Being vegan, for me, is about making the best possible choice that I can. Following a number of buddhist ideologies, I do not consider it necessary to take the life of a creature when it is not necessary for my survival in any way.
My argument was emotional because it was in a specific context, not meant to be an intelligible or academic argument by any means. That will follow when I have some time to myself.
It's awfully simple to be a vegetarian, and even simpler to be vegan. I eat as much food as I want, and my diet is high in fibre, protein, iron, and it comes in many delicious forms. We need to rethink the way we see food that is not processed, it is about time.
My rich and cushioned lifestyle? I'd appreciate it if people didn't make judgements about my lifestyle, because I grew up in quite povery-stricken conditions in Columbia, Argentina and Pakistan, and it is because I was provided with the resources to live in a developed nation, that I began to appreciate life. We depended on animals for far more purposes than food in Pakistan ( I lived on a goat farm for most of the summer) and I have brought back my appreciation for animals from them.
And no, 'starving humans' shouldn't die, because if you've read my post (and I apologize, it is difficult to make through the melodrama), I only advoate a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle for those whom it is possible for.
Eating an apple and some soymilk for breakfast is easy for me. Having a vegetable stirfry is even easier. See what I mean? It's definitely not difficult. If I go to a restaurant, I order the vegetable option, ask them to leave the dairy/eggs out of it as I am severely allergic, and then I generally get a decent option.
I am vegan for the health benefit as well, which are easy to look up. Nutrition is one thing - you can get all the nutrition you need from a strictly vegan diet, but you have to dramatically alter your lifestyle, something that I was willing to do and am seeing positive results from.
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Date: 2007-01-19 06:35 am (UTC)Being vegan, for me, is about making the best possible choice that I can. Following a number of buddhist ideologies, I do not consider it necessary to take the life of a creature when it is not necessary for my survival in any way.
My argument was emotional because it was in a specific context, not meant to be an intelligible or academic argument by any means. That will follow when I have some time to myself.
It's awfully simple to be a vegetarian, and even simpler to be vegan. I eat as much food as I want, and my diet is high in fibre, protein, iron, and it comes in many delicious forms. We need to rethink the way we see food that is not processed, it is about time.
My rich and cushioned lifestyle? I'd appreciate it if people didn't make judgements about my lifestyle, because I grew up in quite povery-stricken conditions in Columbia, Argentina and Pakistan, and it is because I was provided with the resources to live in a developed nation, that I began to appreciate life. We depended on animals for far more purposes than food in Pakistan ( I lived on a goat farm for most of the summer) and I have brought back my appreciation for animals from them.
And no, 'starving humans' shouldn't die, because if you've read my post (and I apologize, it is difficult to make through the melodrama), I only advoate a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle for those whom it is possible for.
Eating an apple and some soymilk for breakfast is easy for me. Having a vegetable stirfry is even easier. See what I mean? It's definitely not difficult. If I go to a restaurant, I order the vegetable option, ask them to leave the dairy/eggs out of it as I am severely allergic, and then I generally get a decent option.
I am vegan for the health benefit as well, which are easy to look up. Nutrition is one thing - you can get all the nutrition you need from a strictly vegan diet, but you have to dramatically alter your lifestyle, something that I was willing to do and am seeing positive results from.