QOTW: If you could magically make someone a vegetarian...

[Guest guest]

> Time for a new question of the week [QOTW].

> If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> who would it be and why?

 

ted nugent, because he's such a loud, obnoxious,

pro-hunting nut who is always flapping his lips about

eating meat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

--- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> Time for a new question of the week [QOTW].

>

> This one is for March 5th- 11th:

>

> If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> who would it be and why?

 

No one - to take away someone's right to choose for

themselves would be very, very wrong.

 

 

great grandma recycled, she called it making do.

 

who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled!

 

middle age = that time of life when we realize yesterday's sex, drugs and rock

and roll are todays memories, prescriptions and golden oldies!

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Um... okay, let me rephrase it for you and anyone else with

qualms about this question then:

 

If you wished for anyone in the world that is not currently

a vegetarian to become one [on their own], who would it be

and why?

 

~ pt ~

 

I am drawn to the wild not because it is wild

but because it is sensible, logical, ordered,

stable, resilient. Wild nature is everything

we're struggling to regain.

~ Carl Safina

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, Angela <angelaamy2001

wrote:

>

> --- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> > If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> > who would it be and why?

>

> No one - to take away someone's right to choose for

> themselves would be very, very wrong.

[Guest guest]

--- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> Um... okay, let me rephrase it for you and anyone

> else with

> qualms about this question then:

>

> If you wished for anyone in the world that is not

> currently

> a vegetarian to become one [on their own], who would

> it be

> and why?

>

> ~ pt ~

>

 

pt, thanks for rephrasing, ( I never pass up a chance

to make a point about personal choice <grin> )

I think my choice would be the Pope because the

effects of him making that change would be world wide,

just the publicity would get people thinking!!

 

peace,

Angela

 

great grandma recycled, she called it making do.

 

who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled!

 

middle age = that time of life when we realize yesterday's sex, drugs and rock

and roll are todays memories, prescriptions and golden oldies!

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

No Magic! But with reason & logic, to reach ppl who love pets...it

seems that are so close to understanding...seems with a little effort

and openmindedness they could see that love for all animals is same

as it is for a choice few animals....I just don't get that they only

love certain kinds of animals--so much so that they are willing to

follow them around and pick up their pet's poop! ewww That's

dedication!Just would like to see them spread it around!

 

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, " ~ PT ~ "

<patchouli_troll wrote:

>

> Time for a new question of the week [QOTW].

>

> This one is for March 5th- 11th:

>

> If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> who would it be and why?

>

[Guest guest]

I think that I would pick someone close to home and it would be my

youngest step daughter. She is in her mid-thirties, an RN, and a mommy

to my beautiful 1 year old grandson. I know that if she made the

choice to become vegetarian and eat more whole foods, that would mean

that the baby would get the same and I know in my heart that that

would be the best thing in the world for him, but I think that I will

just keep my mouth shut and lead by example. Maybe someday.....

Stef

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

No problem, Angela. Personal choice is a very good point.

It sure would change a large group of people's ideas on

diet if the Pope went vegetarian!

 

~ pt ~

 

I live my life in growing orbits

which move out over the things of the world.

Perhaps I can never achieve the last,

but that will be my attempt.

I am circling God, around the ancient tower,

and I have been circling for a thousand years,

and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm,

or a great song. "

~Selected Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

Translated by Robert Bly

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, Angela <angelaamy2001

wrote:

 

> pt, thanks for rephrasing, ( I never pass up a chance

> to make a point about personal choice <grin> )

> I think my choice would be the Pope because the

> effects of him making that change would be world wide,

> just the publicity would get people thinking!!

>

> peace,

> Angela

[Guest guest]

Easy!! My kids! I've been feeding them veggie for 7 months and they

never stop asking for meat. What damage I did by feeding them meat

for the first years of their lives

 

Shelly

 

, " ~ PT ~ "

<patchouli_troll wrote:

>

> Um... okay, let me rephrase it for you and anyone else with

> qualms about this question then:

>

> If you wished for anyone in the world that is not currently

> a vegetarian to become one [on their own], who would it be

> and why?

