vegetarians who eat fish etc.

[Guest guest]

I've always found it odd that the word " vegetarian " refers to people who eat

dairy and egg, since neither of those is a plant, either.

 

Before I gave up dairy, I would just say I " don't eat animals " because I

felt uncomfortable being labeled. But since I've been vegan, I feel proud to

be called one. Maybe it has something to do with wanting to be

differentiated from not-yet-vegans. dunno....

 

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Steve Smekar <classxteve

Tammy <govegan, " amy lynn (veggie grrrl) "

<amy, SF-Be-A-Veg

Re: Re: [sFBAVeg] " vegetarians " who eat fish

Sat, 27 Jul 2002 20:42:10 -0700 (PDT)

 

Great question!!!

I spoke to someone once, saying " so you are vegetarian, great, me too! "

They said " yeah, I only eat fish or chicken once in awhile, how often do you

eat it?

I said, none, zero, zippo, the big goose e** with a hole completely through

it.

If anyone living in the Bay area feels challenged about others receiving the

veg message, I can relate with you. Imagine, living in the Dairy State,

telling the farmer, I don't eat meat. That was a " coming out party " if I

ever experienced one. But now everybody knows it.

By the way, I worked for a cheese processing factory here, and couldn't help

but notice how much of the " Real Wisconsin Cheese " really originates from

Minnesota, Washington, and yes, California (which I believe is actually the

largest cheese producer in the country, only because of numbers

differential, 5X population of Wis).

Steve

 

 

" Tammy " <govegan

" amy lynn (veggie grrrl) " <amy,

" SF-Be-A-Veg "

Sat Jul 27 09:51:48 PDT 2002

Re: [sFBAVeg] " vegetarians " who eat fish

 

>How do you reason with someone who insists on calling themselves a

>vegetarian and they still eat animals? Implicit in the definition of

> " vegetarian " is not eating animals!

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>I was just having this same friendly, but frustrating, discussion with a

>friend at work who is trying to be vegetarian but still eats fish and

calls

>his diet " vegetarian " .

>

>Tammy

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>amy lynn (veggie grrrl) [amy]

>Saturday, July 27, 2002 9:16 AM

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>[sFBAVeg] vegetarians who eat fish

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>FISH IS NOT A VEGETABLE.

>xoxo amy

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