Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

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I know you might not agree about whether animals deserve this protection too, but vegans and vegetarians certainly do.

This is a lie that makes sane vegetarians look bad. I'm a vegetarian who occasionally "goes vegan." I certainly don't agree.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. While some people go vegan as an ethical choice, others go vegetarian as a health conscious choice (eg SDA's).

Nope. It's definitely just being dickish. Where's your "sense of compassion and duty" toward other human people? Food is a basic right, and animals are food for most people. Killing for food isn't like killing for sport or pleasure. It's natural, and for people in poorer parts of the world, it's absolutely essential.

Correct, and in addition it's essential in first world countries too, as a. not all land is suitable for growing crops and b. meat is a necessary by-product of dairy, wool and eggs and all three of those products are essential. But that certainly doesn't mean that everyone has to eat meat - I mean everyone is different and diversity isa good thing. So while it's a perfectly valid and healthy choice for an individual to be vegetarian, it's not such a great idea on a more national scale.