Do Vegetarians and Vegans Think They Are Better Than Everyone Else?

Thank God that's settled!

 

Maybe it was a Hobson's choice. Or maybe it wasn't.

 

If it was Hobson's choice there would have been a large plate of cocaine at the party.

 

Well, morality has nothing to do with my family's decision. Never entered into it. So fish is a viable option. They just don't eat meat.

Don't see what is so difficult with that.

 

She's an artist, he has a MSW, but know has a woodworking shop where he builds frames for artists.

They're both far out liberals, and a little nutty, but they're super nice and sincere people.

They don't judge me for being to the right of Attila the Hun, and I don't judge them.

 

OK, but you understand that many vegetarians and vegans don't eat fish, right? Fish is a meat. It is a dead animal.

 

Really?

He asked if he could bring something for the meal. She gave him guidance as to what. Since offering to bring something is a gesture of kindness to the host, would he not have felt bad if he had brought something and she declined to eat it? Picture than scenario -- what does the guest say? He says, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you're a vegetarian (or don't eat processed foods or whatever)," and is probably a bit embarrassed about it.

That response does not mean "it's all about her."

 

Well now it's just about your family.

This is what you posted:

"Fish is a viable option."

You stated it as a general proposition, applicable to all vegetarians, not as an as-applied proposition. You used your family in that post as a representative example.

 

Yeah, that's how I took it.

In the part I left out -- and which probably changed the context -- she said she would prepare something. So, i think she was also making sure we knew what kind of food would be served.

So, it was at least as much a warning as to what would be offered as it was a directive as to what to bring.

 

Maybe... It's never an easy conversation to have...

The response struck me as "me, me, me..." but I guess you need complete context of the history and the conversation...

I still think you should bring a luau pig stuffed with Foie Gras...

 

Why? Seems pretty simple.

 

This might be "moving goalposts" but does anyone know of someone who is against killing animals for food have leather shoes, car seats, belts, footballs, baseballs, basketball or furniture?

Now I can understand not wanting to put animal flesh in your mouth or health concerns, but if it is about killing animals period, I wonder if they live in a totally canvas world.