I wasn't going to reply to this thread, but I decided to speak up a little. I've said in in another thread about being veg. Showing so much hate toward a vegan makes no one better than they are. I notice some people say they love meat and they love products derived from animals, and vegans are stupid a-holes for not wanting to consume or use the product. These people then flap their gums about how you're meant to eat meat and how you're retarted for thinking anything should be different, they scauff at vegetarians and vegans because they have an opinon. Guess what though! You're doing the exact same thing as the extreme psychopathic vegan kid is doing, no one ever realizes this. You're shoving your beliefs and point of view onto someone that doesn't eat meat. We veg people can't get a break, it's on us more-so than what it is with people that consume animal products, we hated on quite a bit, even when we're not causing a fuss.
It's just like religion, no offense to anyones religion, but I notice it in a few religions, people try to force their beliefs onto someone else because they think the other person is wrong because of their religious belief, that's not right at all!
I think some people should re-read / read through the thread link I posted to, there is some information in it.
People get the wrong impression about people that are vegan or vegetarian, it is true, some people have spoiled it for us all, because now everyone has a specific image about a vegan, everyone thinks they are out to lecture everyone, that's not true.The ones that give us a bad stereotype. In the past, people have done major acts of stupidity to give us a bad name. Everyone associates vegans as being one of these people that throw dead animal carcasses onto people or dump blood on themselves to state a point. That's not true at all. I have participated in organized demonstrations, but I have never once seen anyone act like a huge a-hole like the stereotype portrays. Some people (i'm included) don't say anything to anyone about what they should be eating. I don't think you're in the right to force your beliefs onto anyone, what I do, do, is make suggestions. People are miss informed about what they are putting into their bodies, some don't care, which is fine to me,
you'll be dead eventually from slowly poisoning yourself over time. Other people are looking to be healthier, or just want to know what's in their food.
I really like knowing what I'm putting into my body. Before I didn't really care. But after I became veg, I started realizing all of the things I was putting into my body, chemicals aren't good for you. I feel 100% different and better than I used too. I definitely feel more lively and healthier all around. It's a good feeling. I try to help some people out if they seem like they are clueless about everything, like all of the mytho's of protein and other nutrient deficiencies.
Yawn.. I hate repeating myself.
They shouldn't tell "I'm vegan" for example... I guess, the phrase "Thanks, I don't want now" will be enough
I don't that's entirely true, it'd be like a diabetic saying they can't eat something. I'm just going to assume it's the language barrier here, English isn't your first language. I don't think it's a problem telling someone you can't eat something because you're vegetarian or vegan, the only problem is the way you treat someone when you tell them, you can't have a biased opinion, or force your belief onto someone. We get treated harshly sometimes, people think we're insane, and sometimes it's hurtful when someone acts like you're a nutbag for being veg, it's a loaded gun when you say you're vegetarian or vegan, sometimes you shoot yourself in the foot when you decline something you can't eat and then make others aware of your eating habits because you always get the same 10 idiot questions, and then they tell you you're wrong and you need to change.
Anyways, what I'm saying is; I think you should tell someone if you're in a situation where you can't eat what others are eating, it's just like someone that has celiac sprue, you can't eat gluten and people have to know that, otherwise it'd make you very sick and you could die from ingesting certain "foreign" bodies, or restricted consumables.
To each his own. But well said Ghostshadow
