Re: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-27 Thread catatonya
I've been vegetarian over 20 years, and my father STILL has to make rude comments about it at family gatherings.. and they wonder why I try to get out of them. I don't go if I can possibly avoid them. It's not worth it, plus it's depressing to walk into the dining room with dead animals

Re: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-27 Thread PEC2851
In a message dated 11/27/05 12:22:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He also still can't get it through his head that this includes chicken for some reason!?!? Ditto that for fish.. My reply is, "If it has a face" Patti

Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-23 Thread wendy
I have a question: why in the world would anyone take offense to the personal choice of being a vegan? Especially to the point of kicking a vegan out of a group? I don't understand this concept. I could fathom a group of vegans not wanting a non-vegan in their cyber group, but the other way

RE: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-23 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
: Conflict on being vegan I have a question: why in the world would anyone take offense to the personal choice of being a vegan? Especially to the point of kicking a vegan out of a group? I don't understand this concept. I could fathom a group of vegans not wanting a non-vegan in their cyber

Re: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-23 Thread Lewis Faye
I was vegetarian for about 6 years and it just amazed me at how many people would monitor my eating habits. I wouldn't make an issue of it and I was flexible that if I was at a party or something I would eat whatever was served--with or without meat. Let me go to a restaurant with a group and bear

Re: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-23 Thread Terri Brown
: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Conflict on being vegan I have a question: why in the world would anyone takeoffense to the personal choice of being a vegan? Especially to the point of kicking a vegan out of agroup? I don't

Re: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-23 Thread gblane
I've been veggie for um a little over 25 years. I made the transition gradually. It is interesting to get reactions. I'm not around people I don't know that much, but every now and then it's really weird to get people's reactions to how I choose to eat... I remember a long time ago

Re: Conflict on being vegan

2005-11-23 Thread TenHouseCats
my brother-in-law asked me once, at a holiday dinner where i was NOT partaking of the main course, what? are you one of those people who kills innocent vegetables? it was said affectionately, and i took it that way. one of my favorite things to do, back in the days when i really was strictly