Some fish are farmed, does that mean vegetarians will only buy non farmed fish? How deep does this go, will they only buy line caught fish? Do they need photographic evidence when ordering fish in a restaurant that it was caught in a sustainable way out at sea? Sod being a vegetarian, it all sounds too much work.
I don't care what anyone says, the stuff you eat that comes off a fish is meat. End of story. You either eat meat or you don't.
Judging by your dumpster thread. You definitely eat meat. Haha only joking. I did not know fish were actually farmed. As in farmed at a fish-yard sort of place or just out at sea?
Surely yanking a fish out of the water with a hook through its face is less humane than farming cattle? Even if the fish can't feel it. Also,being clubbed over the head with a stick is probably not as nice as a good old jolt through the brain.
From what I understand fish farms tend to be on the coast line, they net off an area and farm the fish in underwater pens. I think they Scotland produces quite a lot of farmed salmon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_farming
I don't care much since people can do whatever they want.. but I do hate morons. Fish is not meat wtf? I knew a girl that said it's ok for her to eat chicken but not other meat. WTF?
I know what you mean. I knew a girl at college who was a very militant vegetarian. But she'd eat vegetarian stuff at McDonalds and wore leather Dr Martin's boots. Weird. The fun arguments we use to have.
I think most vegetarians are just searching for an identity in a world where everyone is the same. Some believe meat is bad for them, some are animals lovers, and others actually do it for the environment. I've been to the saluter houses and had to look into the eyes of a happy pig before it was killed. Those eyes looked...so human.
I see vegetarianism as an ideal after a long life of thought on balance, cause, effect and compassion. I recently acquired farmland and animals, and the other day I just thought how insane it is that people would actually kill a goat or even chicken... These goats are so cute and run toward me when they see me, bah-ing like I'm their daddy. What sick bastard thought of that? And the people who gluttonously devour animals like it's nothing, or those that just eat market meat who if they saw a real animal die would change their mind... Anyway, I can make plenty of delicious food without using meat products... It's not liek you're eating carrots and celery raw every day. You can still make spaghetti and everything else, etc. You don't even need supplements to get your proteins (legumes, nuts, etc.) and nutrition.
It's not my fault I like eating meat. If it didn't want to be eaten it shouldn't be so delicious. The strange thing is I love eating the meat and flesh of animals but the idea of eating the internal organs grosses me out. I don't eat heart, liver, brain, testiles, stomach or lungs. I even try to leave the kidneys out of a steak and kidney pie. They filter piss, why would you eat them?
I guess the second thing that bugs me, apart form fervent vegetarians who try and convert you or are loud about their disapproval of you eating meat, is faux meat. Stuff like Quorn and whatever soy substitutes they have. If you disapprove of eating meat, don't eat a facsimile of it.
I accidentally picked up some 'vegetarian duck' at a Chinese buffet once, god damn was it horrible. I actually find it worse when they impose it on their children. Just because you don't want to eat meat doesn't mean you should deprive your children of it.. This concept also extends to religious folk who force it onto their kids.
I'm sure if a vegetarian or vegan told you that you shouldn't "impose eating meat or dairy on your children" you would find it offensive. As long as your children can be healthy either way, what's the difference?
I knew a woman once who refused to even let her boyfriend cook meat in their shared oven and when they had a kiddy forced it eat as a vegetarian. I don't believe you should force your world view onto your children, let them make up their own mind. My daughter gets her food on her plate and what she doesn't want she doesn't eat. If she decides one day that she doesn't want to eat meat that is up to her but we are omnivores and I will not deprive her of the opportunity to taste meat and decide if she likes or wants to eat it.
It's not really a deprivation if the child grows up healthy. To me, that would be the only question. If your child can grow up healthy as a vegetarian or vegan, what's the difference? I mean, if your child insisted on eating Coco Puffs for every meal, would you think to yourself "I can't deprive them of that"?
Like I said if in 4 or 5 years time when she might make bigger decisions like that she comes to me and says she doesn't want to eat meat then I wouldn't bat an eye lid. I am giving her the option now of either/or, she doesn't eat what she doesn't like and I don't force her to eat anything. We have been quite lucky, she doesn't really dislike anything and eats just about everything put in front of her. Your coco puffs argument is invalid as she has been not been brought up a moron and knows the difference between breakfast and dinner. Not that she even likes sugary breakfast cereals, if she chooses a cereal for breakfast then it is normally Weetabix.