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    Reading an article today about 'how veganism is tearing our families apart".. I got to wondering what ya'll think about vegans and veganism? Do you agree with it? Are you one? What about vegetarians and vegetarianism? Let me hear your experiences.. I'm particularly interested as I am from a farming background and my views can be quite controversial.

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    I think it's totally bonkers.

    The latest fad of virtue signalling. What I don't understand is, if you're really concerned with global warming or whatever then why wouldn't you eat a locally sourced delicious lamb, supporting rural practices and the environment, and instead decide to import avocados from another continent?

    None of it makes sense and they say ohhhhh the food just tastes the same and it absolutely does not, it tastes vile. I once bought veggie burgers by mistake and binned them, bloody awful. Similarly was given a vegan sausage roll from Sayers (Liverpool Greggs) and couldn't finish it.

    My friend's girlfriend recently cooked him a meal (as she always does) but he said instantly he knew something wasn't right, turned around and asked her if this was Vegan/Veggie X (maybe "mince") and refused to eat anymore. Knew something was up from the get go, because it's tasteless crap.


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    Don't care for it and never tried anything veggie/vegan.

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    Never tried to be vegetarian or vegan. It's up to the person if they want to be and for whatever reasons they have. However, I don't see the point in calling something that is vegan the same name as the meat alternative (e.g. Subway now have a "Meatless Meatball Mariana" they're not meatballs then are they?)

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    As someone who doesn't eat carbs, if I went vegan I would literally only be able to eat salad lol

    I understand the ethical points but don't agree with all of them. I think too often people conflate sentience with sapience, and any time the question "but why isn't it unkind to kill plants?" the answer seems to be based around a central nervous system, which is not the be all and end all of stimulus response in any way. Fact is, many plants show strong signs of distress when physically encroached upon, but they don't have faces that we can relate to so it doesn't seem to matter as much. I don't think we should go around punching kittens or anything like that, but an animal not wanting to die (because almost nothing in nature WANTS to unless it's specifically evolved to do so in order to further the species) is not the same as being able to reason or having an analogue of human emotions.

    If someone wants to cut out meat and dairy then that's fine, do what you like. It's not for me though.

    Interesting ethical question to any vegans out there: if someone buys and cooks a chicken and offers it to you as a meal without you ordering it or having given any indication that you wanted it, would it still be "wrong" to eat it? Let's say that the meat will otherwise be thrown away - in both cases the chicken is dead and you had no part in that either directly by killing it or indirectly by buying the meat, but if you refuse it and have it thrown away that chicken's death was in fact for nothing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingJesus View Post
    As someone who doesn't eat carbs, if I went vegan I would literally only be able to eat salad lol
    I literally only eat carbs, how do you do it


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    ****loads of meat eggs and cheese
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    I work with someone who is vegetarian, but is transitioning to being vegan but she's allergic to nuts so it's harder for her. It's rather common where I work though, I believe there's 1 fully vegan person, 2 vegetarians and then the one who's attempting to go vegan as well. It's their choice though, I just didn't realise how common it has become.

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    @Samantha; It certainly is becoming more common.

    I'm surprised by the responses so far - I thought it would be a lot more hostile. Here's a question then, do you think it's important that more people see how these animals are transported, reared and slaughtered? Do you think this would have an impact on meat eaters?

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    @Samantha; It certainly is becoming more common.

    I'm surprised by the responses so far - I thought it would be a lot more hostile. Here's a question then, do you think it's important that more people see how these animals are transported, reared and slaughtered? Do you think this would have an impact on meat eaters?

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    @Zak; I've watched animal slaughter videos - including animal torture videos and it has zero effect on me.



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