>

> ~ pt ~

>

> I am drawn to the wild not because it is wild

> but because it is sensible, logical, ordered,

> stable, resilient. Wild nature is everything

> we're struggling to regain.

> ~ Carl Safina

> ~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , Angela <angelaamy2001@>

> wrote:

> >

> > --- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll@> wrote:

>

> > > If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> > > who would it be and why?

> >

> > No one - to take away someone's right to choose for

> > themselves would be very, very wrong.

>

[Guest guest]

> If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> who would it be and why?

 

 

i wish i could wave a magic wand and just make my son

love veggies. i don't care if he ever becomes a vegetarian,

though it would be nice. i just wish he would eat some

vegetables other than corn & potatoes! Good thing he likes

to eat fruit or he would probably get scurvy! *lol*

 

i have enjoyed reading everyones responses to this question.

i especially got a kick out of the Ted Nugent ones! Wouldn't it

be funny as hell if we could make him go instantly vegetarian

during the filming of one of his reality shows " Surviving Ted " ?

 

~ pt ~

 

Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them.

~ Arthur C. Clarke

[Guest guest]

I did know that Ted Nugent had a show. Do you know what station & day?

I can't stand the guy. He was at out county fair last year and the only

good thing to come out of it is that he made some enemies over the

amount of $$ he was charging for an autograph. I think it was $20 if I

remember correctly.

Sam

 

 

i have enjoyed reading everyones responses to this question.

i especially got a kick out of the Ted Nugent ones! Wouldn't it

be funny as hell if we could make him go instantly vegetarian

during the filming of one of his reality shows " Surviving Ted " ?

 

~ pt ~

 

 

_____

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Sam. Yes, it was on VH1.

Here is a website that tells about it:

 

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/surviving_nugent/series.jhtml

 

i only caught the show once or twice while channel surfing.

i happened upon the episode where he and his wife were

giving this vegan contestant a rough time.

 

http://veganporn.com/1052271049.html

 

~ pt ~

 

Lest he should lose command over the tales he loved,

he used to repeat them aloud when he thought no one

was near, using the gesticulations and the emphasis...

as if he were once again the centre of a fireside story-telling.

~ Alwyn and Brinley Rees, 'Celtic Heritage'

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, " Samantha Lea " <saml

wrote:

>

> I did know that Ted Nugent had a show. Do you know what station & day?

> I can't stand the guy. He was at out county fair last year and the only

> good thing to come out of it is that he made some enemies over the

> amount of $$ he was charging for an autograph. I think it was $20 if I

> remember correctly.

> Sam

[Guest guest]

I guess it's too late to choose Dr. Atkins.

 

I have a family member who gets very (my interpretation) insecure around me

and the diet. I don't have to say anything and random topics will be

brought up about it. I'd have to point the magic carrot wand in that

direction.

 

S.

 

On 3/5/06, ~ PT ~ <> wrote:

>

> Time for a new question of the week [QOTW].

>

> This one is for March 5th- 11th:

>

> If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> who would it be and why?

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yes, those Atkins dieters really don't seem to get us

vegetarians, do they?

But isn't it possible to eat low-carb vegetarian?

i always wondered if it was....

Not my cuppa tea though. i love my carbs: pasta, bread,

potatoes, rice etc. i think the best thing to do is to cut back

on the white carbs and go more the whole grain route.

 

~ pt ~

 

The Ceridwen began to boil the cauldron... for a year

and a day until three blessed drops of Inspiration had

been obtained from the brew.

~ Hanes Taliesin, Welsh text (trans. CM)

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, subprong <subprong wrote:

>

> I guess it's too late to choose Dr. Atkins.

>

> I have a family member who gets very (my interpretation) insecure around

me

> and the diet. I don't have to say anything and random topics will be

> brought up about it. I'd have to point the magic carrot wand in that

> direction.

>

> S.

[Guest guest]

I think it is as you stated in the coffee thread - all things in

moderation. I've been incorporating many more whole grain " breads " into my

diet. Some whole wheat pastas as well. Funny how our taste buds change

over time. I grew up despising wheat breads. Speaking of there was a 60

Minutes (or one of those) program on ingredients listings. One of the

segments was on how to tell if something was healthy for you as far as wheat

is concerned. Big difference between Whole Wheat and wheat in an item.

