Comments on: Being Vegetarian or Vegan

By: Kinzie

Kinzie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:55:15 +0000

I went veg 3 years ago primarily b/c of the horrible abuse the takes place on factory farms. However, it took me 3 years (and a personal pledge with Rory Freedman of Skinny Bitch) to transition to vegan and give up the cheese. I have been vegan for almost 2 months and haven’t looked back since. I don’t miss it since there are so many great alternatives. I am even hosting a “Dr. Cows” wine & cheeze party next week with my girlfriends

By: Caro

Caro — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:52:49 +0000

my question is why are all these meat eaters reading a vegan/veggie blog? jeeze, people just relax.

anyhow back to the question….when I was 20 i stopped eating turkey that Thanksgiving and all other animals because I realized i didnt want or need to. Its been 30 years …I have always believed what Alice Walker wrote:
“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.”

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:58:18 +0000

It’s a wonder how a post requesting a response of how people became vegan/vegetarian received comments from anti-vegan individuals!

I became vegan after meeting the man who would later become my husband. I had never heard about veganism, and he had been vegan for about 7 years. I began asking him a lot of questions about why he became vegan, and after a while, it was the only kind of life that made sense. Knowing the facts of meat production and the effects of eating meat on the body is enough.

By: Urbancritter

Urbancritter — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:11:37 +0000

Unfortunately, “Eat More Meat!”, the meat industry isn’t doing this country a whole lot of good in actual fact. It’s propped up with government funding and is an industry where employees are routinely abused and exploited. It’s a bit of an embarrasment to the nation, when it all comes down to it.

Human Rights watch has targeted US slaugherhouses and meatpacking/processing plants for the “systematic human rights violations embedded in meat and poultry industry employment” – I”m quoting this Human Rights watch report: http://bit.ly/3YBCzF

It states that in these industries “Employers put workers at predictable risk of serious physical injury even though the means to avoid such injury are known and feasible” and notes that “In sum, the United States is failing to meet its obligations under international human rights standards to protect the human rights of meat and poultry industry workers.”

In addition, the pork and meat industries have been receiving Federal bailout dollars for a lot longer than the financial industry – they’re just better at embedding these handouts in obscure bills that don’t get the coverage they should. Ref http://bit.ly/92qB5w and http://bit.ly/4l4is

So go ahead and eat your meat. After all, it’s your tax dollars keeping those industries afloat. But know the real cost, and make no mistake: the meat industry is not the backbone of this country’s economy you think it is; nor does it do anything to make this country great.

By: Sally Mae

Sally Mae — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:50:07 +0000

Hi y’all. I’m what ya northners call a redneck vegan. I had no choice cuz my toilet plunger broke tryin to plung that bigass shit i used to make when i ate meat. Since it’s 85 miles to the nearest Walmart and I be hard up on cash, i just stopped eating meat. problem solved, no more stopping up th etoilet.

Oh, and now I shit twyce a day too! Amazing grace. The rest ofmy kin only shit onece a week if they’r elucky.

bye bye

**Sarah Palin for Prez**

By: Steve G.

Steve G. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:09:56 +0000

There’s room for all of God’s creatures on my plate – right next to the mashed potatoes!

P.E.T.A. – People Eating Tasty Animals

By: Urbancritter

Urbancritter — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:54:02 +0000

Wow, Natala – GREAT JOB kicking your T2 diabetes! That’s fantastic! Glad you’re healthy now

By: Jordan B. Sanders

Jordan B. Sanders — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:48:31 +0000

By the rule of law, I am compelled to choose not to hit the human. That is no choice of my own.

Might I ask why you believe that your life is worth more than a non-human animal’s?

By: natala

natala — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:39:19 +0000

About a year ago I was losing the battle of Type 2 diabetes – I was 30, and facing partial amputation. I had severe nerve damage in my feet and legs. Things were not looking so great. I started to seek out some medical advice and found out that the way T2 diabetes is being treated has changed drastically over the past few years – turns out animal products are one of the most dangerous things you can eat as a T2 diabetic. Skeptical, and having tried everything short of surgery – I tried going off of all animal products. It should be noted I was working out 2-3 hours per day, on a very ‘healthy’ diet – and nothing was changing.
In one month I was off of over 100 units of insulin – now I’m on no meds and I have lost over 100 pounds. I was the biggest skeptic. However, the science is all there – all new research points to eliminating animal products for preventing a ton of diseases (especially T2 diabetes). The China Study was a great help – it is the most comprehensive study on nutrition ever done.
I now do not know how I missed so much overwhelming and obvious evidence – it has completely changed and saved my life. No food addiction or lifestyle is worth the complications of diabetes. I meet so many people every day who have revered their diabetes, I’d also encourage anyone who is a skeptic to really research – the science end of things. Check out the documentary “Simply Raw” or read “china study” or any of the number of new books on treating diabetes. The ADA has now been in talks to change the way they approach diabetes as well – things are changing, for the better. I would tell anyone to not take anyones word for it – it is your body, and you should take ownership of it – know exactly what you are putting in it, and read and research as much as you can, and then make an educated decision.

By: Eat More Meat!

Eat More Meat! — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:38:26 +0000

I can twist the words of the Bible to fit any need I want as well. It doesn’t mean I am right and it sure doesn’t mean you are. What I do know is the production of animals in this country for food provides income for millions of families and puts food on the table for millions more. It is a big business, is a backbone of our economy and without it millions would go hungry.

Eat a steak – Support America!