No, no, no, no, no, a thousand times no!
May. 17th, 2004 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
legalmooseCan You Be a Vegetarian and Still Eat Meat?
Um, no. If you eat meat, you are not a vegetarian. Vegetarians, by definition, do not eat meat, they eat plant-based foods. If you are mostly vegetarian and occasionally eat meat, you are still a meat eater. End of story. This is not a difficult concept, people!
The truly annoying part is that when people refer to themselves as vegetarian and then eat, say, chicken or fish, they make it that much more difficult for those of us who are vegetarian, who know what that means, and who really and truly don't eat meat. I can't believe the number of times I've been told/asked, "But it's just a little bit of chicken/fish/meat/egg/etc..." Ugh! That's the point, I don't eat it, but thanks.
Um, no. If you eat meat, you are not a vegetarian. Vegetarians, by definition, do not eat meat, they eat plant-based foods. If you are mostly vegetarian and occasionally eat meat, you are still a meat eater. End of story. This is not a difficult concept, people!
The truly annoying part is that when people refer to themselves as vegetarian and then eat, say, chicken or fish, they make it that much more difficult for those of us who are vegetarian, who know what that means, and who really and truly don't eat meat. I can't believe the number of times I've been told/asked, "But it's just a little bit of chicken/fish/meat/egg/etc..." Ugh! That's the point, I don't eat it, but thanks.
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Date: 2004-05-18 03:49 am (UTC)Sounds like a cult.
I've been a vegetarian for almost ten years and it still boggles my mind when people ask "So you still eat seafood, right?"
Good LORD, people.