I’m a good Christian father, happily married and have 8 children. I would like to know what is being done to protect veg. plants of all varieties?

After all they breathe air, drink water, need sunlight, fertilizer or not. Sounds a lot like farm animals to me!

Not to mention I bet the (veg.only people) drink milk,eat yogurt, cheese, sour cream, etc.     

On a lighter note, do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

May GOD bless all
J. Morrison

Jeez, why do they think it is OK to decapitate a lettuce for their sustenance? I kill a duck and it is food. Both organisms have to die to feed us. That is a fact of life. We cannot live n fruit and nuts alone.

Hell, a vegan diet is not even good for humans. Our teeth prove we are obligate omnivores. No true vegan lasts more then 3 years without cheating. They get to a nutritional roadblock that REQUIRES they eat some non-vege foods. They can go back but a kick-starting cheat day is going to be required to live.

Lastly, why do these nut-balls feel it is OK to shove their agenda up my colon? I don’t try to shove mine up theirs. Wayne Pacelle… get a life. A real one of your own, not one bullying others around.

This misconception that all vegans shove agendas is frustrating.

People who follow vegan diets try to do the least harm necessary to other creatures and the earth. (Just read any statistic about factory farming’s effects on the environment and continue to try to call yourself “green”...) Vegans seem to think that vegan diets will not harm creatures? We are all human, no one can achieve the perfect diet in this commerce-based society. But what we can do is do everything in our power, if we actually CARE and look past our own conveniences and desires, to eliminate the harm that we have the choice to either allow into our lives, or eliminate all support for it possible. Yes, there are impossibilities like field animals being harmed in plant agriculture, etc. In an effort to avoid this, most vegans eat local, small-farm harvested, organic plants or grow their own. Knowing what you’re eating and choosing to become aware and conscious of what you eat rather than detached and ignorant comes with other lifestyle changes that are inevitable.

It’s people who cant separate themselves from the only things that they’ve known and are comforted by who halt any possibility of progression. People can’t remove themselves from a tradition that was engrained into them and “tastes good.” A lot of vegans are frustrated because stereotypes have become so unfair and quick to come to those who don’t understand that there is actually a powerful reason for veganism that millions of vegans feel passionate about enough to stand up for. Not millions of the only savage Americans who would choose such a diet, but millions of diverse people who have chosen to educate themselves about diet, choosing to counter the usual “Just eat and don’t think.” (the numbers are growing as awareness increases.)

Of COURSE they are lobbying for cage free eggs. Yes, veganism is ideal, but vegans generally want to lessen impact. Cage free eggs are a huge step away from factory farming. Yes, no eggs is better for health, for animals (could every American who wants to eat eggs really be fed this way? As long as we all demand eggs, factory farming will exist….)

If you are unable to stand back from your own perceptions and see what needs to be changed in the world, no one will get anywhere. That’s why I’m mad that vegans are misunderstood.

Of course every animal has the right not to be eaten! They all deserve to be treated with respect and have the same right not to be killed as you and I do. Go ahead and prove me wrong, tell me animals don’t feel. Then go to your local slaughter house and work there for a couple of weeks, and tell me what you think.

And as for the first comment, no they don’t eat all that, they don’t even eat butter. Vegans aren’t hypocrites!

Of course you may decide what an animal deserves, that is if YOU own it.

If I own it, then I decide what it deserves.

If I hunt or fish, I am taking animals owned by the community at large (including you and me) and my share is determined by the bag and possession limit imposed by the state and federal governments.

If I raise chickens in my backyard I decide what makes the best meat and eggs for my family. In my case that means a fast humane kill because stressed animals taste less good. I also provide abundant water and healthy foods, because the eggs taste better and are more numerous that way.

If you decide to decapitate a lettuce for your salad denying yourself the animal proteins required by your body, so be it. I won’t stop you. HOWEVER, it is not your right to stop me from eating those nutritious and succulent meats if I want to eat them. Conversely, it is NOT my right to force you to eat beef.

I’ll go first. I promise not to make political actions to cause that force to happen to you. Now it is your turn to promise to do the same for me. To deny that is to deny that HUMANS have individual rights, even for yourself.

As an aside, no vegan has been able to describe for me why it is OK to kill a vegetable to eat it but not an animal. Still a life must end. Why the distinction?