are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?

[littleendian]

I'm a vegetarian for ethical reasons, but I don't try to control others' behavior. As Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." I live it, I don't preach it.

Like I said in my post further up on this page, you're not being the change. You're just not eating meat. That's not changing anything for anybody besides yourself.

Even if you completely leave aside the animals for whom it actually does change something whether they're killed or not, so even if you focus only on humans: A vegetarian diet has repeatedly been demonstrated to be less harmful for the environment, so it does change something for the quality of life of our current and future generations.

---

Anytime there is a thread on vegetarianism/veganism we have one fundie joining, tellin us how immoral we meat eaters are. It seems they can't live without pushing their dogma unto others.

What is happening here is merely a discourse, which is the greatest ally of reason, if this makes you uncomfortable or uneasy then you could reflect on why this is. It is not uncommon that people are hyper-sensitive to anything related to these issues, which for me hints at something deeper.

What is fundamentalist or not depends entirely on your perspective. Some people might consider it extreme to kill someone else for their own pleasure.

edit: removed image