Also is should be listed as the first ingredient.

 

Speaking of taters, I tried a weird potato recently (i have no idea why).

They are called butter potatoes. They were suppose to taste like butter

(stated that and everything). They smelled like butter and the inside of

the tater looked like butter, however I did not sense the flavor of butter

(and quite frankly I don't want to know how or why they made it like this).

One thing I did notice is that many of the potatoes in the sack were bad or

had bad parts on them. It could have been a bad sack but I fear with all of

the weirdness they just may rot faster. Read awhile back that they were

trying to produces garlic flavored potatoes too.

 

S.

 

On 3/10/06, ~ PT ~ wrote:

>

> Yes, those Atkins dieters really don't seem to get us

> vegetarians, do they?

> But isn't it possible to eat low-carb vegetarian?

> i always wondered if it was....

> Not my cuppa tea though. i love my carbs: pasta, bread,

> potatoes, rice etc. i think the best thing to do is to cut back

> on the white carbs and go more the whole grain route.

>

> ~ pt ~

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

gosh, sounds like genetic engineering to me...GMO foods....how quaint. Just

make sure there aren't some fish genes in it. If you buy organic potatoes or

anything else for that matter, you won't risk having GMO'd foods. So many

foods now are coming into the market where the pesticides, insecticides,

herbicides are being inserted into the food prior to growing it...Monsanto

and other agri businesses...the bringers of agent orange....state that is

reduces the need to spray these substances and that the foods are safe. I

call that bull cocky. And it isn't working. They are having to use MORE

spray to control these things. GMO foods are found not to have the same

nutritional value as organic. But of course, the GMO crops spread

relentlessly and out of control and cannot be contained (wind, insect

pollination). Same thing happened with the genetic manipulation of the

salmon where it was promised that these larger salmon would be contained

safely and unable to have an effect on wild salmon. There is proof that so

many have escaped their containment areas that they are changing all wild

salmon. The genetically modified salmon are larger and thus more attractive

to the females. But the males pass on their genetic materials to the babies.

We are in big trouble.

linda

 

" subprong " <subprong

>

> Speaking of taters, I tried a weird potato recently (i have no idea why).

> They are called butter potatoes. They were suppose to taste like butter

> (stated that and everything). They smelled like butter and the inside of

> the tater looked like butter, however I did not sense the flavor of butter

> (and quite frankly I don't want to know how or why they made it like

this).

> One thing I did notice is that many of the potatoes in the sack were bad

or

> had bad parts on them. It could have been a bad sack but I fear with all

of

> the weirdness they just may rot faster. Read awhile back that they were

> trying to produces garlic flavored potatoes too.

[Guest guest]

Short but sweet....it would be my Mom!!! --- a great cook, and

enthusiastic provider of many family feasts!!! Meat a big part of

our weekly get-togethers. Paula

 

In , " ~ PT ~ " <patchouli_troll

wrote:

>

> Time for a new question of the week [QOTW].

>

> This one is for March 5th- 11th:

>

> If you could magically make someone a vegetarian,

> who would it be and why?

>

[Guest guest]

It would be my children - but especially my eldest son(23). He's

become frighteningly overweight in only a few short years, and he's

vehement about remaining on his SAD. Burgers, french fries, mac &

cheese, pizza, fettucini alfredo - all " normal " fare for him:( He

RARELY ever eats anything that isn't protein, fat and/or starch.

[Guest guest]

>But isn't it possible to eat low-carb vegetarian?

>i always wondered if it was....

>Not my cuppa tea though. i love my carbs: pasta, bread,

>potatoes, rice etc. i think the best thing to do is to cut back

>on the white carbs and go more the whole grain route.

>

 

I'm finding that I eat too many carbs as a vegan. I have trouble keeping my

weight down. I get tired of raw veggies & cooking adds fat & carbs. I lost a

lot of weight about 18 months ago & my gut is more efficient so fewer

calories are processed like the big meals I used to eat. It's hard...

 

Marilyn

 

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