Do you eat meat???
 

So I was wondering. Who else here doesn't eat meat? I don't eat meat. I am vegetarian. I don't eat meat because I disagree with how the animals were treated in the short life they had. My sister however is vegan. I don't think I could ever do that...

I would like to know:

-Who doesn't eat meat?
-Who is vegan?
-If you don't, then why?
-How do you deal with meat eaters?
-Meat eaters, how do deal with vegetarians/vegans?
-Meat eaters, do you agree/disagree, like/dislike non-meat eaters?

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I eat meat! n.n

Mostly beef and chicken.

Why?

Cause it's yummy and humans weren't meant to be herbavors (sp?), or else we wouldn't have sharper teeth.

The animals aren't generally treated that badly, I've been to cattle farms, some are pretty bad, but you could say that some is bad with pretty uch anything. Some parents are bad, some farmers are bad, some doctors are bad, ect. My not eating meat isn't going to save a cowsie, so there's no point in not eating. I don't huntfor sport, or wear animal skins, I think killing an animal for anything other than food or self defense is pretty messed up.

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I don't really care about vegetarians or vegans, that is, they can do whatever they want. XD

I'm not going to taunt them with meat or anything, but I'm not going to order a salad just to make them happy in the same way I don't expect them to eat a hamburger. If they come over for dinner I'll be sure to serve appropriate foor for them, and if I go to thier house I won't complain at a lack of meat.

To each thier own, and everyone has thier rights, right?

I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't eat meat every day. Also, I only buy organic or range fed or hormone free meats and eggs and stuff. I don't believe in the way meat is generally produced, so I do what I can to support smaller, more humane animal raising methods.

I agree with the PP about how I think humans are meant to eat at least some meat. Nearly all other primates consume animal products in their natural habitat, and we do have the teeth for an omnivorous diet. That said, I have no problem with vegetarians. It's totally possible to get the proper nutrients with supplementation, and everyone has their own personal beliefs. :)

I love meat, especially rare. My friends are vegetarian and I respect that as they respect my meat eating. I rarely eat meat around them though as a mark of respect in my own way.

Re: Do you eat meat???
 

I'm vegetarian. I hate when people tell me this about being vegetarian, but i have to say it... I could never be a vegan- way to hard.
I don't eat meat or fish, but i do eat eggs. I've been vegetarian for just over three years and am very proud of that. It's really hard sometimes (like on school trips and during Passover), but i deal.
I stopped eating meat because i decided that we shouldn't have to kill animals so we can eat them. I think i also remember seeing or reading something that, in great detail, explained how the animals were killed. Pretty gruesome, especially for my fifth-grade mind (i'm in eighth grade now).
My friends and family are pretty respectful/supportive of it, but i can remember a few times when they weren't. Two years ago, on a school trip, a friend got McDonalds and waved it in my face, saying something to the effect of "i have meat and you don't... nyah..." He was just being immature, but it still hurt. My brothers and dad also seem to enjoy telling me that they have to kill the wild tofu for me. Like the friend thing, it hurts, but i try to just ignore it.
That's me. :)

EDIT: @ ZeldaFlower: My doctor has told me that i don't get all my protein, but my mom and i are working on it. I'm taking calcium and iron pills every day and, starting next week, will be having some sort of protein pill my mom had. (We aren't sure if it's okay for Passover [I'm Jewish], so we're waiting till it's over.)

I eat meat! I dont think I could ever be a vegetarian. I hate vegetables anyways...and eat very little of it. Plus my family is Indian and we dont have one vegetarian person in our lot.
Not me...I don't think its at all very healthy to be eating just green leafs. Too much of anything is never good.
I'm fine with anyone being either of the two. I just don't like when they start pushing their theories on me when I'm eating meat. Its rude and I feel like they are trying to convert me...which is makes me instantly hate them. I used to have several friends who were all vegans...and I distant myself from them simply for the fact that every time I sat down to eat, they would criticize and start with their animals are so wrongly treated crap. I'm not eating a dog for christsake. I'm eating chicken...poultry thats been bred to be eaten. I have nothing against them, I just dislike their opposition to someone else eating meat. You don't see me criticizing them fro being vegans, I don't preach upon them how its unhealthy.
I don't agree with vegans...its as I said just unhealthy. Vegetarians are okay, because seafood is rich in vitamins that the body needs. But vegans...if you only eating leafy food...your not getting enough nutrients. They must have to take alot of pills to make up for the lack. Too much of anything, no matter how good for you, is unhealthy. I don't dislike them, I just don't agree with them.

Im against animal creulty..but animal cruelty in dolphins and whales and puppies and cats and Im against wearing any kind of fur.
But chicken and cows are bred to be eaten. Pigs..I dont eat pork, so Im not touching that matter.
Crabs, fish, shrimp, I eat them...but not weird things, like octopus, and eel and whatnot. (ick) I only eat the things that are 'naturally' suppose to be eaten. ('Naturally suppose' is in my own definition of what humankind is 'naturally' suppose to eat.)

I don't eat meat because I don't like it. It kind of grosses me out. Fat and blood and tendons and bones. Ew.

I don't call myself a vegetarian though. >> Cause I'm weird. I have an image in my mind of what a vegetarian is, and I don't fit that.

I couldn't do vegan though. I eat a lot of eggs and milk and cheese.

I have no issue with meat eaters. I don't think there's anything wrong with eating meat. It's just not for me. I do have to say, though, that I was completely creeped out by my best friend eating lobster. That thing still had eyes and antenna and the such. And he was breaking into it. That thing gave me nightmares.

I also won't cook meat, so when my meat eating friends visit, they either get premade meat or they eat what I eat.

The way I figure it, some people don't like raisins. Some people don't like lima beans. I don't like meat. I don't see how that's anything special.

i would never try to turn someone vegetarian. It's just so beyond rude. I've had vegans tell me that i should be vegan and meat-eaters who tell me i should eat meat. It's rude and inconsiderate. Even though i believe that it's wrong to kill animals to eat them, i would never try to make someone else believe what i do.

I don't eat seafood, either, but i wouldn't anyway. It goes against my religion. I do know some people, though, who don't eat meat or eggs, but eat fish. It could be said that im not a real vegetarian because i eat eggs.
Too each their own, though, i suppose.

I also don't eat Seafood. Or poultry. Nothing that was once alive. It's amazing how often I tell people I don't eat meat and they say, "Do you eat chicken?" "No." "What about fish." "Is that not meat?" <<,,

Not eating meat doesn't have to be unhealthy. I eat a lot of eggs and cheese, so I get enough protein (most meat eaters have far more protein than they need). Only thing I'm low on is Iron, but I have supplements for that.

Agreed. The same thing happens with me.

I have a friend who went to a Vegan restaurant recently. XD She had Fried Gluten.

fried gluton? Sorry, but that doesn't even sound slightly appetizing. *looks rather disgusted.*
heh...

I do not eat meat, always used to. I started quitting at the end of 2005. Actually because I was staying at a psychiatric hospital and the meat tasted very bad. So I decided to submit myself as a vegetarian.

I decided to stay a vegetarian. But it became so hard to accidentaly not eat meat due to people forgetting that Im a vegetarian >_< I decided to stop, but soon enough started again.

I seldom eat meat or fish accidentally, I dont enjoy it because I realize better that its been living now. I try not to make a big deal of it but yeah, like I said I dont enjoy it.

I think the people of today dont realize that the meat they eat has been a living creature once. I have respect for animals, and thats why I want to realize what that piece of meat once was. That is why I am a vegetarian.

But in the end Id kill to survive. Thats the kind of world we live in afteral.