Guest guest Posted May 25, 2002 Report Share Posted May 25, 2002 Ian, do you think you became vegan because you had a farming background, or in spite of it. Love /Shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 Answering for me, I probably did become vegan partly because of my background. My mother kept a goat and she used to make her have a kid evedry year or so so she would keep producing milk, but my mum always had the male baby goats killed! I was very distressed by this, even though my mum assured me they were just put to sleep and didn't feel pain, I still felt strongly that they had the right to life, so I was aware from an early age of the link between dairy products and exploitation and killing. My mum also bred some turkeys for Christmas one year and I was really upset by that too. She was not a farmer she just dabbled in animal keeping, but it was enough for me to know I would be strictly vegetarian some day. She had free range chickens for eggs and they were treated well so I didn't see a problem with that for a long time. I know free range farmers kill the males though. Lesley andy.mich [andy.mich] 25 May 2002 19:22 For Ian. Ian, do you think you became vegan because you had a farming background, or in spite of it. Love /Shell. ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard. --------------------------- Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 My grandparents were farmers and my first home was the farm. I used to see chicken's being killed and their feathers being plucked out. I also visited a battery farm once which was in a neighbouring farm. I was quite young and I didn't know what it was until I went inside. It was so loud. The chickens were in terribly cramped conditions. I'm not sure if this led me to becoming a vegan, but I do believe that it planted the seed. The other thing was watching the news once when I was young and they showed a turkey farm. Someone in the room looked at me and said " the turkey you are going to eat on Christmas Day is still running around " and I burst into tears. Its then that I made the connection and I became vegetarian shortly afterwards. Love, Janey x - " andy.mich " <andy.mich Sunday, May 26, 2002 4:45 PM Re: For Ian. > Hi Lesley, > I enjoyed your post, I always wondered how it would feel to have lived > somewhere where animals were kept. I had a friend who lived on a farm and > once she took me to see the piglets. There was a little corridor down the > middle and each side a small pen, absolutly crowded with piglets, so small > that some had their feet up on others. At the end of the passage were two > piglets lying on the floor, one dead and one still moving a little bit. She > explained that these had been trampled on and had been fished out to dye on > the floor. Although I was only about ten and a big meat eater, this immage > stayed with me for the rest of my life and was one of the major influences > that made me vegetarian later on. > Love Shell. > > > > ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, > there may be another side to the story you have not heard. > --------------------------- > Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> > Un: send a blank message to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 Hi Lesley, I enjoyed your post, I always wondered how it would feel to have lived somewhere where animals were kept. I had a friend who lived on a farm and once she took me to see the piglets. There was a little corridor down the middle and each side a small pen, absolutly crowded with piglets, so small that some had their feet up on others. At the end of the passage were two piglets lying on the floor, one dead and one still moving a little bit. She explained that these had been trampled on and had been fished out to dye on the floor. Although I was only about ten and a big meat eater, this immage stayed with me for the rest of my life and was one of the major influences that made me vegetarian later on. Love Shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 Sorry, I was praising Janey for going from a farming bg to a Vegan lifestyle, not claiming credit for same. I was brought up as a suburban omni. Lesley Dove wrote: > > > andy.mich [andy.mich] > 25 May 2002 19:22 > > For Ian. > > Ian, do you think you became vegan because you had a farming background, or > in spite of it. > Love /Shell. > -- Ian McDonald http://www.mcdonald.me.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 I should have thought it would be more likely that a young person would go vegan having seen the animals being raised and know they end up on the dinner plate, I think it's even more admirable when born and bred town folk make the connection between the animals and their dinner if they never see the live animals much. Lesley Ian McDonald [ian] 26 May 2002 22:46 Re: For Ian. Sorry, I was praising Janey for going from a farming bg to a Vegan lifestyle, not claiming credit for same. I was brought up as a suburban omni. Lesley Dove wrote: > > > andy.mich [andy.mich] > 25 May 2002 19:22 > > For Ian. > > Ian, do you think you became vegan because you had a farming background, or > in spite of it. > Love /Shell. > -- Ian McDonald http://www.mcdonald.me.uk/ ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard. --------------------------- Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 Oh, thanks Ian. :-) Love, Janey x > Sorry, I was praising Janey for going from a farming bg to a Vegan > lifestyle, not claiming credit for same. I was brought up as a suburban > omni. > Ian McDonald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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