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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
So, when hosting a party:
Omnivores = must provide a vegetarian option
Vegetarians = don't have to provide any meat
??? That is idiotic.
Eh? Bursting into tears because someone is eating Lobster doesn't strike you as dramatic?
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1) It costs you absolutely nothing to provide a meal that is vegetarian alongside whatever you are making for yourself. Most meals can be altered so, and are generally cheaper than meat. Be glad that your guest is saving you money :P
2) When you prepare a meal with meat in it, it generally involves handling raw meat. I would not presume to ask a vegetarian to handle raw meat. That's ridiculous :/
Basically, Vegetarians have a problem with meat, for some reason or another. I don't have a problem with vegetarianism, I just like eating meat. I will eat vegetarian meals happily, I just make sure that I make up for it with the other meals of the day, or have an extra meaty meal the next day to sate my own desires.
It comes back to what I was saying about compromise: I would object to never being able to eat meat, because that would be discrimination against my way of life. That said, I don't have to have meat in every meal. Hell, most people don't have meat in every single meal. So not having meat in one more meal isn't a big thing. Forcing a vegetarian to put aside their feelings about meat, murder and whatever they feel about the morality of it all, is a major ask. It doesn't hurt you on any level to not have meat when you go to a vegetarian's house. To do otherwise is to force your beliefs on another... I could go on, but I'm basically just saying the same thing over and over.
Regarding the lobster - the way lobster is cooked
is horrible. I believe there are places in the world that now consider the live boiling of lobsters illegal with fines of up to €500. Not a lot, but it's at least a start. I'm not particularly empathic towards animals, but I can understand why someone who would be a vegetarian for moral and empathic reasons would react strongly to the way lobsters are boiled alive. It would be excessive for me, but it doesn't make the cause any less justified.