I realize you’re just upset and want to argue because the subject bothers you. I want to concentrate on who I can reach and not argue with who I can’t.Nobody guilt tripped me into going vegan, and the few I met who had contempt for non vegans were people I wouldn’t want as friends and I believe follow such paths for ulterior motives. I did it because I had a calling in my life and this was one of the things I felt was imperative to me. It ended up taking 4 years for me to get to vegan because I was so comfortable in not ever having any kind of health crisis that allowed me to not do any thinking about what I ate or why. I didn’t do it to please others. I did it because it fit my particular values and I hope I can have a similar effect on others, that’s all.
Too many issues to respond to in writing. Too many generalizations. I think all living beings are sentient. Plants and microbes are sentient.
I avoid CAFO meat, imperfectly. but I routinely pay a premium for humanely raised meat.
Where does your food come from? Do you ever buy food that kills mice, birds, worms, fish, insects? How is that possible?
I realize you’re just upset and want to argue because the subject bothers you. I want to concentrate on who I can reach and not argue with who I can’t.Nobody guilt tripped me into going vegan, and the few I met who had contempt for non vegans were people I wouldn’t want as friends and I believe follow such paths for ulterior motives. I did it because I had a calling in my life and this was one of the things I felt was imperative to me. It ended up taking 4 years for me to get to vegan because I was so comfortable in not ever having any kind of health crisis that allowed me to not do any thinking about what I ate or why. I didn’t do it to please others. I did it because it fit my particular values and I hope I can have a similar effect on others, that’s all.
I’m not upset. I believe my choices are ethical and ecological.
Then why discuss it with me? And why hand me the opportunity to reach so many people with my message?
Why would I not discuss it? It gives me the opportunity to share where I’m coming from. And there’s a chance I’ll learn something.