Question for vegetarians

[BCO]

Specifically lacto-ovo vegetarians - why are you vegetarian?

 

[ShaunSA]

Specifically lacto-ovo vegetarians - why are you vegetarian?

Because meat makes me

Even the smell is quite capable of putting me off a meal. Especially fish/seafood.

I will eat eggs in cakes and biscuits etc but not boiled/fried/scrambled etc.

 

[flarkit]

Because I became fed-up with the way we tend to view meat as the most important part of the meal.It didn't seem like a healthy, balanced approach to our daily diet.

 

[stormart]

I'm a level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.

 

[satanboy]

I feel that animals are not treated right and killing them is murder.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Because meat makes me

Even the smell is quite capable of putting me off a meal. Especially fish/seafood.

I will eat eggs in cakes and biscuits etc but not boiled/fried/scrambled etc.

What do you eat mainly?

 

[MartyMarts]

I'm a level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.

That's a new one for me

 

[ShaunSA]

What do you eat mainly?

Vegetables, beans, lentils, etc etc.

I will occasionally eat a piece of fruit that has been peeled and cut up for me

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

 

[bandooq]

Is the cost of vegetables cheaper than a meat dish?

 

[MartyMarts]

Vegetables, beans, lentils, etc etc.

I will occasionally eat a piece of fruit that has been peeled and cut up for me

Can I ask why? i.e. why don't you peel and cut your own fruit?

 

[Nerfherder]

I feel that animals are not treated right and killing them is murder.

ahem

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-an...ian-meal-there-s-more-animal-blood-your-hands

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

An ovo-lacto vegetarian (or lacto-ovo vegetarian) is a vegetarian who does not eat animal flesh of any kind, but consumes dairy and egg products.

In the Western World, lacto-ovo vegetarians are the most common type of vegetarian.[1] Generally speaking, when one uses the term vegetarian a lacto-ovo vegetarian is assumed.[2] Lacto-ovo vegetarians are often well-catered to in restaurants and shops, especially in some parts of Europe and metropolitan cities in North America. In the airline industry, a lacto-ovo vegetarian meal is known by the acronym VLML (for Vegetarian, Lacto-ovo MeaL).

Oh

Does that mean that OP doesn't consider these people as real vegetarians? Kind of like a metalhead who doesn't consider the most popular subgenre to be real metal.

 

[satanboy]

Can we keep the stupid remarks for the off-topic area?

 

[D3nz]

Because the act of chewing on some little piggy or lamb makes me wanna throw up. I will cook it for my family, but there's no way I'll eat it.

 

[BCO]

Oh

Does that mean that OP doesn't consider these people as real vegetarians? Kind of like a metalhead who doesn't consider the most popular subgenre to be real metal.

I do consider them "real" vegetarians.

But I also think that being a lacto-ovo vegetarian for ethical reasons is untenable. If you don't eat meat because you object to animal suffering then it's logically inconsistent to eat eggs or dairy. So to lacto-ovo vegetarians - why are you not ok with meat, but eggs and dairy are fine?

 

[BCO]

ahem

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-an...ian-meal-there-s-more-animal-blood-your-hands

That is a very flawed argument. Long rebuttal here. Here's a counterpoint on iflscience.

 

[GreGorGy]

Can we keep the stupid remarks for the off-topic area?

In fairness you do similar in meaty threads iirc

 

[BCO]

In fairness you do similar in meaty threads iirc

This thread should be gold for meat-eaters as you'll get to witness veg*n infighting!

 

[GreGorGy]

This thread should be gold for meat-eaters as you'll get to witness veg*n infighting!

We've been waiting for this since the bacon burger threads.