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Happy Tummy
I have too much to say, but there is little need to continue. The circles are crazy and end here. I have no time talking to walls. Cheers.— April 13, 2009 10:21 a.m.
Happy Tummy
A) If you are tired of repeating yourself, then 1. don't and 2. you shouldn't have written this article. B) If your article was responding to your friends and acquaintances, then you should have edited your column prior to posting because you dance around words that generalize a whole group of people and stray from discussing vegetarianism within your group of friends. "People who will eat fishies . . . " "Militant Vegans are a smug bunch . . ." C) If this piece is about the "many" vegans and vegetarians you know and most of them are not preachy as you say, then your column is responding to 1-3 hypocritical people? Then how did such a small group suddenly grow with words like "people" and "vegans are?"— April 13, 2009 8:38 a.m.
Happy Tummy
Side note (because I found humor in this one): it's interesting to see Whole Foods come up in this article since I work there. I have to say, the smug customers who walk around all hoity-toity bring their purchases to my register and place the following on the conveyor belt: chicken, fish, beef, vegetables, and grains. So the people who supposedly look at you with disdain in their eyes share your eating habits.— April 13, 2009 8:22 a.m.
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Your diatribe was a very annoying read. I do admit that as a vegan, I can't understand why a person would opt for a non-vegan life style knowing the negative effects it has on animals, the environment, culture and communities, workers, and the body. But I have never felt the need to degrade another person's choices. This "I can't understand" is without snot or attitude, but merely a 5 year old's "I wonder why" point of view. Therefore, the attack you make on vegetarians and vegans is not only arbitrary, needlessly offensive without any definitive thesis or goal - but it is also irritating because of the holes found in your argument. If you display your rhetoric publicly, you need conclusive and concrete evidence to support your claims. Your statements are based on personal ideology and only include a small group of part time vegetarians, vegetarians, and vegans. Everyone knows accurate results require a large test group. What was your total count? This article is completely provincial and one sided, written from as you noted "an [omnivore's]" standpoint. P.S. you need to review physiology and anatomy 101 so you know the difference between cultural and natural omnivores. If you send me your email address, I will be happy to send my lecture notes your way. If you want to eat meat, eat meat. If you don't, then don't. But why write without including anyone else's experiences but your own (I do not consider your circle of friends outside sources)? Why cite erroneous statements that only serve as a way to bend facts to suit your needs and misinform your readers? If you have a chip on your shoulder, go to a support group and get it removed. There is no need to publicly attack people different from yourself.— April 13, 2009 5:02 a.m.