Vegetarian--pregnant with meaning! :)

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Vegetarian-- pregnant with meaning!

 

 

 

Okay, I think that the definition of vegetarian is not clear to most

people... because some draw their veggie line in the sand with

different angled sticks: Vegan,...Lacto...

 

This causes confusion to the onlooker or novice. However, to

understand the term, one must understand that an underlying

philosophy is built into the word itself. The term vegetarian stands

on its own: it stands on a principle of a non-violent diet. A person

may opt to become vegetarian for health only or other reasons, but

that doesn't change the meaning of the word.

 

I want to post Webster's specific definition verbatim :

 

vegetarian, n.

one that believes in or practices living on a diet of vegetables,

fruits, grains, nuts , and sometimes animal products (as milk and

cheese)--vegetarian adj. vegetarianism n.

 

That Webster's has used the word " believes " indicates that a belief

is connected to the word--the philosophy which is inherent. There is

a line which cannot be crossed.

 

For Example: I'm a lacto-vegetarian which means I use milk products

but do not take eggs, fish, or meat. In addition, however I do not

eat cheeses with rennet, nor do I use milk that contains vitamin D

which has its source as fish oil.

 

Although the categories of the word vegetarian differ... It has its

boundaries in meaning, which are not just the tools of semantics. If

you kill an animal to eat it, you're not eating a vegetarian diet. If

you kill a vegetable to eat it, you are still eating a vegetarian

diet.

Pertinent to this tenet is that cows aren't directly slaughtered for

their milk. I think you have to think clearly in terms of direct

cause and effect. Otherwise the logic is lost in the muddle, and we

extend or contract the definition, ad nauseam.

 

I'm not trying to say people who are " striving " to become vegetarians

are without merit! I'm just saying that being vegetarian is like

being pregnant, either you are or you aren't!

 

PS: Webster's definition for Fish n. water dwelling animal...