Veganism (show, quote, Inci)

SATCHMO · 08-11-2005, 10:40 PM

Snickers, I fully support your decision to go vegan. I have been vegan at varying intervals in my life and it is important to know that it is much more than a dietary regimen; it is also a spiritual path and a commitment to a more concious lifestyle. We are what we eat, and that does'nt necessarily just mean that if we eat garbage we get fat, it also means we take on the anger and the opression of the life that it is involved in what we consume, both directly and indirectly, so an overall organic lifestyle would really be a positive goal to achieve in the future. You should take the time to educate yourself on veganism- the health benefits and detriments as well as its political, ecological, and spiritual aspects. A good knowledge of dietary science, and the political nature of the FDA and the food industry is very helpful too. Read Food Politics by Marion Nestle, its sure to open your eyes quite a bit. And just please don't be one of those smug self-righteous vegans, not because they're annoying, but because the more you make it your own personal choice the more rewarding it will be.

08-12-2005, 02:39 AM

me and the chicken could procreate then eat our children if we get hungry....

dog · 08-12-2005, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Snickers

I decided yesterday night that I'm going to try my hand at veganism.
It's going to be very difficult but I can't bear the thought of eating the corpses of helpless little creatures anymore.
I don't know how long I'm going to keep it up but I'm strongly against any form of cruelty to animals.
Keeping millions locked up so you can kill them seems pretty cruel to me and I won't support it anymore.

Just telling the forums.

yea the thing u said about eating "corpses of helpless little creatures" really made me think about what im eating, but i was thinkn that it'll be really unhealthy, look at micheal stipe, all scrawny and weird.
and us not eating meat isnt gonna stop their deaths, theyre still gonna be killin heapsa animals.

08-12-2005, 05:31 AM

^ yeah but that way you can rid yourself of responsibility... nonetheless, i dont believe in it... i mean its survival of the fittest, humans have evolved as the strongest species and, as long as we don't wipe other species out, then its fine to eat them i think.... the world cannot self sustain on just plant material and its not healthy anyway... i have no problem with people who want to be vegan or whatever, i just dont see the point in it myself...

Trauma · 08-12-2005, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Snickers, I fully support your decision to go vegan. I have been vegan at varying intervals in my life and it is important to know that it is much more than a dietary regimen; it is also a spiritual path and a commitment to a more concious lifestyle. We are what we eat, and that does'nt necessarily just mean that if we eat garbage we get fat, it also means we take on the anger and the opression of the life that it is involved in what we consume, both directly and indirectly, so an overall organic lifestyle would really be a positive goal to achieve in the future. You should take the time to educate yourself on veganism- the health benefits and detriments as well as its political, ecological, and spiritual aspects. A good knowledge of dietary science, and the political nature of the FDA and the food industry is very helpful too. Read Food Politics by Marion Nestle, its sure to open your eyes quite a bit. And just please don't be one of those smug self-righteous vegans, not because they're annoying, but because the more you make it your own personal choice the more rewarding it will be.

Thanks so much Satchmo!!
I'll be sure to check out the book as well.

blackTshirt · 08-12-2005, 04:07 PM

haha snickers, you sure took care of everything i said

tdoc210 · 08-12-2005, 05:07 PM

i love meatttttttttttttttttttt

tdoc210 · 08-12-2005, 05:07 PM

but i dont know how i would stop eating it

Trauma · 08-12-2005, 07:34 PM

Dude I can eat more than anyone I know.
Nine pieces of pizza and a gallon of milk whenever we have pizza.

But I just stopped eating it.

My mother and step-dad are making fun of me the most; not my friends or just random people who hear I'm a vegan, my guardians..
I'm fine pretty much though.
Some things are still tempting but I won't eat them because I now have firm principles that I am wishing to stick to.

jesus · 08-12-2005, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Snickers

My mother and step-dad are making fun of me the most; not my friends or just random people who hear I'm a vegan, my guardians..

same here! It's so annoying, you'd think they'd show some support, they're not even respectful about it

08-12-2005, 04:07 PM	#236 (permalink)
blackTshirt The Randomness Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: romania.. shut up Posts: 854	haha snickers, you sure took care of everything i said __________________ My rims never spin, to the contrary You'll find that they're quite stationary.

08-12-2005, 05:07 PM	#237 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	i love meatttttttttttttttttttt __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-12-2005, 05:07 PM	#238 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	but i dont know how i would stop eating it __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-12-2005, 07:34 PM	#239 (permalink)
Trauma snickers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: detroit Posts: 2,194	Dude I can eat more than anyone I know. Nine pieces of pizza and a gallon of milk whenever we have pizza. But I just stopped eating it. My mother and step-dad are making fun of me the most; not my friends or just random people who hear I'm a vegan, my guardians.. I'm fine pretty much though. Some things are still tempting but I won't eat them because I now have firm principles that I am wishing to stick to. __________________ A mi no me importa nada Para mi la vida es un sueño

08-11-2005, 10:40 PM	#231 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Snickers, I fully support your decision to go vegan. I have been vegan at varying intervals in my life and it is important to know that it is much more than a dietary regimen; it is also a spiritual path and a commitment to a more concious lifestyle. We are what we eat, and that does'nt necessarily just mean that if we eat garbage we get fat, it also means we take on the anger and the opression of the life that it is involved in what we consume, both directly and indirectly, so an overall organic lifestyle would really be a positive goal to achieve in the future. You should take the time to educate yourself on veganism- the health benefits and detriments as well as its political, ecological, and spiritual aspects. A good knowledge of dietary science, and the political nature of the FDA and the food industry is very helpful too. Read Food Politics by Marion Nestle, its sure to open your eyes quite a bit. And just please don't be one of those smug self-righteous vegans, not because they're annoying, but because the more you make it your own personal choice the more rewarding it will be.

08-12-2005, 02:39 AM	#232 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	me and the chicken could procreate then eat our children if we get hungry....

08-12-2005, 05:31 AM	#234 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	^ yeah but that way you can rid yourself of responsibility... nonetheless, i dont believe in it... i mean its survival of the fittest, humans have evolved as the strongest species and, as long as we don't wipe other species out, then its fine to eat them i think.... the world cannot self sustain on just plant material and its not healthy anyway... i have no problem with people who want to be vegan or whatever, i just dont see the point in it myself...