get a chance. I have found that after all these
years, the majority of those I am closest to have accepted my lifestyle, and
after listening to what motivated me to "change", have a
Tonya,
Your comment about family reminded me of my sister-in-law's
interpretation of why I refused ham at her table... I was newly dating
my now husband, Bruce at the time. I found out years later that my
sister in law was telling people I was Jewish, because I didn't want her
pork! She jus
I have found lots of people (the closer they are, such as friends and family!) to be negative toward vegetarians and vegans alike. I truly feel that in some cases it's ignorance on their part about how food animals are treated, sometimes they are not 'spiritually' (for lack of a better word)
Wow Rebecca! I had no idea that people would even
think that it's their place to comment on your
personal eating habits. How odd. I do think that you
are right though. Some people in the world DO just
have a mean bone in their body or are miserable and
want everyone around them to be so too. I
Wendy's remarks brought to mind an old story I heard in church once: An old man was walking along the beach after a storm. The beach was FULL of thousands of star fish. Eventually he came upon two small children running up and down the beach, picking up starfish and flinging them back into the o
Rebecca,
Kudos!!
A very well written and informative post.
Hugs,
Patti
Wendy-
In response to your question...I have received opposition to my being vegan
quite a few times. More often than not, people ask my why I'm vegan and grill
me as to all the if's & and's like "well what about plants, don't plants feel
pain?"...check out www.askcarla.com for all the question
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